The Latest Breaking News from Vedanta

Huge donations by firms under criminal investigation or suspected of being shell companies have been funnelled to India's ruling BJP and other parties, new data showed, highlighting the backscratching ties between corporate titans and the government.

Supreme Court dismisses Vedanta's plea to reopen Thoothukudi plant, upholding Tamil Nadu's environmental protection measures.

Public hearing for Vedanta's bauxite mine in Odisha's Rayagada district ended with majority of villagers voicing concerns over potential adverse impact on local ecology. Tight security was in place as villagers had alleged police high-handedness and attempts to allure them to support the project.

According to a Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) report, the Union Environment Ministry’s 2022 move to relax regulations to allow mining companies to increase production by up to 50% followed lobbying by the Vedanta group in 2021

The G20 Summit has taken over the headlines and the news cycle. By the end of the week, the recent exposes on Adani, the opposition alliance’s Mumbai meet, or even the Manipur crisis would have faded from people’s memories.  

Vedanta accused of covertly lobbying to weaken environmental regulations during pandemic by OCCRP; Indian govt approved changes without public consultation; Vedanta pushed to increase mining production without new environmental approvals

Vedanta group chairman Anil Agarwal said that first phase of its semiconductor project will involve $5 billion investment of the overall $20-billion outlay, and the venture will be ready with made-in-India chip in two and a half years.

Taiwan-based electronics giant Foxconn is backing out of a $19.5 billion semiconductor joint venture with Indian mining conglomerate Vedanta Ltd

The decision is a setback for the country's plans to build a domestic chipmaking industry.