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☆ CNBC's Inside India newsletter: An education scandal years in the making
  + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
Yet, the system has also exacerbated the social divide between the haves and have-nots, who are confined to the largely abysmal state-run education system. That means entrance tests and examinations are a high-stakes juncture in a person's life. A half-hearted attempt at testing the country's education system in 2021 was aborted when the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country. The company, which offers services ranging from online tutorials to offline coaching, attracted billions of dollars from investors worldwide during the pandemic when online education services were in high demand. One of the companies it bought was an offline test preparation service called Aakash Education Services, which is still expected to IPO this year.
Persons: Firdous Nazir, NurPhoto, Cram, —, Byju's Organizations: Youth Congress, Getty, Testing Agency, Reuters, FIFA, Aakash Education Services Locations: Jammu, Kashmir, India, Kota, Rajasthan, PISA, Kyrgyzstan, Turkish
☆ An activist short-seller is making a name for itself by taking on Carl Ichan, Gautam Adani and others
  + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +6 min
Anderson exposes corporate fraud and ponzi schemes through his company Hindenburg Research. Congress (IYC) staged a protest demanding a probe into the allegations of fraud made against the Adani group in the Hindenburg research report. Controversial practice Breakout Point has tracked 74 Hindenburg short bets it has opened since 2017. watch nowBiggest hits One of Hindenburg's biggest recent campaigns centered on a collection of businesses owned by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani. In January 2023, Hindenburg published a report accusing Adani Group companies of "brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud."
Persons: Nate Anderson, Anderson, Carl Icahn, Gautam Adani, Ivan Cosovic, Hindenburg, LPP, Gautam Organizations: Hindenburg Research, Washington Post, The Washington Post, Getty, The, CNBC, Indian Youth Congress, Central, Indian Youth Congress Office, Congress, Hindustan Times, GameStop, Hindenburg's, Adani, Securities and Exchange Board of India Locations: The New York, NY, New York, DELHI, India, New Delhi, Gdansk, Russia, Ukraine
☆ India's Tibetan refugees demand discussion on Tibet during G20 summit
  + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/6] Members of the Tibetan community show hands painted with the words "Free Tibet" at their refugee colony in Majnu ka Tilla ahead of the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, September 8, 2023. Global leaders have started descending upon India's national capital for the summit, including U.S. President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. China President Xi Jinping will not be attending the gathering and will instead be represented by Prime Minister Li Qiang. "We place a demand before our Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other global leaders to discuss Tibet during the G20 summit," he said. China sent troops into Tibet in 1950, terming the act a "peaceful liberation", and has ruled the remote, mountainous country ever since.
Persons: Anushree, Joe Biden, Rishi Sunak, Giorgia Meloni, Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Dhundup, Narendra Modi, Sakshi Dayal, Kim Coghill Organizations: REUTERS, Global, British, Italian, Tibetan Youth Congress, Reuters, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, DELHI, China, Tibet, Beijing, Pragati Maidan
☆ India's Congress party to launch street protests against Gandhi's conviction
  + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Rupam Jain | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/5] Supporters of the Youth Congress Party hold placards during a silent protest against the conviction of Rahul Gandhi, President of India's main opposition Congress party, in a 2019 Defamation case by a Surat court, on a street in Mumbai, India, March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Francis MascarenhasNEW DELHI, March 24 (Reuters) - Members of India's main opposition Congress party will take to the streets on Friday to protest against leader Rahul Gandhi's conviction for defamation, party officials said a day after a magistrate's court sentenced Gandhi to a two-year jail term. Two senior Congress leaders told Reuters that Gandhi will respect the local court's verdict and will not attend parliament. Officials in the Congress party said they are also depending on regional opposition parties to galvanize political support against the verdict. The president's office confirmed that Congress leaders have sought a meeting with President Draupadi Murmu to lodge a protest against the conviction with the top constitutional executive.
☆ Adani's fall reignites scrutiny of billionaire's close ties with Modi
  + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Sumathi Bala | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +7 min
Ashok Swain Uppsala UniversityHindenburg's report has further sharpened the focus on the billionaire mogul's close ties with Modi. After Modi became prime minister, Adani continued to benefit from the relationship but on a much larger scale, said Swain. In his address to parliament last week, the prime minister seemed unfazed by the opposition's criticism and made no mention of Adani. "And you can never breach this safety shield with the weapons of abuse and lies," he said, as opposition lawmakers chanted "Adani, Adani." "Prime Minister Modi and I are from the same state.
☆ India's largest insurer LIC says it may review stake in Adani after management meeting
  + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Sumathi Bala | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
watch nowIndia's largest insurer says it "might" review its stake in the embattled Adani Group after meeting with the management. "We propose to speak to them about this ... just to try and understand what's really happening within the organization, within the Adani group." In a further blow, global index provider MSCI last week said it will cut the weightings of some Adani Group businesses, including flagship firm Adani Enterprises. Still, the LIC chairman said the national insurer isn't too concerned about the conglomerate's high debt levels or the recent volatility in Adani's share price. Adani falloutThe Adani fallout has raised concerns about the group's exposure to India's leading banks and insurers.
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