Moody's Infamous Modi Report: Nothing Official About It

"Moody's to Modi: Rein in BJP members or risk losing global credibility" claimed the sensational and disturbing headline emblazoned across the websites of almost all major Indian language newspapers on 30 October. This was undoubtedly a stinging rebuke to the Modi government from the premier rating agency in the world. With such unanimity in reporting, the authenticity of the news item appeared irrefutable. However, when I started reading the text of these articles, doubts began to creep in. Was Moody's Analytics the same as Moody's? Research indicated that it was not.

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