Listing rewards: Startup backers cash out Rs 97,000 crore

Bengaluru: Early investors in India’s listed startups have sold shares worth nearly Rs 97,252 crore since 2021, underscoring how public markets have emerged as the primary exit route for venture capital, private equity and other private-market investors after years of backing high-growth companies.Of this, PE and VC investors offloaded shares worth Rs 43,595 crore through…

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SC says it will rule on plight of patients who can’t afford life-saving drugs & judicial expediency in such cases | India News

NEW DELHI: Pained by the unfortunate demise of a cancer patient awaiting Kerala HC’s order on her plea questioning exorbitant cost of life-saving medicines, the Supreme Court Friday took suo motu cognisance of both issues impacting right to life – plight of patients who cannot afford essential life-saving drugs and the judicial expediency in such…

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Defence Force Ombudsman pays extra $7m to veterans in military abuse compensation after review

The Defence Force Ombudsman forked out an extra $7 million in military abuse compensation to dozens of veterans, after a federal court case forced it to admit its reparation scheme ought to have considered the ongoing psychological impacts of assaults. The Defence Abuse Reparation Scheme (DARS) was an initiative that provided one-off discretionary payments to…

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Doping blow puts India’s Asian U20 medals at risk as Nipam Chauhan fails test | More sports News

New Delhi : India face the possibility of losing two athletics medals won at the recent Asian U20 championships in Hong Kong after the country’s fastest junior athlete, Uttar Pradesh sprinter Nipam Chauhan, failed dope tests for stanozolol.The 19-year-old 100m specialist has been placed under provisional suspension by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) pending a…

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