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Multi-crore duty evasion behind alleged silver import scam at GIFT City

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There’s more to the accusations of irregularities in silver imports than meets the eye. For starters, dubious links have emerged between some importers and exporters. A large-scale silver imports scam has possibly been brewing in India. A back-of-the-envelope calculation shows that import duty to the tune of at least $105 million (around Rs 880 crore) may have been evaded on $1.6 billion (Rs 13,600 crore) worth of silver imports from the UAE.

Frontline, News

The other ‘coal scam’

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Fresh evidence surfaces in the decade-long probe into “over-invoicing” of coal imports totalling over Rs. 35,000 crore by corporates including Adani. This scam’s main victim was the public at large rather than the government’s coffers. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) had found evidence that over 40 companies were over-charging for coal that was imported and sold to thermal power plants across the country.

Opinion, Raiot

Environmental and Human Rights struggle is not a fight against fascism

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Text of a talk delivered by Abir Dasgupta at the Anti Fascist Grand Conference in Calcutta. The talk was in Hindi, this is the English original. The environmental and human rights struggle should not be framed solely as a fight against fascism. The Adani Group’s role is ideological, not just as a beneficiary of crony capitalism. The group is an exemplary product of Hindu Fascist political economy.

Adani Watch, News

EXCLUSIVE: Did PM Modi and BJP disclose election spending on Adani private jet lease

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An AdaniWatch investigation finds that the 2014 election campaigning by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a private jet owned by the Adani Group was not disclosed as election expenditure, potentially violating the law of the land. If payments were made to the relevant Adani company for the lease of its aircraft by Modi for election campaigning, they were not reported by Modi or the BJP to the Election Commission.

Adani Watch, News

Adani completes takeover of formerly independent TV station

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The Adani Group is now the majority owner of the Indian television news network NDTV (New Delhi Television) after its co-founders, husband and wife Prannoy and Radhika Roy, sold most of their stake to the Group over the Christmas period. In a statement, the Roys said they have had discussions with Adani Group chairman, Gautam Adani, and that they are hopeful he will preserve NDTV’s values of Trust, Credibility and Independence.

Adani Watch, News

Adani Power Limited vs Haryana: The making of a power crisis

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An engineers’ union has alleged that an Adani-owned coal-power station is part of an unauthorised scheme to divert electricity that is contracted to supply the northern Indian state of Haryana to the western state of Gujarat – the home state of Adani chairman Gautam Adani and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to the union’s complaint to authorities, the diversion occurred in the peak of the summer months, while Haryana was facing a debilitating heat wave and rolling blackouts.

News, News Laundry

How top Meta executive Shivnath Thukral has links with a firm that works for Modi and BJP

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The firm, Opalina Technologies, was involved in the #MainBhiChowkidar campaign. Shivnath Thukral owned stake in this firm, and his father continues to do so. Shivnath Thukral, a public policy director, India, at WhatsApp Inc (owned by Facebook, now known as Meta) since March 2020, had once owned a stake in Opalina Technologies – a company that has provided software solutions for India’s prime minister Narendra Modi, the prime minister’s office, the Bharatiya Janata Party.

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