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Sunday, December 14, 2025
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.

Companies Amendment Bill passed in Lok Sabha, seeks to tighten CSR spending

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the amendments will improve ease of doing business and also reduce the compliance burden on companies.

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.

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I’ve been driving an EV for 2 years—Indian roads are ready to switch to electric

Driving an electric vehicle for months, the Hyundai IONIQ5, BMW iX and now the Kia Carens Clavis electric, has convinced me of the viability of EVs for city and mid-range commutes.

Rupee’s turmoil has echoes of 2013

With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.