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Tobacco Board authorises 100 million kg crop size for Karnataka during 2024-25

Registration process for upcoming crop season will commence on March 27




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Housing.com to post $10 million revenue this year




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Online shoppers to touch 175 million by 2020




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RIL arm to invest $16 million in US tech startup NetraDyne




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Greenko raises $230 million from ADIA, GIC




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Jindal Group in talks to acquire Czech-based Vitkovice Steel for €150 million

The Naveen Jindal-owned business house already has a significant presence in geographies like Australia, Mozambique and Oman in sectors such as steel, power and mining




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Finova Capital raises $135 million in Series E round led by Avataar Venture Partners, Sofina, others

Finova will use the funds to grow its loan book, invest in technology, expand geographically and further its vision of enabling financial inclusion at scale



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IFC invests $400 million in Bajaj Finance, aiming to quadruple climate loans by 2027

This investment is part of BFL’s $1 billion fundraising goal and aims to support India’s climate goals while promoting financial inclusion



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RMZ offers 0.3 million sqft of commercial space to Chevron Global Technology in Bengaluru

The CEO of RMZ Office and RMZ NXT, Thirumal Govindraj, highlighted India’s appeal for GCC expansion due to sophisticated, tech-powered workspaces and lower office rentals




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Shriram Finance raises $500 million via social bonds

Plans to list insurance arms and focus on retail bad loans




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Shriram Properties launches 1.1 million sq ft residential project in Chennai

“Located in the rapidly growing West Chennai corridor, this RERA-approved development offers a total saleable area of 1.1 million sq ft (msf) and has a revenue potential of around ₹550 crore to ₹600 crores”




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Bengaluru Airport City Ltd breaks ground for 2 million sqft Business Park to boost GCC growth

The Airport city is expected to host a network of business parks comprising 52 per cent of its overall development




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Brigade to invest ₹800 crore to develop 1 million sq ft residential apartments in West Chennai

West Chennai is one of the fastest growing parts of the city




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Sebastian Coe, multi-millionaire Johan Eliasch among seven candidates for IOC presidency

The IOC, with 111 members currently, is in charge of the Olympic Games and the multi-billion dollar industry linked to the world's biggest multi-sports event.




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Hurricane Milton leaves 16 dead and millions without power in Florida

The hurricane, among the most intense in the Atlantic, has incurred a lowered insurance cost estimate of $30 to $60 billion.




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Musk $1 million voter giveaway can proceed after lawsuit

Pennsylvania Judge Angelo Foglietta on Monday rejected a request to halt the contest by the DA, who called it an illegal lottery




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Voters sue Musk for fraud over $1 million election sweepstakes

A day after surviving a legal challenge in Pennsylvania, Musk’s daily sweepstakes was hit Tuesday with fresh claims in federal courts in Texas and Michigan




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Fourth wave scare: Covid-19 cases in Asia surpass 100 million, India, Japan, South Korea worst-hit

The highly contagious but less deadly BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron has pushed the figures to greater highs in recent weeks in South Korea, China and Vietnam.




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Dharavi lights up Diwali with 1 million handcrafted diyas




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Dharavi lights up Diwali with a million handcrafted diyas




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Vedanta plans to invest $500 million in group firm AvanStrate Inc.

“This investment is aimed at driving innovation and expansion within ASI, strengthening its focus on R&D,” the company said




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LTTS to acquire California firm Intelliswift for an aggregate consideration of $110 million

As per the filing, Intelliswift services four of the top five hyperscalers and caters to over 25 Fortune 500 companies including five of the top 10 ER&D spenders in Software and Technology




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Vizhinjam poised to clock half a million cargo throughput this FY, eight times higher than targeted volume

While the initial projection for Phase I was 1 to 1.5 million cargo units per annum, the seaport has already handled 1.08 lakh cargo units – just three months into the trial run period




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Stage set for Poonawalla Breeders Multi-Million

Of the 17 horses in the fray, Bengaluru-based trainer S Padmanabhan’s Ice Glacier looks good to go all the way




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SMART Technologies eyes $50 million revenue in 3 years

The company currently partners with 500 commercial players and plans to collaborate with both private and public educational providers




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Ashok Leyland aims to touch one million students by 2030 with ‘Road to School’ project

Starting with 36 schools in Krishnagiri district, the RTS programme has now expanded to 2,400 schools




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Bridgestone invests $85 million to boost premium tire production and development in India

Investment to focus on Bridgestone’s Pune and Indore manufacturing plants, with production capacity at the Pune plant set to increase by 1.1 million tires annually by 2029




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Inteva Products to expand manufacturing facility in Pune with $3.3 million investment

Inteva Products’ expansion project to increase the plant’s production space by 70 per cent, to a total of 85,000 square feet




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UnifyApps raises $20 million in Series A funding to deliver AI agents across enterprise

Iconiq Growth has invested in companies like Airbnb, Uber and Snowflake. ICONIQ Growth General Partner Matt Jacobson has joined UnifyApps’ board of directors as part of the new funding




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Raghu Vamsi Group acquires UK-based PMC Group for 7.7 million pounds

It will also invest 2 million pounds towards working capital.




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Wheelocity secures $15 million to transform e-commerce in semi-urban India 

Originally a B2B platform, Wheelocity has transitioned to a B2C model, now serving over 1 million households across 3,500 towns and villages




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Ten million ways to give Test cricket the boost it needs

With the ICC set to slightly even out the balance between the haves of the game (India, England, Australia) and the have-nots (the rest) there might be hope of keeping Test cricket alive.




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MPL parent M-League’s revenue rises 22% to $130 million in FY24

Gaming company also recorded FY24 adjusted EBITDA of $0.2 million




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M2 crypto exchange reveals security incident involving $13.7 million

M2 crypto exchange said there had been a “cybersecurity incident involving $13.7 million, which was swiftly responded to”




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Robot AI startup Physical Intelligence raises $400 million from Bezos, OpenAI

Physical Intelligence, a startup that is developing foundational software for robots, said on Monday it has raised $400 million in early-stage funding from Amazon's Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, and others




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Today’s top tech news: Meta struggles to contain hate speech; OpenAI looks to become for-profit; Robot AI startup raises $400 million 




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South Korea fines Meta about $15 million over collection of user data

South Korea has ordered Facebook owner Meta Platforms to pay 21.62 billion won ($15.67 million) in fines after finding it had collected sensitive user data and given it to advertisers without a legal basis




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Bengaluru-based robotics startup CynLr raises $10 million

Back in 2022, the visual robotics platform had raised $4.5 million




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First artwork by humanoid robot sells for $1.3 million

A portrait of English mathematician Alan Turing became the first artwork by a humanoid robot to be sold at auction, fetching $1,320,000




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Netflix's ad-supported tier hits 70 million users

Netflix said on Tuesday its ad-supported tier had reached 70 million monthly active users globally, nearly doubling from about six months earlier




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Autophagy-focused Casma Therapeutics debuts with $58.5 million from Third Rock

The biotech will first tackle lysosomal storage disorders




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Synthorx raises $63 million to make synthetic proteins from an expanded genetic code




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NuMat raises $12.4 million to commercialize MOFs




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Ecovia Renewables raises $1 million, partners with Seppic




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Axiom Exergy raises $7.6 million for chill battery




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$50 million more for CARB-X will help biotech companies fight antibiotic resistance

Funds from the Gates Foundation and U.K. government will help address antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries




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$50 million more for CARB-X will help biotech companies fight antibiotic resistance

Funds from the Gates Foundation and U.K. government will help address antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries




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Celgene to pay Evotec $65 million in cancer drug pact




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Kronos Bio launches with $18 million




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Cortexyme raises $76 million to test bacterial protease inhibitor in Alzheimer’s