INDIAN BILLIONAIRE GAUTAM ADANI CHARGED IN U. S. FOR ALLEGED BRIBERY, FRAUD. (PHOTO).
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani charged in US for alleged bribery, fraud Gautam Adani, the chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, whose business empire extends from ports and airports to renewable energy,has been indicted in New York over an alleged multibillion-dollar fraud scheme, United States prosecutors have said. The authorities on Wednesday charged Adani and two other executives at Adani Green Energy, his nephew Sagar Adani and Vneet Jaain, with agreeing between 2020 and 2024 to pay more than $250m in bribes to Indian government officials to obtain solar energy supply contracts expected to yield $2bn in profits. Prosecutors said the renewable energy company also raised more than $3bn in loans and bonds during this period based on false and misleading statements. Shares of Adani Enterprises, the group's flagship firm, closed down 22% on Thursday. Other group firms also closed in the red. Adani Green Energy, which is the firm at the c
President of Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza was pictured playing football with his friends in Bujumbura,meanwhile,police and soldiers were outside,clashing with protesters in the latest push against the presidents third term bid after the failed coup.President Nkurunziza is a qualified football coach and never fails to travel with his football team.Anti Government protesters have been demonstrating since the president was nominated for a third term in power.Atleast two protesters were shot dead and eight were wounded in clashes with police in the capital Bujumbura.Heavy gunfire was heard all day in surburbs of the capital,with intense bursts of automatic weapons,as protesters in reply hurled rocks from makeshift barricades.More photos below. 
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