- Sunday, April 20, 2025
RITESH AGARWAL has invested ₹8.3 billion (£77.46 million)through his Singapore-based entity Patient Capital in OYO's latest funding round. Post the equity dilution in the Series G funding, Agarwal's holdings will increase to 32.57 per cent from 29.97 per cent, sources told PTI. "Ritesh has invested to protect his ownership dilution…
AT THE 77th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, Shah Rukh Khan, the first Indian film personality to receive the Pardo alla Carriera award, emphasised the importance of creative dissatisfaction. During a Q&A session, Khan advised the younger generation to avoid resting on their achievements and instead strive for continual innovation.…
BANGLADESHI police resumed patrols of the capital Dhaka on Monday, ending a weeklong strike that left a law and order vacuum following the abrupt ouster of autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina. Officers vanished from the streets of the sprawling megacity of 20 million people last week after Hasina's resignation and flight…
A MAN along with three family members allegedly gang-raped a married woman here to avenge the perceived humiliation after his daughter eloped with the victim's brother, police said on Sunday (11). The accused also allegedly recorded the act on their mobile phones, they added. Although the incident took place on…
DOCTORS in government hospitals across several states halted elective services "indefinitely" on Monday to protest the rape and murder of a young medic in Kolkata. The 31-year-old's brutalised body was found bearing multiple injuries on Friday at the seminar hall of the state-run RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata, where she…
US SHORT-SELLER Hindenburg Research launched a fresh broadside against market regulator Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch, alleging she and her husband had stakes in obscure offshore funds used in the Adani money siphoning scandal. In a blogpost, Hindenburg said 18 months since its damning report on Adani, "SEBI has shown…
INDIAN wrestler Reetika Hooda lost a close quarter-final bout against Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan in the women's 76 kg freestyle category at the Paris Olympics here on Saturday. The wrestlers were locked 1-1 after six minutes of top-quality defensive wrestling but the Kyrgyz won having logged home the last…
THE RACE for the title of “Most Followed Artist on Spotify” has been tightly contested between Indian singer Arijit Singh and American artist Taylor Swift. Singh has now claimed the lead with 117.2 million followers, edging out Swift, who has 117.18 million followers. However, Swift maintains a lead in terms…
THE AMBANIS has become the most valuable family business in the country with a valuation of ₹25.75 trillion (£240.91 billion), which is nearly one-tenth of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to a report. The Bajaj family comes second in the Barclays Private Clients Hurun India's most valuable family businesses…
AAMIR KHAN has announced his intention to focus on producing films to support emerging talent rather than acting in every project. His latest film, Laapataa Ladies, is a direct result of this decision and aims to offer new opportunities to up-and-coming artistes. The Kiran Rao-directed film was screened at the…
