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PAG Asia, one of the largest global alternative investment managers, will invest ₹400 crore in bonds of a M3M India group entity to refinance existing debt and acquire land, said people with knowledge of the matter. PAG's Asia Pragati Strategic Investment Fund will invest in Lavish Buildmart, a 100% subsidiary of M3M India — the real estate developer whose promoters were questioned by the Enforcement Directorate last year for unauthorised transactions with the IREO group.

Investors in edtech firm Byju’s parent Think & Learn Pvt. Ltd who have called today’s extraordinary general meeting (EGM) have raised concerns over the management's failure to enforce the company’s rights related to the acquisition of Aakash Educational Services Ltd (AESL), besides agreeing to “onerous” and “prejudicial” loan terms with Davidson Kempner (DK), among other matters. They have demanded the ouster of founder Byju Raveendran and his family from leadership roles in the edtech firm, accused the company of keeping stakeholders in the dark, asked for details regarding investigations by federal agencies and want to know the terms being offered to any new investors.

The Los Angeles City Ethics Commission has rejected a proposed settlement between the city and former CBS executive Les Moonves

Formula 1 season began this week and there was Christian Horner, the head of Red Bull Racing, still leading his team as it begins its bid for a fourth consecutive championship. Horner was also front and center a week ago at Red Bull's launch of its 2024 car — a virtual highlight reel of the success Horner has built since he became team principal in 2005. Make no mistake, the longest-tenured team leader in the F1 paddock knows how to win: Red Bull has won six constructors' championships and seven drivers' championships under Horner. But as he continues with «business as normal» — Horner's own words at the launch last week — nobody else can figure out how he has remained on the job during an internal investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct that parent company Red Bull announced on Feb. 5.

tribute to a 98-year-old said to be Waffen SS member in the House of Commons.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized, and said he would consider releasing Canada’s Nazi war crimes files.So far the government’s only action has been to further declassify a study prepared for Canada’s 1987 Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals.The gaffe in Parliament resurrected a painful lapse in Canada’s post-war history: the failure to keep out or prosecute those who played a role in the Holocaust.In the decades following the war, Jewish groups alerted the government to the Nazis and collaborators who had slipped into Canada: an Auschwitz commander, a Gestapo member, soldiers, and camp guards.Their alleged crimes included torture, executions, massacres, liquidation of Jewish ghettoes and “participating in the extermination of Jews,” according to government records.Some of the allegations were specific. One suspect was accused of “having two women hosed down overnight with cold water for acts of sabotage” in Austria.

Chinese police are investigating an unauthorized and highly unusual online dump of documents from a private security contractor linked to China’s top policing agency and other parts of its government

Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday accused the Modi government of capturing democracy through extortion and financial terrorism and claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received huge donations from at least 30 companies following raids by federal probe agencies such as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the income tax department. Citing media reports, the Congress president claimed that the BJP received donations from at least 30 firms after it "misused" the CBI, ED and the I-T department for raids against them.

Arvind Kejriwal will receive a notice by the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) under CrPC (Code of Criminal Procedure) Section 41A in the next two days, and he will be arrested by both the CBI and the ED (Enforcement Directorate)," Atishi said. She said AAP leaders started receiving threat messages ever since the reports emerged about the Congress and the AAP finalising their seat-sharing deal for the Lok Sabha Elections. "We all know that the deal is almost finalised," she said.

Competition Commission of India (CCI) has given a clean chit to INSCO (Independent Sugar Corporation), a Madhvani Group company based in Africa, for green channel approval for the proposed acquisition of Hindustan National Glass (HNGIL). The Commission had initiated an investigation following a complaint filed by AGI Greenpac. INSCO and AGI Greenpac had submitted bids to acquire HNGIL, India's largest glass company. INSCO emerged as the single eligible bidder and AGI's plan received the vote from COC led by SBI. Following the rejection, AGI Greenpac filed a complaint with the CCI challenging the green channel approval granted to INSCO, alleging that INSCO has business interests in India. AGI alleged that INSCO had applied under the green channel, but it has a business in India.

Netflix documentary on Indrani Mukerjea faces halt as CBI seeks stay Yesterday, Shreeram Shirsat, the advocate for the Central Bureau of Investigation, told the high court on Wednesday that the agency should have been consulted once by the makers of the documentary series. He said the CBI was not seeking a complete ban on the release of the docu-series but is only requesting a stay until the trial in the case is over.

Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth," the Bombay High Court on Thursday asked to stop screening and asked the streaming partner, Netflix to arrange a special screening for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers. «Why should the CBI not be allowed to see the series. What is the difficulty in sharing the docu-series?» the court asked. The series, based on the Sheena Bora case, was scheduled to be aired on Friday. Meanwhile, a division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Manjusha Deshpande have decided to hear the case next week, that is on February 29.

scheme for women safety with an approval of Rs 1,179.72 crore till 2025-26. The Union Cabinet took the decision on Wednesday night in an effort to check incidents of crime against women in the country. According to the latest record of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), a total of 4,45,256 cases of crime against women were registered across India in 2022 — almost 51 FIRs every hour on an average. The figure was 4,28,278 in 2021 and 3,71,503 in 2020.

Byju Raveendran, the founder and CEO of Byju's, the Economic Times reported citing sources. The move is aimed at preventing Raveendran from leaving the country, and the central agency approached BOI earlier this month for the issuance of a fresh LOC. It comes as the agency's Bengaluru office is currently investigating alleged Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) violations against the start-up and its founder, the report said.

Jharkhand General Graduate Level Combined Competitive Examination 2023 question paper, Neeraj Sinha, the chairman of the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC), tendered his resignation on Wednesday, citing personal reasons. In a letter addressed to Jharkhand's chief secretary L Khiyante, Sinha stated that he was stepping down from his position effective immediately. The examination, administered by an outsourcing agency under the auspices of JSSC, took place on February 28. A Times of India report, citing sources close to Sinha, said that Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission chairperson had been contemplating resignation for some time, although he clarified that his decision was unrelated to the question paper leak. It is noteworthy that a special investigation team has been established by the police to look into the matter. Thus far, three individuals, including Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha under secretary Mohammad Shamim and his two sons, have been apprehended in connection with the case.

ED) has asked the Bureau of Immigration (BOI) to issue a look out circular (LOC) against Byju Raveendran, founder and CEO of the eponymous, embattled edtech company Byju's, people with knowledge of the matter told ET. The central agency approached BOI earlier this month to issue a fresh LOC to ensure that Raveendran does not leave the country. An LOC 'on intimation' has already been issued against Raveendran. It was opened more than one and a half years ago at the request of the ED's Kochi office. However, the investigation was later transferred to the Bengaluru office of the agency. The LOC 'on intimation' results in immigration authorities informing a probe agency about the individual going overseas but the person is not stopped from leaving the country.

South Korean crypto scammers are targeting chat app users on trading- and investment-themed channels, police warned on February 21.

U.S. authorities have accused another sanitation company of illegally hiring at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities

The head of a renewable energy subsidiary of Japan’s top refiner, Eneos Holdings, has been fired for sexual harassment as awareness of the #MeToo movement grows in the country

Boeing says the head of its 737 jetliner program is leaving the company immediately, paving the way for the aircraft maker to appoint new leadership at the troubled division

South Florida Sun-Sentinel.The eight-year-old boy was also rushed to the hospital.