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Uday Kotak’s group is planning to launch its first private credit fund this year, joining industry peers rushing to tap the booming market for direct lending. The fund would aim to raise about 10 billion rupees ($119 million) depending on investor demand, said Nilesh Shah, chief executive officer of Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company, which manages 4.8 trillion rupees in assets. While private credit as an asset class has expanded globally, India has become a hotbed for the strategy, where institutions and funds make loans directly to companies, as investors hunt for higher returns.

The brother of Terry Fox is calling the move of his older sibling’s statue in Ottawa one of “significance,” now that it stands along Fox’s route through the national capital during his “Marathon of Hope.”

Jennifer Lopez's first husband, Ojani Noa is speaking up based on the experience of marrying an actress. The actor has finalized his divorce from the singer in 1998,within the less of one year of their marriage. He requested his former to stay single for a while, which he has expressed in an interview with the Daily Mail.

Kamala Harris' first solo interview, expressing doubts about her ability to serve as president. Her conversation with Philadelphia's 6 ABC anchor, Brian Taff, spread widely on social platforms after many criticized her responses as too long and lacking substance, particularly concerning economic policies, as per the reports of Yahoo news.

After the success of its first season, both UK and US viewers are eagerly awaiting the release of the next chapter in Ridley’s investigative journey.

Franck Muller is fully focused on the country, said Erol Baliyan, MD for Middle East, Africa and India at the luxury watch brand in an interview with ET. Ahead of Diwali, Franck Muller hopes to launch its third India focused collection and might also foray into luxury residential real estate here overtime, Baliyan told ET. The Franck Muller Aeternitas at London Gate, Dubai Marina, is set to be the world's tallest residential clock tower with 106 floors. “We are working on a very exclusive project of handcrafted 108 pieces for India and we hope to launch it before Diwali. Our real estate foray has been very successful and we want to do the third project in India. Hopefully, we will have a Franck Muller tower in the skyline in India in future,” he said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. THE LATEST attempt to assassinate Donald Trump, on September 15th, was only uncovered when a Secret Service agent spotted a gun barrel sticking out of a fence beside the golf course in Florida where Mr Trump was enjoying a round. Agents opened fire and a man sprang from the bushes.

Terry Fox had run the length of a marathon a day during his journey across Canada, she was shocked.Like most Canadians, Adhiya had known about the icon’s 1980 mission to raise funds for cancer research through a 4,700-mile run from Newfoundland to British Columbia, but not much about Fox’s childhood, the day-to-day grind of his run and his deep connection to his supporters.The editor and writer’s new book, Hope by Terry Fox, published this month by ECW Press and Burman Books, explores who Fox was beyond what he called his Marathon of Hope through interviews, journal excerpts, letters and photos.“As Canadians, we adore him for very good reason, and he is our iconic hero,” Adhiya said. “But I think this book allows you to really understand the depth of who he was as a human being.”“This is hope, as Terry Fox would teach you.”Fox, of Port Coquitlam, B.C., was 18 years old when he was diagnosed with bone cancer and had to have his right leg amputated.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners, which has invested in the likes of Swiggy and BigBasket, said that the cybersecurity segment is poised, in terms of investments, to take off in India on the back of rising instances of data fraud. The segment has been “fertile" for Bessemer globally, where the VC has made over 30 investments.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy told CNN in an interview aired on Sunday. Russia has been gaining ground in parts of eastern Ukraine including around Pokrovsk. Capture of the transport hub could enable Moscow to open new lines of attack. Zelenskiy said the situation in the east was «very tough», adding that half of Ukraine's brigades there were not equipped.

Malaysia Airlines is keen to expand its operations into India, which is a «very important market», according to a top airline official. The airline, which currently flies to nine Indian cities, is eyeing new destinations as well as looking to increase frequencies to Trivandrum and Ahmedabad. Part of the Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), Malaysia Airlines operates daily flights to Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Amritsar, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kochi. It also has four weekly services from Ahmedabad and Trivandrum.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. “Ludwig" and “Maria" had suffered an abrupt end to their clandestine careers, arrested just after finishing breakfast in their suburban home and outed as deep-cover spies for Moscow. But as they flew in a Bombardier jet to freedom as part of an epic prisoner swap last month, they had more familial concerns in mind: How to break it to the kids? Please, they’d quietly pleaded with their Slovenian escorts, don’t address us by our real names.

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Kamala Harris revealed that she owns a handgun for personal safety. This disclosure, which came as a strategic response to Republican criticisms, highlights her effort to navigate the complex landscape of American gun politics. According to a White House source, Harris’s gun is securely stored at her California home. During the debate, Harris addressed Republican accusations with the statement: “This business about taking everyone's guns away — Tim Walz and I are both gun owners. We're not taking anybody's guns away, so stop with the continuous lying about this stuff.” She also recalled her personal reasons for owning a gun, saying in 2019, “I am a gun owner, and I own a gun for probably the reason a lot of people do — for personal safety. I was a career prosecutor.”

Boeing «could go on for a while» as workers are confident they can get bigger wage increases and an improved pension, union leader Jon Holden said in an interview with National Public Radio (NPR) on Saturday. More than 30,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), who produce Boeing's top-selling 737 MAX and other jets in the Seattle and Portland, began a strike on Friday after overwhelmingly voting down a new contract. Boeing and union negotiators are due to return to the bargaining table next week, in talks overseen by U.S. federal mediators, after more than 94% of workers voted to reject an initial contract offer that Holden had endorsed.

Game of Thrones in 2019, passionate fans have campaigned relentlessly for a remake of the much-debated final season. With the network showing interest in reboots, such as the recent Harry Potter remake, the idea of revisiting Season 8 seems less far-fetched than before.

Kamala Harris, who presents herself as the candidate of change as she runs for president against Republican Donald Trump, said Friday that she's different from President Joe Biden because she offers «a new generation of leadership.» In her first solo television interview since she became the Democratic presidential nominee, Harris also criticized the "hate and division that we see coming out of Donald Trump" and said she thinks people are «exhausted» by his style of leadership. She also said she's a gun owner and doesn't want to take away anyone's guns, but she believes a ban on assault-style weapons is necessary and consistent with the Second Amendment.

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Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson, who made a name for himself by betting against the housing market during the financial crisis and who is today a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, said there could be a collapse in the financial markets and a recession if Vice President Kamala Harris' proposed tax plans become a reality.

After what may end up being the only debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Americans have no better understanding of the policy positions of the Democrat nominee. Trump, whether you like him or not, is at least a well-known commodity. Harris is not and the debate did little to clarify her vision for the United States.

Chef Vikas Khanna organized large-scale food distribution drives, winning appreciation from many. In an interview with the BBC in 2020, he was asked by an anchor if his sense of hunger comes from India. Khanna responded, “My sense of hunger came from New York.” He explained further but did not elaborate in this particular interaction. The interviewer begins by highlighting Chef Vikas Khanna's achievements, including cooking for the Obamas and co-hosting with Gordon Ramsay. He then contrasts this success with Khanna's humble beginnings, noting his origins in Amritsar, Punjab. The interviewer suggests that Khanna's background from a less affluent family might give him a particular insight into the challenges of living in India. This implies that Khanna's experiences in a small Indian city have provided him with a deep understanding of hunger and poverty, based on the stereotype that everyone in less wealthy parts of India is automatically impoverished and starving.