Simran Rajak New Delhi: State-owned Punjab and Sindh Bank on Wednesday raised Rs 3,000 crore by issuing its first infrastructure bond aimed at expanding infrastructure lending. Punjab and Sindh Bank said in a regulatory filing that the bank received total bids of Rs 6,031 crore against a base issue size of Rs 500 crore. Also, the bank … Read more
Telugu YouTuber and movie actor Prasad Behera has been arrested by the police on charges of sexual abuse. The police said that the victim had filed a complaint saying that Prasad had been sexually harassing her for the past few months. During one shoot, he even behaved inappropriately and “touched her indecently”, the report said. … Read more
Pathanamthitta: The Government of Kerala will host a bilateral Global Investment Summit in Kochi in February 2025. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan chaired the cabinet meeting and gave approval to conduct the summit, PTI reported. The summit will be held at the Lulu Bolgatti International Convention Center and the aim of the summit is to make … Read more
Guwahati: A Congress worker was killed and several others injured during protests in Manipur on Wednesday against various issues including the unrest and bribery charges against the Adani group. However, a senior police officer said that the actual cause of death will be known after the post-mortem report. Police and Congress supporters clashed, with Assam … Read more
GunturRenowned writer Penugonda Lakshminarayan has been awarded the prestigious Central Sahitya Akademi Award. Her work ‘Deepika Abhyudaya Vyas Samputi’ has been selected for the award. Lakshminarayan, a resident of Guntur, is also a lawyer. He has been actively involved in the Progressive Writers Association since 1972, holding various district, state and national level positions. In … Read more
The government introduced a historic tax reform in 2017, promoting simplicity and reducing the tax burden by introducing the Goods and Services Tax. Government data showed gross GST collections rose 9% to Rs 1.87 lakh crore in October, the second highest ever. According to media reports, the Group of Ministers (GoM) on rationalization of GST … Read more
New-age director Nag Ashwin is feeling elated after receiving positive response for his sci-fi thriller ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ which will release in Japan on January 3, 2025. “V is rarely overwhelmed…but Japanese love is like a different level. They learned and wrote in Telugu script, full love to you all, arigato gozaimas (a polite way … Read more
Hyderabad: Databricks, a data and AI company, announced its Series J funding. The company is raising $10 billion of expected non-dilutive financing and has completed $8.6 billion to date. The fund values Databricks at $62 billion and is led by Thrive Capital. Along with Thrive, the round is co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, GIC, … Read more
Rajgarh: Twelve newborns suffered breathing difficulties after an oxygen supply pipe was stolen at Madhya Pradesh’s state-run Rajgarh district hospital, officials said on Wednesday. Oxygen supply to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) was interrupted after unidentified persons stole a 10- to 15-feet long copper pipe on Tuesday night, sparking panic as newborns began to … Read more
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted former JNU student Umar Khalid in a conspiracy case related to the February 2020 riots and granted him a seven-day interim bail to attend a family function. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai granted him leave for seven days to attend a family wedding. Khalid is accused of … Read more