Axis Bank’s shareholders have approved mobilisation of Rs 11,626 crore through sale of shares and warrants to a group of investors, including Bain Capital and LIC, the private lender said today. The shareholders approved the fund-raising during an extraordinary general meeting (EGM)…
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Saudi energy minister Khalid al-Falih to buy Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) in order to spare Saudi Arabia’s oil, the Interfax news agency reported him as saying on Friday. “Buy our gas and you’ll save oil,” Putin…
Australia legalised same-sex marriage on Thursday, paving the way for the first gay weddings to be held early next year and triggering jubilant celebrations at Parliament House. Lawmakers and supporters of marriage equality in the public gallery cheered and applauded as the…
A MiG-21 Bison aircraft of the Indian Air Force today made an emergency landing during a test flight at Sanganer Airport here. “The MiG-21 aircraft was under repair at the airport and took off for a test flight but it developed some…
Market benchmark Sensex surged 301 points to close at 33,250.30 today on unabated buying by domestic institutional investors in the midst of positive worldwide leads. The more extensive NSE Nifty too went past the 10,250-level. The 30-share BSE Sensex opened on a…
Alphabet Inc’s YouTube plans to introduce a paid music streaming service in March, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Record label Warner Music Group has already signed on while Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Merlin, a…
Facebook Inc’s Instagram said on Thursday it was testing a standalone messaging app called Direct, making it the company’s third chat tool alongside its hugely popular WhatsApp and Messenger. The move is similar to what Facebook did with its private messaging feature…
Cristiano Ronaldo beat Lionel Messi to the Ballon d’Or 2017, receiving the award at a glitzy ceremony in Paris yesterday. France Football’s award is presented to the best player competing in Europe, and is considered one of the highest accolades an individual…
Atlanta linebacker Deion Jones intercepted a Drew Brees pass in the end zone with less than two minutes remaining to preserve the NFC South champion Falcons’ 20-17 victory over the New Orleans Saints on Thursday. Matt Bryant provided the winning margin on…
Victory took the 32-year-old Portugal international level with 30-year-old Argentine Messi, who won the latest of his five honors in 2015. Messi’s ex-Barcelona colleague Neymar, now at Paris St-Germain, was third. Last season, Ronaldo helped Real Madrid win the Champions League and…
