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Newcastle University Faces Backlash Over Sustainability Professorship for Oil Heir Anant Ambani

Newcastle University has appointed Anant Ambani, heir to an Indian oil and gas fortune and operator of a controversial mega-zoo, as a professor of practice in sustainability, prompting criticism from conservationists who question the basis for the honor.

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