Clean Science bulk deal: Norges Bank picks Rs 158 crore stake. Nippon, SBI MF among buyers

Clean Science bulk deal: Norges Bank picks Rs 158 crore stake. Nippon, SBI MF among buyers

Norway-based Norges Bank bought over 14.62 lakh shares worth Rs 158 crore in Clean Science and Technology via block deal on Thursday. Nippon India Mutual Fund, SBI Mutual Fund and Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company were also buyers in the bulk deals where promoters Asha Ashok Boob and Ashok Ramnarayan Boob together sold over 1.9 … Read more

Kotak Mahindra MF, Citigroup, others buy 10.64% stake in Home First Finance for Rs 1,307 crore

Kotak Mahindra MF, Citigroup, others buy 10.64% stake in Home First Finance for Rs 1,307 crore

Kotak Mahindra MF, Fidelity, Morgan Stanley, and Citigroup Global Markets Mauritius are among those entities that collectively bought a 10.64 per cent stake in Home First Finance Company India for Rs 1,307 crore through open market transactions on Monday. According to the block deal data available on the NSE, Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund (MF) bought … Read more

OppenheimerFunds sells Kotak Mahindra Bank’s shares for Rs 2,035 cr

OppenheimerFunds sells Kotak Mahindra Bank’s shares for Rs 2,035 cr

Asset management firm OppenheimerFunds on Thursday sold shares of private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank for Rs 2,035 crore through an open market transaction. US-based OppenheimerFunds is a part of global investment firm Invesco. According to the bulk deal data on the NSE, OppenheimerFunds through its affiliate — Oppenheimer Funds Inc A/C Oppenheimer Developing Markets … Read more

LIC Mutual Fund trims long-term bond holdings as rate-cut rally ends

LIC Mutual Fund trims long-term bond holdings as rate-cut rally ends

LIC Mutual Fund is lowering maturities across debt schemes and investing in up to five-year notes, as India’s rate cut-led bond market rally is largely over, chief investment officer at the asset manager said on Thursday. Earlier this month, India’s central bank slashed its key policy rate by a larger-than-expected 50 basis points, but also … Read more

Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, 6 others buy 1.6% stake in Delhivery for Rs 461 crore

Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, 6 others buy 1.6% stake in Delhivery for Rs 461 crore

Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Global Markets Singapore and six other entities on Thursday bought a 1.6 per cent stake in logistics solution provider Delhivery for Rs 461 crore through open market transactions. Besides, HDFC Mutual Fund (MF), Axis MF, Tata MF, ASK Asset & Wealth Management, Hill Fort Capital and Hong-Kong-based investment manager Viridian AM purchased … Read more

Kalpataru raises Rs 708 crore from 9 anchor investors; Singapore’s GIC, Bain Capital lead

Kalpataru raises Rs 708 crore from 9 anchor investors; Singapore’s GIC, Bain Capital lead

Realty developer Kalpataru has raised over Rs 708 crore from nine anchor investors including GIC Singapore, Bain Capital’s GSS Opportunities Investment, SBI Mutual Fund, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, SBI General Insurance, Aditya Birla Sun Life, and 360 ONE WAM. A total of over 1.71 crore shares have been allotted to these nine anchor investors at … Read more

True North, Krishnan Ramachandran sell 10% stake in Niva Bupa Health for Rs 1,507 crore

True North, Krishnan Ramachandran sell 10% stake in Niva Bupa Health for Rs 1,507 crore

Private equity firm True North and Niva Bupa Health Insurance chief Krishnan Ramachandran divested a combined 10 per cent stake in the health insurer for Rs 1,507 crore through open market transactions. Mumbai-based True North, through its special purpose vehicle Fettle Tone LLP, sold a total of 17.29 crore shares or 9.46 per cent stake … Read more

Horse charity calls on NHS to fund child wellbeing services

Horse charity calls on NHS to fund child wellbeing services

Kelly Morgan BBC News, West of England Listen: How horses help young people facing emotional and mental health challenges A charity has called on the NHS to fund equine-assisted services which help children with their emotions and mental health. Cotswolds-based Horses for Wellbeing helps young people develop trust, emotional regulation and confidence. Its users told … Read more

Reports on $21 million USAID fund to India ‘deeply troubling’: MEA

Reports on  million USAID fund to India ‘deeply troubling’: MEA

MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. File | Photo Credit: ANI India on Friday (February 21, 2025) said that the reports about USAID’s alleged $21 million funding ‘for voter turnout’ in India is “deeply troubling” and has led to concerns regarding foreign interference in India’s internal affairs. Addressing a press briefing, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson … Read more

ADHD: ‘We re-mortgaged to fund our children’s medication’

ADHD: ‘We re-mortgaged to fund our children’s medication’

BBC Jannine described her son’s ADHD as “debilitating” Nearly 400,000 private prescriptions for ADHD medication were issued last year as patients sought to bypass lengthy NHS waiting lists, with people spending millions of pounds on treatment. Figures obtained by the BBC show the number of prescriptions for drugs rose from 28,439 in 2018-19 to 397,552 … Read more