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Thursday, January 29, 2026
TopicShell companies

Topic: shell companies

3 yrs after IPO, ED digs out Varanium Cloud’s ‘pump & dump scheme, 150 shell firms, 400 mule accounts’

ED claims to have busted racket of illegal diversion of public funds after the tech firm raised Rs 36.6 cr in IPO in 2022. Probe stems from FIRs against promoter Harshavardhan Sabale.

NewsClick FIR says Chinese phone-makers set up ‘thousands of shell companies in India to funnel funds’

'Illegally infused foreign funds used to cause disaffection against nation', according to Delhi Police FIR. NewsClick founder, others accused of providing legal aid to these firms.

‘Address proof’ demands go against PM’s push for work from home

A firm without a traditional office isn't necessarily a shell company. And so, verification of physical address can't be the policy instrument to check if the business is legitimate.

Mumbai forex firm in ED net for forging tickets, passports to justify Rs 700-cr gain

ED books Capstone Forex Private Limited for siphoning funds, after information about a 'sharp rise in revenue' brought it under suspicion.

Modi govt expects to deregister another 20,000 bogus companies by end of this year

The process of acquiring KYC details of companies is currently on, action will be taken against promoters if they fail test.

New notification on corporate layering will limit growth and disadvantage Indian companies

The government has chosen to carpet bomb domestic companies in its bid to crack down on money laundering instead of resorting to a surgical strike.

On Camera

Congress calls India’s GDP numbers ‘suspect’, alleges manipulation by Modi govt

In AICC report ‘Real State of the Economy 2026’, Congress flags ‘central contradiction’ in economy, calls for data review pointing to jobs, FDI, manufacturing slump & inequality.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.