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marriage. The divorce filing was made by Abasolo at the Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday, citing «irreconcilable differences» as the reason for their separation. The couple, who had been living separately since Sunday, made the announcement through Abasolo's Instagram statement. He expressed, «After more than 4 years of marriage, Rachel and I have made the difficult decision to part ways and start anew. Sometimes loving yourself and your partner means you must let go.» Lindsay, on the other hand, has not directly addressed the matter on her social media platforms but hinted at a challenging year in a New Year's Eve post.

Burman family spokesperson on Wednesday issued a statement regarding the allotment of approximately 2.14 crore shares, constituting ~8% of Religare Finvest Limited (RFL), to Rashmi Saluja through Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs). The largest shareholder of Religare Enterprises Limited (REL) has said that the matter requires investigation in terms of compliance with SEBI Takeover Regulations. On Wednesday, ET had reported that a day after the Burman family announced an open offer to buy more shares to take control of the financial services conglomerate, Rashmi Saluja, executive chairperson of the company, acquired around 8% stake in its wholly-owned shadow bank Religare Finvest Limited (RFL), through an Employees Stock Option Plan (Esop) award. «It is unfortunate that a solitary executive has cornered significant quantum of remuneration through ESOPs at Religare Enterprises Limited (REL), Care Health Insurance Limited, and RFL, all without approval and requisite disclosure to REL shareholders,» the spokesperson said.

Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Reliance Industries-BP consortium, Oil India, and Dilip Shanghvi’s Sun Petrochemicals Pvt. Ltd have won oil and gas exploration blocks in the eighth round of the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP-VIII). India had offered 10 blocks for bidding of which ONGC won seven, Oil India, Sun Petrochemicals, and a consortium of Reliance Industries Ltd and BP Plc got one area each. Contracts for the 10 blocks were signed on Wednesday. «Estimated investments in awarded blocks for committed exploration work program is to the tune of $233 Million,» said a press statement from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Five companies-- ONGC, Vedanta Ltd, Oil India Ltd (OIL), Sun Petrochemicals Pvt Ltd, and Reliance-BP Exploration (Alpha) Ltd had put in 13 bids for the 10 blocks on offer. The press statement added that steps are being taken to augment India’s E&P sector by increasing India's exploration acreage to 0.5 million sq.

Silicon Valley-headquartered company, Nikesh Arora collected stock awards worth at least $200 million. Upon being recruited by Masayoshi Son of SoftBank Group in 2014, Nikesh Arora set a new record in Japan with a remarkable first-year compensation package of $135 million, a Bloomberg report said. With the SoftBank paycheck, Nikesh Arora became the world’s best-paid executive.

Yashasvi Jaiswal has been nominated for the ICC Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2023 award with three other international stars, The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Wednesday. «A pair of exciting fast bowlers and two classy left-hand batters are in the running for ICC Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year honours for 2023,» ICC said in an official statement. New Zealand's star batter Rachin Ravindra, South Africa's pace sensation Gerald Coetzee and Sri Lanka pacer Dilshan Madushanka are the contenders to win the award.

In a Form 144 filing, Microstrategy, Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) CEO, Michael Saylor, disclosed the sale of 315,000 common shares worth approximately $216 million via his broker Merrill Lynch. The expected date of the sale was 01/02/2024.

Investment guru Warren Buffett topped The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list of the biggest charitable donations in 2023, with his $541.5 million gift to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, named for his first wife, who died in 2004

A new version of the federal student aid application known as the FAFSA is available for the 2024-2025 school year, but only on a limited basis as the U.S. Department of Education works on a redesign meant to make it easier to apply

Bank of Maharashtra Bank of Maharashtra's total business rose 19% year-on-year to Rs 4.35 lakh crore in the December quarter, compared with Rs 3.66 lakh crore. Hindustan Zinc Hindustan Zinc's mined metal production at 780kt in the third quarter, up 2% YoY, driven by improved mined metal grades. Birlasoft Birlasoft announced the appointment of Manjunath Kygonahally as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Rest of the World (ROW) region. Read more: Here's the trade setup for today's session RVNL Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd JV received letter of award (LoA) for Rs 123 crore order to redevelop Varkala Sivagiri railway station. GVK Power The Competition Commission of India approved the acquisition of 100% shareholding of GVK Power by Punjab State Power Corporation. DMart Avenue Supermarts saw a double-digit growth in revenue for the third quarter of the current financial year, with the topline growing 17.2% year-on-year (YoY). VST Industries Radhakishan Damani has picked up an additional stake in VST Industries through bulk deals on Tuesday.

ethnic clashes and illegal migration of Chin-Kuki nationals from Myanmar, the Centre is set to issue orders for smart fencing for an additional 300 kilometres out of the 1,643 km of India-Myanmar border, running along Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram, said a senior government official. The fencing of the remaining length of the border is likely to be completed in the next four and half years, the official said. The development comes after the initial pilot project of 10 km was completed last year and work for another 80 km was awarded, taking the total smart fencing to 390 km.

₹109.46 crore. For the provision of an automatic block signalling system, the JV has been awarded the contract for comprehensive signalling and telecommunication works.

Gautam Adani's joint venture with Mumbai's slum rehabilitation authority has hired a global team to redevelop Dharavi, a key step in rebuilding one of Asia's biggest slums amid growing opposition to the project. Dharavi, about three quarters the size of New York's Central Park, is a crowded area that houses thousands of poor families in cramped quarters in the centre of India's financial capital. Many residents have no access to running water or clean toilets.

Arvind Panagariya is expected to start consultations with all states once the chairperson and members assume charge. Revenue sharing among states is a controversial subject given that there is always fund crunch and the welfare needs are different. Besides, in a vastly diverse country, the parameters have to accommodate the interests of all the states which are on different development trajectories.

After Bajrang, Vinesh Phogat leaves Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award at Kartavya Path "For the BJP, 'Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao' is just a slogan. I had said at that time that BJP people are involved in this matter," Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai said in a post on X. The Samajwadi Party, in a post on X, said sisters and daughters are unsafe in the state and BJP people are the only threat.

By Rory Carroll

In the last days of Credit Suisse, plenty of decisions were taken where perhaps the best you can say of them is that they might have looked like the only available option at the time.  The brand was melting down, and the best bankers were leaving every day.  In order to try to hold on to some of the rainmakers in strategically important franchises, CS decided that it was going to pay what were called “upfront cash awards”.

The secret to staving off burnout from those who work six or more decades: a passion for what they do and an ability to reset after late-life setbacks. Charles Munger, the billionaire vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway who died in November, attended a daylong Zoom board meeting at the age of 99, telling a reporter “you don’t call it work when you enjoy it." Rosalynn Carter, who recently died at the age of 96, shook off the loss of her husband’s re-election bid to become a fierce advocate for mental health and caregivers. Their ability and the ability of others to actively work later in life offers potential lessons to those older people who want to continue working and younger ones who already feel burned out.

Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over wrestler Vinesh Phogat leaving her Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award on national capital's Kartavya Path, saying the PM is the guardian of the nation and it hurts to see «such cruelty» on his part. Gandhi's attack came a day after multiple World Championship medallist Phogat returned her Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award, keeping the two awards lying in the middle of Kartavya Path after the Delhi Police stopped her from reaching the prime minister's office.

Vinesh Phogat returned the two awards to the government. In a letter to PM Modi, the Asian Games gold medallist grappler had said she had decided to return her Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award to the government. Phogat said such honours have become meaningless at a time when wrestlers are struggling to get justice.

From Barbie to Oppenheimer, here are the highest grossing movies of 2023 The high school comedy film is coming to the big screen in 2024 with a new cast and more songs. The iconic teen film is an adaptation of Tina Fey’s Broadway musical from the 2004 film Mean Girls. Mean Girls will be released worldwide theatrically on January 12, 2024.

Larsen and Toubro was issued the Letter of Acceptance on Saturday for the design and construction of an elevated viaduct including associated works between Heelalige and Rajanukunte of Corridor-4 of the Bengaluru Suburban Rail project, officials said. The contract price is Rs 1,040.51 crore including GST and the contract period is 30 months.