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

6,500 MIGRANTS HAD BEEN RESCUED SINCE THURSDAY TO YESTERDAY SUNDAY ,BY THE ITALIAN NAVY.

               According to a coastguard who said on twitter that,in one operation by the Italian navy vessel Vega,five migrants were picked up out of the sea,three people were resuscitated and two were already.The German aid group Jugend Rettet added that its ship luventa had taken part in the same operation to save 130 people packed onto a rubber dinghy that was taking on water,and had also recovered two bodies.A fifth body was found aboard a fishing boat from which some 470 migrants were rescued by the Italian navy and the Malta based aid group,Mooas.Sunday's rescue missions off the Libyan coast brought 1,100 migrants and refugees to safety overall,bringing the total to 6,530 since thursday,said the Italian coastguard which coordinates the operations.According to the latest figures from the UN's refugee agency earlier this week,more than 89,000 people,most from sub-Saharan Africa,have arrived in Italy by sea since the start of the year in search of a better life in Europe.

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