INDIAN BILLIONAIRE GAUTAM ADANI CHARGED IN U. S. FOR ALLEGED BRIBERY, FRAUD. (PHOTO).

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  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

A FRENCH SOLDIER DEPLOYED TO C.A.R,ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ABUSE.

                                According to the United Nation top human rights official,he said that a French soldier deployed to Central Africa Republic has been accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl in the latest in a series of misconduct allegations against peacekeeping forces there.U.N High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said U.N staff were informed on August 30 of allegations that a French Soldier sexually abused a girl in her mid to late teens last year.She gave birth to a child in April and lodged a paternity case with local authorities.In a statement today during a visit to Central African Republic he said ''We simply have to find ways to prevent such odious acts being committed by any soldiers anywhere who are supposed to be protecting vulnerable populations''.He further said that French authorities had been informed of the latest allegation and the U.N mission,which took over peacekeeping duties from Frencj troops,had offered to help investigate.

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