{
  "id": 9672000,
  "title": "Newcastle University under fire over Anant Ambani professorship amid Vantara scandal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/newcastle-university-under-fire-over-anant-ambani-professorship-amid",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T01:20:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3368732/newcastle-university-under-fire-over-anant-ambani-professorship-amid-vantara-scandal"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Britain’s Newcastle University faced criticism on Thursday for awarding a sustainability professorship to Anant Ambani, the son of Asia’s richest man and owner of a scandal-hit giant wildlife centre in India. Vantara, which calls itself the world’s largest rescue centre, last month announced a major reset of its procedures following concerns about its rapid and vast acquisition of animals from…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "UK’s Newcastle Uni draws criticism over sustainability professorship for son of India’s richest man",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/uks-newcastle-uni-draws-criticism-over-sustainability-professorship",
        "published": "2026-09-25T02:47:57.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}