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Adani abandons $2.5 billion share sale in big blow to Indian tycoon
Gautam Adani's flagship firm called off its $2.5 billion share sale in a dramatic reversal on Wednesday as a rout sparked by a US short-seller's criticisms wiped billions more off the value of the Indian tycoon's stocks.
1 February 2023
India hikes defence budget by 13pc
With an eye on security challenges from China and Pakistan, India today announced a nearly 13 percent increase in its defence budget for the financial year 2023-24 to help the military to develop or buy advanced weapons systems, including new fighter jets, submarines and tanks..According t
1 February 2023
Petition moved against Adani plant’s installation of power lines in Farakka
An Indian civil rights group yesterday petitioned the Calcutta High Court to stop installation of power transmission lines at Farakka in West Bengal’s Murshidabad by an Adani Group-owned power plant, from where electricity is to be supplied to Bangladesh..The transmission lines were being
1 February 2023
Adani vs Hindenburg: What you need to know
US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research severely criticised Indian conglomerate Adani in a Jan. 24 report ahead of its flagship company's $2.5 billion share sale, triggering a $70 billion rout in the group's domestically listed stocks and a sell-off in its bonds listed overseas.
31 January 2023
Abu Dhabi’s Int’l Holding Co to invest $400m in Adani Enterprises’ follow-on share sale
Abu Dhabi's International Holding Co (IHC) has announced it will invest about $400 million in the Gautam Adani-led Adani Enterprises’ follow-on share sale. .This development comes after the steep fall in share value of the conglomerate following the report of American short seller Hindenb
31 January 2023
India’s top court to hear pleas challenging ban
India’s Supreme Court will consider petitions next week against a government order blocking the sharing of clips of a BBC documentary that questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership during riots in 2002 in the western state of Gujarat.
30 January 2023
Fraud cannot be obfuscated by nationalism
US short-seller Hindenburg Research has dismissed charge that its report on Adani Group's malfeasance was a "calculated attack" on India, saying a "fraud" cannot be "obfuscated by nationalism or a bloated response that ignored key allegations."
30 January 2023
Mamata Banerjee hands over land documents to Amartya Sen
Amid allegations of land grabbing against Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen by Visva-Bharati in Santiniketan, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today handed him documents relating to his house there and said "no one can question him" in future.
30 January 2023
Adani hits back at Hindenburg, says complies with local laws
India's Adani Group issued a detailed riposte on Sunday to a Hindenburg Research report that sparked a $48 billion rout in its stocks, saying it complies with all local laws and had made the necessary regulatory disclosures.
30 January 2023
‘Ideology of hate’ consuming India
India’s rising tide of Hindu nationalism is an affront to the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, his great-grandson says, ahead of the 75th anniversary of the revered independence hero’s assassination.
29 January 2023
Real life ‘3 Idiots’ hero on a ‘Climate Fast', but why?
Sonam Wangchuk, an innovator and an engineer, whose personality inspired the fictional character of Phunsukh Wangdu in Aamir Khan's film '3 Idiots', is on a five-day "climate fast" demanding the government to protect Ladakh, where rapid expansion of industries threatening its unique ecosystem.
29 January 2023
Odisha minister shot dead by rogue cop
The Health Minister of eastern Indian state of Odisha, Naba Kishor Das, tonight succumbed to the bullet injuries he sustained when a policeman assigned to protect him fired at him in the state’s Jharsuguda district, officials said.
29 January 2023
Odisha health minister shot by cop tasked with protecting him
The health minister of the Indian state of Odisha was shot and injured by a police official assigned to protect him in Jharsuguda district today, officials said.
29 January 2023
75-yr independence of India: Mughal Gardens to be named 'Amrit Udyan'
The gardens of Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of India's President Droupadi Murmu, will get a "common name" as "Amrit Udyan" on the occasion of 75 years of India's independence, after being long known popularly as Mughal Gardens.
28 January 2023
Adani slips from world’s 3rd richest to 7th in Forbes list
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's net worth continues to decline as he falls from being the third richest person in the world to seventh in the Forbes Real Time Billionaires' list.
28 January 2023
2 Indian fighter jets crash in Madhya Pradesh, 1 pilot dead
At least one pilot was killed in an accident involving two fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force near Gwalior in the central state of Madhya Pradesh today, the IAF said.
28 January 2023
India’s Adani Group: Fraud claims wipe $45b off stocks
Shares in the business empire of Asia’s richest man Gautam Adani nosedived yesterday, extending this week’s losses to $45 billion, days after a US investment firm claimed it had committed “brazen” corporate fraud.
27 January 2023
India expects more clashes with China in Himalayas
A security assessment by Indian police in the Himalayan region of Ladakh says there could be more clashes between Indian and Chinese troops along their contested frontier there as Beijing ramps up military infrastructure in the region.
27 January 2023
India expects more clashes with Chinese troops in Himalayas: document
A security assessment by Indian police in the Himalayan region of Ladakh says there could be more clashes between Indian and Chinese troops along their contested frontier there as Beijing ramps up military infrastructure in the region.
27 January 2023
Adani shares fall after fraud claims, record sale begins
Shares of India's Adani Enterprises (ADEL.NS) sank 20% on Friday as a scathing report by a US short seller triggered a rout in the conglomerate's listed firms, casting doubts on how investors will respond to the company's record $2.45 billion secondary offer.
27 January 2023