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Pawan Hans Sale: Cayman firm’s owners’ claims don’t add up

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In an interview with The Probe, Amardeep Sharma, the owner of the Cayman Islands-registered Almas Global Opportunity Fund (AGOF), claimed that the entity was eligible to bid for the government-owned helicopter service provider Pawan Hans Limited. He also asserted that the fund had no connection to Kudakwashe Reginald Tagwirei – a controversial businessman from Zimbabwe who has been sanctioned by the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom.

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EXCLUSIVE: Absconding Arms Agent Sanjay Bhandari Claims French Firm Promised €20mn for Defence Deal But Cheated Him

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Bhandari, who the Indian government wants to extradite from the UK, has alleged in court that French firm Thales cheated him through a complex structure of companies, one of which is promoted by a firm founded by Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and IT. The allegations, yet to be proven, find place in documents lodged in a French court. The Indian media has not picked up the story.

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Pawan Hans Sale: Cayman Islands company in winning bid allegedly fronted for notorious businessman from Zimbabwe

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Did the government of India know about the link of a “notorious”, “corrupt” Zimbabwean businessman to India’s Pawan Hans disinvestment deal? Ravi Nair, Abir Dasgupta and Paranjoy Guha Thakurta reveal the complex web of companies that links controversial Zimbabwean businessman Kudakwashe Regimond Tagwirei to Almas Global Opportunity Fund, which is now at the heart of India’s Pawan Hans sale.

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Antilia Link to India’s top law Officer’s Protest

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An attempted ‘interference’ in a legal dispute associated with Mukesh Ambani’s residence prompted an explosive protest by attorney general KK Venugopal before the Supreme Court. The connection has been ignored by the mainstream media although all averments are in the public domain. Newsclick connects the dots in this exclusive analysis.

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Adani’s growing stranglehold on the region of Godda

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The Adani Group has a growing stranglehold over the city of Godda and its surrounds where the Group is building a huge coal-power station. The power-plant complex has subsumed the local police station and there are fears Adani will soon swallow up previously publicly-owned prime real estate in the city. Adani is also supporting a controversial initiative to foster Hinduism amongst non-Hindu children who belong to Adivasi (or tribal) communities.

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State government inaction on pledge to reconsider Adani’s Godda coal-power plant

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Soon after it was elected to power in December 2019, a minister in the new government of the Indian state of Jharkhand said Adani’s massive coal-power project at Godda should be reconsidered. Construction was at an early stage and there had been a powerful grassroots campaign against the project. Media reported that the contentious project now stood on ‘less sure ground’. For over two and half years since those comments, however, Adani has forged ahead with construction.

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