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Balaji Telefilms, a leading Indian television production company, has revealed plans to raise Rs 131 crore through a preferential issue of equity shares to eight selected investors, including its promoter, Ekta Kapoor. In a regulatory filing on Thursday, the company reported that its board of directors has approved the issuance of up to 1,78,59,776 equity shares at a price of Rs 73.17 per share.

Australia will try to rein in a spike in international student arrivals by imposing different speeds of visa processing, in the latest effort by the center-left government to cut migration numbers ahead of an expected tight election. Education Minister Jason Clare on Thursday announced the new ministerial direction, which he said would prioritize the processing of visa applications for those universities and colleges “that are operating sustainably.” Under the changes, there will be two categories of visa processing: high priority and standard. Education providers will receive quick approvals up until they hit 80% of their international student allotment, which was previously flagged under legislation to cap arrivals. After that, visas will be processed at a slower pace.

Baba Vanga is one of the leading personalities in the world, and is remember for her astonishing predictions about world-events, that even includes some apocalyptic incidents. Even after the death of the Bulgarian mystic healer and seer, her predictions linger o as a part of her existence. Now, latest reports are suggesting that Baba Vanga has predicted the end of the world in the year 5079, along with some other eerie predictions for the next three thousand years.

bird flu, is spreading rapidly through milk on US dairy farms. Since March, the H5N1 virus has infected over 850 cattle herds across 16 states, and at least 60 people, mostly farmworkers. California is the current outbreak epicenter. How the virus spreads Scientists initially suspected airborne transmission, but data points to milk as the primary culprit. The H5N1 virus reproduces rapidly in the udders of infected cows, leading to high pathogen levels in milk. Infected milk droplets can splash into workers’ faces, contaminate equipment, and spread the virus to other cows. While pasteurization neutralizes the virus, traces have been found in retail samples of raw milk in California, raising public health concerns.

Was it Olivier Vigneron's intention to walk away from Deutsche Bank? The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times both suggest that it was. He has decided not to «seek an extension of his contract» goes the wording. He will be leaving on May 19th 2025.

We're in the dying light of the fourth quarter, but banks are still making strategic hires. And when they find the right person, they are promoting them too. 

Donald Trump 47th President. The election was preceded by an entire year of campaigning, and a neck-and-neck competition between the Democrats and the Republicans. As Democrat nominee and US Vice-President Kamala Harris and Trump vied for the White House, India became the talk of the election. With 2.6 million eligible Indian-American voters — according to data from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace — the Indian diaspora’s growing political significance was felt in key US swing states. These states, which were won by Trump, accounted for a significant number of Indian-American votes. Data suggested that there was a shift in the attitude of US voters of Indian origin this year. A large number of them shifted from Democratic Party to Republican Party in this election.

A British court says police can seize more than 2 million pounds ($2.5 million) in unpaid taxes from influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan

On the BSE, Universal Autofoundry(down 18.31 per cent), Ganesh Films India(down 17.13 per cent), Shish Industries(down 15.95 per cent), Vrundavan Plantation(down 12.73 per cent) and Tanvi Foods(India)(down 12.67 per cent) stood among the top losers in today's trade.

Quick commerce major Zepto’s 21-year-old co-founder Kaivalya Vohra is now India's youngest self-made entrepreneur, according to Hurun India. Vohra is closely followed by his founding partner Aadit Palicha, who is 22 years old. Zepto, established in 2021, has witnessed an astonishing 259% growth in valuation over the past year, reaching Rs 41,800 crore, Hurun said. The Mumbai-based company, co-founded by Stanford University computer science dropouts Vohra and Palicha, has quickly risen to prominence as India’s quick-commerce leader, offering 10-minute grocery deliveries in major cities across the country.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Companies in India are increasing diversity hiring for roles ranging from software development to mechanical engineering as they try to come across to investors and the public as forward-thinking entities with good corporate governance norms. Placement officers from at least four colleges in India have hinted that diversity hiring for the batch of 2025 has risen from last year, in addition to the general recruitment of engineering students.

Japanese tycoon Masayoshi Son has joined President-elect Donald Trump in announcing plans by technology and telecoms giant SoftBank Group to invest $100 billion in projects in the United States

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg made the largest contributions in 2024, and financial aid, especially for medical students, got most of the money

People worried they'll never get a scarce human transplant want to know when they might get a pig kidney instead

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When he was in college in Sweden, Ali Ghodsi read an article about a chief executive who was hired to save a struggling tech company. It reminded him of the surgeries his parents, both doctors, performed while he was growing up.

Markets regulator Sebi has amended norms governing investment advisers (IAs) and research analysts (RAs) to facilitate ease of doing business by providing relaxation in eligibility criteria for registration and simplifying the compliance requirements. In two separate notifications, Sebi said the minimum qualification requirement has been reduced to a graduate degree in specified fields and net-worth requirement has been replaced with the requirement of deposits. Further, it has introduced «part-time investment advisor» and «part-time research analyst» and the definition of investment advice/research service has been tweaked to exclude trading calls.

These high-performing stocks that rallied more than 10% during the session included, Sambhaav Media(13.05%), Jyoti CNC Automation(12.05%), Amal Ltd(11.71%), Enbee Trade Fin(11.63%), Duropack Ltd(11.49%), LGB Forge(10.89%), RGF Capital Markets(10.84%), EMS(10.57%), Gala Precision Engin(10.48%) and Mangalam Global Ent(10.19%).

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The Indian-origin entrepreneur posed a simple yet thought-provoking question on X (formerly Twitter): “I think I should get a green card. Wdyt?”. And this wasn't just the only query. Srinivas, a graduate of IIT Madras and PhD holder from UC Berkeley, revealed that he has been waiting for his green card for three years. Known for his sharp, quirky and concise remarks, billionaire Elon Musk replied to the post with a straightforward “Yes.” The exchange quickly gained traction, with netizens, industry leaders, and Musk’s followers weighing in on the broader issue of US immigration policies.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. There are musicians, there are magicians, and then there is Ustad Zakir Hussain—a man with hands so incredible that he could, quite frankly, have been either, but chose, with infinite grace, to be both. To watch Hussain play the tabla was to believe in miracles: he seemed, always, in conversation with the instrument, his fingers squeezing out an unexpected question, the skin whispering secrets back into his palms.