The investigation found Indian news outlet NewsClick to be financed by Neville Singham, who the report accuses of pushing Chinese talking points through his network of nonprofits. Subsequently, Union Minister Anurag Thakur was quick to bash NewsClick for its China links.
In 1993, Neville Roy Singham founded ThoughtWorks, a technology consultancy firm that provides custom software, software tools, and consulting services. He served as the chairman of the firm until he sold it to Apax, a British private equity firm, in 2017 for $785 million.
In 2021, a news portal in India was under scanner for allegedly having ties to the Chinese government. Now, a New York Times investigation has unearthed a network of activists groups, nonprofit organisations, shell companies, and their close ties to Chinese propaganda.