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VOL 23 - ISSUE 42
www.theasianstar.com SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2024
Arrest warrants in US against Adani for bribery
A New York court has issued arrest warrants against Gautam Adani, founder and chairman of Adani Group, and his nephew, Sagar Adani, following their indictment in the US along with six others on charges of bribery of $265 million (around Rs 2,238 crore). US prosecutors alleged that Adani, Sagar and the six others paid bribes to Indian government officials to secure solar energy supply contracts yielding $2 billion in profits over 20 years. $265 mn ‘bribery’ case: NY court indicts Adani Group chief, 7 others Indian officials ‘paid off’ to bag solar energy supply contracts Deals yield $2 bn in profits to conglomerate
over 20 years The US District Court has issued a five-count criminal indictment of Adani and seven others. Continued on Page 15...
Canadians react as Trudeau admits to "mistakes" in immigration, outlines new plan
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will soon see a significant decline in immigration as the government attempts to fix its “mistakes.” In a six-minute video shared on Sunday,
Trudeau stated that since Canada’s population has grown “baby-boomer fast,” the government plans to temper growth by reducing the number of immigrants in the next three years. “I’m going to let you in on what happened, where we made some mistakes, and why we’re taking this big turn,” he said. “Looking back, as the postpandemic boom cooled and business no longer needed the additional labour help, as a federal team, we could have acted quicker and turned off the taps faster.” Trudeau said bad actors and fake colleges have used the immigration system to obtain cheap foreign labour. Continued on Page 7...
New immigrants less happy than longer-term Canadians, poll finds A new poll from Angus Reid finds a majority of C ana d i ans still consider themselves to be happy, but that number has been decreasing in recent years. What’s more, non-white and new Canadians seem to be faring the worst in the growing trend of Continued on Page 7... unhappiness.
Air pollution nightmare engulfs northern India and Pakistan
The total or partial reproduction of an article, witA thick, gray haze, a permanent smell of burning, completely stale air, assaulting the eyes, throat and lungs: Extreme winter pollution has tightened its grip on the inhabitants of northern India and Pakistan. In both neighboring regions, human health is under threat. Continued on Page 14...
Warrant issued for South Asian Brampton man involved in Pearson gold heist after failed court appearance Peel Regional Police have issued a bench warrant for a man connected to the Toronto Pearson Airport gold heist after he failed to appear in court. Prasath Paramalingam, 35, of Brampton, was charged with accessory after the fact for aiding 25-year-old Durante King-McLean during the airport heist, which saw King-McLean allegedly drive off with millions worth of gold bars in April 2023. On Thursday, a police spokesperson confirmed with CityNews that a bench warrant has been in place since August after
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Paramalingam failed to show up for his court appearance. A bench warrant stems from the judge’s authority. PRP investigators confirmed in April that KingMcLean and Paramalingam were indicted in the U.S. for a conspiracy to engage in international firearms trafficking. U.S. officials became involved in Sept. 2023, a few months after the gold heist at Pearson airport, when one of the suspects, identified as King-McLean, was pulled over for suspected motor vehicle violations in Pennsylvania.
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