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Controversial Godman Asaram Granted Interim Bail for Medical Treatment

- Rajasthan High Court granted interim bail to Asaram till March 31, 2025, for medical treatment. He was serving life imprisonment for a 2013 rape case. - Asaram's bail follows a similar Supreme Court order due to his severe health issues. He must adhere to strict bail conditions, including police accompaniment. - Supporters celebrated his release, but the bail does not affect the ongoing criminal appeal in Gujarat. Source: [The Hindu](https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/out-on-interim-bail-asaram-bapu-returns-to-jodhpur-ashram/article69099207.ece), [Hindustan Times](https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/jaipur-news/asaram-to-walk-out-of-jail-as-hc-grants-interim-bail-101736909284902.html), [The Hindu](https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/out-on-interim-bail-asaram-bapu-returns-to-jodhpur-ashram/article69099207.ece), [Hindustan Times](https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/jaipur-news/asaram-to-walk-out-of-jail-as-hc-grants-interim-bail-101736909284902.html)

Viners, what are your stock investment principles?

For those actively engaged in direct stock investments, what guiding principles do you adhere to? Personally, my portfolio lacks structure; I tend to purchase stocks whenever funds are available, resulting in an overly diverse spread across approximately 30 stocks that I'm looking to consolidate. I aim to adopt a more disciplined approach and identify areas for improvement. Are you an active stock investor? Do you adhere to a regular investment interval and budget? Do you impose an upper limit on the number of stocks in your portfolio? If so, how do you handle adding a new stock? Do you skip the new addition, or do you exit an existing one? When investing, do you consistently allocate multiples of the same amount, or does it vary? When entering a stock, do you make a single purchase or spread it over multiple days? Do you adjust your stake in existing stocks? If so, what criteria guide your decision to increase or decrease your stake? Upon exiting a stock, is it done in one shot or over several days? Does the dividend yield influence your stock selection, and do you have a specific dividend target? Do you use external services like Excel, Value Research, Markets Mojo, etc., to track your stocks? Where do you conduct your research? Platforms such as Screener, ValuePickr, MoneyControl, etc.? Do you have a specific metric for evaluating portfolio performance, such as absolute returns or CAGR? Are there any additional strategies you follow in your stock investments?

PayTM, not a victim

Controversial take below: No doubt that PayTM has been a poster-boy of Indian fintech startups. And Vijay Shekhar Sharma has been an exceptional entrepreneur: building PayTM into a homegrown brand and a multi-billion dollar public company. To that extent, PayTM does deserve a lot of respect from the entire startup community and all of us. But in current context, they were found to be persistently non-compliant on certain regulations: regulations which are not new and which exist for the protection of consumer interest and overall trust in the ecosystem. That PayTM failed to adhere to them, is squarely on them. That is just oversight or just negligence on their part, and they are facing the consequences of their (in)action. Why then this show of support for PayTM, who clearly is at fault here? Is it just sympathy for VSS and other PayTM employees who see a lot of their wealth dissipate overnight? Is it just teenage rebellion spirit against the "system" and believing startups are above them? Or is it just accepting that it is okay to cut corners, almost with the guilt of knowing we have erred similarly too? I get the respect for the company and VSS, I do. But to present them as heroes who have been hard done by regulators, is a grossly misleading narrative.