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

UGANDA BRINGS BACK DOMESTIC WORKERS FROM SAUDI ARABIA,AFTER SEVERAL MALTREATMENT COMPLAINT.

              According to CCTV,at least 7 Ugandan women working as domestic workers in Saudi Arabia have been flown back home by the Ugandan authorities.The seven are part of the 24 women set to be brought back to Uganda following complaints of being mistreated and abused at work.The Ugandan embassy in Saudi Arabia intervened when the women moved into detention centres operated by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in the Arabic country.Uganda announced last week the ban on sending housemaids to Saudi Arabia following a high number of complaints of inhumane treatment.The Ugandan government said the ban will be lifted when working conditions are ''deemed fitting''.This is the second time that Uganda has banned its citizens from going to Saudi Arabia,the first time was in 2014.Uganda and Saudi Arabia signed a five year deal last year that allows Ugandan college graduates to seek domestic work and in other fields of work in the oil rich country.Uganda took this move to reduce high unemployment rates in the country.Ugandan Spokes;person has stated that the Gulf state has reached out to the Ugandan embassy to have a meeting to discuss the bilateral agreement between them.One more photo below.                                                                                               

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