India

The resignation is the latest setback for Byju, the once high-flying startup that is embroiled in a tussle with creditors over a $1.2 billion loan.

The auditor cited insufficient disclosures around the company's transactions with certain entities.

The short-seller allegations against billionaire Gautam Adani are once again reviving questions about the country's role as a tax haven for India's tycoons.

Public interest petitions had sought the court's intervention after reports alleged accounting fraud and stock manipulation by the conglomerate.

Indian tax authorities, who searched the BBC's offices this week, said they were probing a "prominent international media company" whose income did not match its operations.

An Indian tax probe at the offices of the BBC continued a second day, weeks after the broadcaster aired a documentary about the 2002 Gujarat riots and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alleged role.

The British broadcaster aired a documentary about the prime minister's alleged role in violence in his home state, and shortly afterward tax officials arrived for a 'survey.'

The Indian billionaire seeks to rebuild investor confidence in the wake of a bruising short-seller attack accusing his companies of accounting fraud.

Billionaire Gautam Adani's companies have suffered a stock meltdown in recent weeks after U.S. short-seller Hindenburg Research accused the conglomerate of manipulation and accounting fraud.

A short-seller accused the the company of "brazen" market manipulation and accounting fraud.