Trade finance platform Vayana Network bags $15 million from IFC and PayUWith this, the company has closed its latest fundraising of Rs 397 crore (about $52 million).
20 Apr, 2022, 02.35 PM IST
Kerala CM flays BJP candidate's act of paying floral tribute at Left's Punnapra memorialThe aim of the BJP candidate was to destroy peace and harmony and provoke Left workers. "The candidate should not have done that. But CPI(M...
20 Mar, 2021, 03.16 PM IST
BJP candidate offers tributes at Left's Punnapara memorial, triggers rowThe memorial at Valiya Chudukadu here was built in memory of Communists killed during their movement against the 'misrule' of Sir C P Ramas...
19 Mar, 2021, 08.01 PM IST
Vayana says it has crossed $1-billion loan disbursalsFounder Ramaswamy Iyer said that it took four years to achieve this milestone but was confident of doubling the figures within the next one...
16 Jul, 2018, 08.31 AM IST
LexisNexis India takes over Universal Law PublishingAnglo-Dutch law publishing house LexisNexis has bought over its Delhi-based rival Universal Law Publishing for an undisclosed amount.
01 Jun, 2015, 07.41 PM IST
Citizens' charter votes against linking riversDrafted recently by about 158 non-government experts representing almost every state, the declaration aims to provide the current governmen...
07 Jan, 2015, 11.47 AM IST
Scientists oppose Nitin Gadkari's idea of dredging YamunaDredging of rivers and making them navigable, which the new government is planning, can have several impacts on the delicate riparian ecosy...
22 Aug, 2014, 11.59 AM IST
Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, CBI, RIL on gas controversySC today issued notice to Centre, RIL and others on a PIL seeking cancellation of contract for exploration of oil and gas concerning the KG...
30 Sep, 2013, 05.12 PM IST
Indian MPs to visit Pakistan for Track-2 dialogueA 14-member Indian parliamentary delegation, including Mani Shankar Aiyar, D Raja and Kirti Azad, will arrive here tonight on a two-day vis...
18 Sep, 2013, 07.29 PM IST
- SC judge recuses from hearing PIL against price rise of gas
Justice Dattu, however, refused to pass any order and said, without giving any reason, that he cannot hear the case.
09 Sep, 2013, 04.54 PM IST
Delhi NGO moves Supreme Court seeking cancellation of government-RIL pact for KG-D6 gas fieldsA NGO has moved the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the production-sharing contract between the government and Reliance Industries.
15 Aug, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
SC refuses to entertain PIL challenging appointment of CAGThe Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL challenging appointment of Shashi Kant Sharma as the Comptroller and Auditor General of ...
15 Jul, 2013, 11.58 AM IST
- Former audit officials come out in support of CAG
Supporting the CAG report on 2G spectrum allocation, they said that "the purpose of the campaign against CAG is clearly to cripple the inst...
28 Nov, 2012, 07.31 PM IST
- SC issues notice to CBI and Centre on Coalgate
The new PIL, filed under the aegis of Prashant Bhushan, pointed fingers at the PMO, the coal ministry, the ministry of steel and power.
20 Nov, 2012, 04.46 AM IST
Travancore University had invited Nobel laureate Albert Einstein to be its V-C, but he refusedDiwan of Travancore, Sir CP Ramaswamy Iyer, is known to have invited Einstein, to be its first V-C.
03 Jan, 2012, 10.33 AM IST
- British wanted Padmanabha temple watched for Subhas Bose
The Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple was once closely monitored at the behest of the British rulers who suspected Subhas Bose lived there secret...
07 Aug, 2011, 11.15 AM IST
Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple: Lord Vishnu’s royal servants guard his richesAs Sree Padmanbha Swamy temple's glittering gems are valued and tagged, it's not just the diamonds that shine but also the royal family of ...
12 Jul, 2011, 04.47 PM IST