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The 8, 140-tonne Akula II submarine, the K-152 Nerpa, has been renamed by India as the INS Chakra II.
BBC: India leases Russian nuclear submarine
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One official said the Akula operated without being detected for a month.
FORBES: Russian Attack Submarines and the Washington Free Beacon's Latest Non-Story
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Because almost from the moment Vikram Akula stepped off his plane back to India, SKS and the Indian microlenders have been embroiled in controversy.
FORBES: In India, Size Does Matter
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The biggest, SKS, was launched by Vikram Akula as a charity, with (according to his divorced and embittered wife) donations from the guests at their lavish wedding.
ECONOMIST: Banyan
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Read with interest the discussion between Prof Yunus and Vikram Akula. i believe they have both taken extreme positions and hence not of much value to the rest of us.
FORBES: Microfinance Or Loan Sharks? Grameen Bank And SKS Fight It Out
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Recently SKS founder Vikram Akula (which also has billionaire Vinod Khosla and Sequoia Capital as investors), got into this very debate with his one time idol, Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Prize founder of Grameen Bank and the father of microfinance.
FORBES: SKS Shares Continue To Slide Amidst New, Strict Regulation