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Thursday, August 28, 2025
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Topic: Alibaba

Ant Group — A $280 billion unicorn that just had its legs broken

Less than two months after the dramatic cancellation of its blockbuster IPO, Ant executives are left in charge of a company whose own narrative is now unclear.

Alibaba’s US-listed shares tumble most ever on China’s anti-monopoly probe

The stock fell 13% in its biggest one-day drop on record. The decline took Alibaba to its lowest level since July, and the stock is now down 30% from an October peak.

Ant will rise from IPO ashes, but Alibaba’s Jack Ma needs to exit

Jack Ma & team won’t get away with being digital cowboys given that too much power over China's financial levers intrudes on govt territory.

Chinese tech giant Alibaba puts investment plans for India on hold amid ‘souring relations’

Bilateral tensions have forced Chinese firms to hold investment plans in India. But Alibaba doesn’t plan to 'reduce its stakes or exit investments' in India.

Alibaba to invest $28 billion in cloud over the next 3 years

Cloud computing has been one of the fastest-growing initiatives for Alibaba as it expands beyond its traditional e-commerce focus.

Asian tech giants are pouring money into India’s booming gaming-gambling apps

Tencent, Alibaba and SoftBank are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Indian gaming apps that use loopholes in anti-gambling laws.

India receives second batch of medical supplies for Covid-19 from China

Jack Ma and Alibaba Foundations donate protective clothes, masks and ventilators to Indian Red Cross Society.

Netherlands recalls 600,000 China-made masks from its hospitals over poor quality

Netherlands becomes the latest country after Spain and Czech Republic to claim Chinese medical supplies are defective.

Mukesh Ambani readies India’s Alibaba with $24 billion holding firm

Ambani’s move is latest sign of Reliance’s pivot toward data & digital services for future growth, as it builds platform to take on Amazon & Flipkart.

China’s mass surveillance is more sophisticated than thought, courtesy several tech giants

Human Rights Watch report sheds new light on the vast scope of activity China is monitoring as it cracks down on its minority Muslim Uighur population.

On Camera

How economic planning stifled India’s growth and talent

The Indian planning system did not encourage individuals based on ‘what they knew’, but on ‘whom they knew’. Many left for countries that recognised their talent.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.