24 hours ago Kenya cancels airport and energy deals with Adani group after the US indicts the Indian tycoon

Kenya’s president says he has cancelled multimillion-dollar airport expansion and energy deals with Indian tycoon Gautam Adani after U.S. bribery and fraud indictments against one of Asia’s richest men

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24 hours ago Who is Gautam Adani, the Indian billionaire charged in the US over bribery plot?

Adani, widely regarded as one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in India, has close ties to Modi’s government• Billionaire Gautam Adani charged in US over alleged $250m bribery plotGautam Adani is widely regarded as one of the most powerful men in India, as well as one of the wealthiest. Born in the western state of Gujarat, one of eight children whose father was a low level textile trader, Adani is seen as a self-made industrialist. At its peak in 2022, Adani’s personal net worth touched $127bn (£100bn).His first venture into business was trading in the diamond industry in Mumbai, where he made hist first million rupees. In the 1980s, he returned to Gujarat to help with his brother’s plastic business and gradually widened to importing metals, agricultural materials and textiles. ...

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28 hours ago Who is Gautam Adani – Indian billionaire charged in US in $250m bribery case

Adani’s businesses lost over $150bn in market value last year after Hindenburg Research accused his group of improper use of offshore tax havens

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31 hours ago US charges Indian billionaire Gautam Adani with bribery and fraud scheme

Modi ally accused of orchestrating bribery scheme to secure lucrative renewable energy contracts in India

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32 hours ago Shares in India's Adani Group plunge 20% after US bribery, fraud indictments

Asia’s controversial richest man, Indian tycoon Gautam Adani, is again in the spotlight

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38 hours ago Indian billionaire Adani charged in US over alleged $250mn bribery scheme

Prosecutors accuse tycoon and others of lying to investors and offering millions in bribes to land lucrative contracts

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39 hours ago Indian billionaire Adani charged in US over alleged $250mn bribe scheme

Prosecutors accuse the tycoon and others of lying to investors and offering millions in bribes to land lucrative contracts

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39 hours ago Two funeral directors charged with preventing lawful burial of a dead body and fraud

Richard Elkin and Hayley Bell have been charged and will face court after an investigation into the practices at their funeral home.

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