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Monday, September 22, 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

Indian police need urgent reforms. 2006 SC order yielded no results

In the face of judicial scrutiny, several states issued executive orders after SC’s 2006 verdict. But these enactments were cleverly designed to circumvent the implementation of judicial directions.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.