Among those listed is George Soros, the Hungarian-American financier, along with entities linked to him, according to a senior IRS source quoted by the report.
Civil society groups warn that White House threats are already chilling their work, especially among smaller charities without the means to fight back
One example is the recent remark by Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro, who accused “Indian Brahmins" of profiteering from trade with Russia and criticised India’s oil policies.
In a post shared on social media platform X, he stated that he was approached with a bribe of ₹1 crore to secure the award for his contributions to the telecom sector, a proposition he declined.
GOP leader Nikki Haley called it “another slap in the face of America,” following Biden’s actions to reduce the sentences of murderers and pardon his son.
Due to a scheduling conflict, Argentinian football star Lionel Messi could not be present in person at the White House to receive the award.
The ruling BJP has alleged a global conspiracy to destabilize India, with Soros at its center.
According to the BJP, an organisation linked to George Soros, supports the idea of Kashmir as an independent nation, a position that the party argues undermines India’s territorial integrity.
The House met on November 25 and was adjourned sine die (indefinitely) on Friday amid protests by opposition and treasury benches over the alleged insult to B R Ambedkar and directions by Speaker Om Birla to members against holding demonstrations at any gate of Parliament.
Taking to social media platform X, SC lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani wrote in a long post about what he termed as "unholy nexus".
As soon as the House met at 12 noon after the first adjournment, Leader of the House JP Nadda raised the issue of alleged links between the Congress leadership and billionaire investor George Soros.
Bessent will take his investing knowledge down a rarefied career path that only a few other prominent Wall Street luminaries have followed: running the U.S. Treasury.
George Soros, whose net worth is estimated to be $6.7 billion, has donated $32 billion to his foundation since 1984.
George Soros, the 92-year-old billionaire investor, had previously claimed he did not wish to hand over his Open Society Foundations (OSF) to any of his five children. Addressing the hand over to Alexander, Soros said, “He’s earned it”.
The spokesperson confirmed the details from an interview with Soros published in The Wall Street Journal on Sunday.
George Soros' family office, The Soros Fund Management, initially purchased 42,000 shares of Elon Musk's Tesla in 2022 and later increased their holdings to 132,000 shares.
India has managed inflation better than other economies and is well placed to navigate worries on the price front, says the co-founder of the wealth management firm
Reducing fiscal deficit is a challenge going forward as paring can happen only in the discretionary part of the budget, which is capital expenditure. But when you cut capex, it will affect growth, says the founder of GQuant Investech
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The rupee is not fully convertible, so an attack on it may not yield the sort of spectacular profits that George Soros made in 1998, short-selling the Thai baht and the Malaysian ringgit. But he may be eyeing the stock market.
India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told a conference in Sydney on Saturday that Soro's comments were typical of a "Euro Atlantic view".
The current exchange rate crisis has put the UK and Europe in the spotlight, as it did in 1992 when investors and speculators had run on the British unit, costing 3.5 billion pounds. But this time, the government is not intervening to stem the currency's fall.
The conspicuous disdain between two high-profile figures became a symbol of colliding political and economic visions. The Asian financial crisis precipitated the end of a long-standing world order.
Soros has previously used the WEF stage to unleash blistering critiques. At the last meeting, in January 2020, he suggested without evidence that Facebook Inc. might be conspiring to help re-elect Donald Trump, who lost the US presidency later that year.