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US planning to drop charges against Gautam Adani over ‘willingness’ to invest, create jobs: Report

US planning to drop charges against Gautam Adani over ‘willingness’ to invest, create jobs: Report

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US authorities plan to drop fraud charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani which were first unveiled in 2024, according to a Bloomberg report citing persons familiar with the matter. The legal charges against the Adani group represented a serious challenge to the firm’s ability to conduct business in the United States. (Adani Group) In a significant breakthrough for the Adani Group, the US Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could resolve charges related to Gautam Adani as soon as this week, roughly 18 months after they accused the Indian magnate of involvement in a bribery and fraud scheme. Adani’s hiring of Robert Giuffra, one of US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyers, and an offer to invest $10 billion in the US economy played a key role in the US government’s decision, a report in the New York Times added. In 2024, the US Attorney’s office in New York’s Brooklyn released a criminal indictment which alleged that Gautam Adani, his nephew Sagar Adani and other executives were involved in a scheme to bribe …

Shafali Verma 2.0: Willingness to adapt and add dimensions | Cricket News

Shafali Verma 2.0: Willingness to adapt and add dimensions | Cricket News

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She’ll face bowling attacks of higher quality in the days and months to come, but in the year-ending five-match series against Sri Lanka, Shafali Verma showcased an evolution to her game that augurs well for 2026. She displayed the building blocks of a T20 game that has gone up a notch. “T20 toh mera favourite hai, mujhe bahut mazaa aata hai,” she broke into a chuckle after India’s 5-0 win. In a format anyway tailor-made for her, Shafali has shown the willingness to adapt and add more dimensions. With scores of 69*, 79* and 79 – 241 runs off 133 balls at a strike rate of 181.20 with 37 fours and five sixes – it was a Shafali show all the way. Picking up from where she left off in the World Cup final in Navi Mumbai, the opener was unstoppable in three of the five matches. When she was dropped from the India team late in 2024, it hit her hard. The prodigiously talented youngster faced the first major setback of her international career …

No willingness to invest in Indian football but crores spent on Messi tour: Sandesh Jhingan | Football News

No willingness to invest in Indian football but crores spent on Messi tour: Sandesh Jhingan | Football News

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Indian men’s football team captain Sandesh Jhingan on Wednesday questioned the logic of spending crores on Lionel Messi’s high-profile ‘GOAT Tour’, saying the extravagance has forced him to think if anyone is really concerned about investing in Indian football, which has effectively come to a standstill. Messi’s three-day tour saw unprecedented public frenzy and massive crowds in Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Delhi. “It feels as though we are close to shutting everything down because there is no willingness to invest in football within India, yet crores were spent on this tour,” Jhingan wrote in a candid Instagram post, voicing concern over the direction of the sport in the country. The India skipper said the unprecedented public response to the tour headlined by Lionel Messi alongside Rodrigo de Paul and Luis Suarez, revealed nation’s priorities. “What troubles me, however, and leaves me deeply reflective, is that at a time when our own football ecosystem is in jeopardy, arguably facing one of its most difficult phases, we stand on the brink of having no active domestic football …

Vendors picked for willingness to pay bribes, not merit: EOW in DMF charge sheet | Latest News India

Vendors picked for willingness to pay bribes, not merit: EOW in DMF charge sheet | Latest News India

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RAIPUR: The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) on Tuesday filed its charge sheet in connection with irregularities in the District Mineral Fund (DMF) in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district, alleging that the officials did not select vendors on merit but their willingness to pay bribes. The 6,000-page chargesheet mentioned nine names. (Representative file image) Among the state government officials named in EOW’s 6,000-page charge sheet are former Korba collector Ranu Sahu, former deputy secretary at then chief minister Bhupesh Baghel’s office Saumya Chaurasia, and Maya Warrior, assistant commissioner at the Tribal Development Department. The other accused include Suryakant Tiwari, an influential businessman in the coal industry, Maya Warrior, assistant commissioner, Tribal Development Dept and several vendors and contractors such as Sanjay Shende, Rishabh Soni, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Mukesh Agrawal, and Ashok Agrawal who are currently in jail in Raipur. The EOW probe stems from a report submitted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Raipur, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), which led to the registration of FIR on January 16, 2024. EOW said the DMF was a …

High Commissioner to Sri Lanka indicates India’s willingness to support Palaly airport expansion in Jaffna

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India is ready to support and work with the government of Sri Lanka in upgrading and expanding the facilities at the Palaly international airport in Jaffna, according to Gopal Baglay, Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka. In a recorded speech played at an event at the airport on Monday to mark the resumption of flight services by the Alliance Air on the Chennai-Jaffna-Chennai sector, Mr. Baglay, who thanked the Sri Lankan government for the development, pointed out that direct and quick air travel between India and Jaffna and other places in Sri Lanka would “significantly enhance” trade and tourism. It would especially benefit the small and medium segments of the business apart from strengthening the traditional ties between the people of the two countries. In light of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chennai-Jaffna services were suspended in mid-March 2020 following the closure of the airport. They were in operation for five months from November 11, 2019, with a frequency of three flights a week. “During the period, 142 flight services were operated in …