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Unacademy Raises Fresh Funds, Valuing at $2 Billion

Amrita ChakravortyNovember 26, 2020November 26, 2020

by Amrita ChakravortyNovember 26, 2020November 26, 202001458

Bangalore-based Edtech startup Unacademy on Wednesday said that it has raised funds from Global investment firm Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer Investment Group at a valuation of $2 billion. The funding...

BUSINESS

Banking Operations May Be Hit By Unions’ Strike Today

Amrita ChakravortyNovember 26, 2020November 26, 2020

by Amrita ChakravortyNovember 26, 2020November 26, 20200813

Banking operations across the country may be impacted on Thursday as some bank unions would be joining the one-day nationwide strike called by central trade...

BUSINESS

Bertelsmann To Buy Simon & Schuster For $2 Bn

Amrita ChakravortyNovember 26, 2020November 26, 2020

by Amrita ChakravortyNovember 26, 2020November 26, 20200793

German media giant Bertelsmann has set a deal with ViacomCBS to acquire publishing unit, Simon & Schuster, for $2.17 billion in cash.Bertelsmann, the owner of publishing giant...

MARKETS

Union Bank Surges 5% On Rs 1,000 Crore Fund

Amrita ChakravortyNovember 25, 2020November 25, 2020

by Amrita ChakravortyNovember 25, 2020November 25, 202001356

Shares of Union Bank of India jumped 5 per cent in Wednesday’s trade after the state-owned bank said it will raise Rs 1,000 crore from bonds to...

STARTUPS

Shipsy Raises $6 Mn from Sequoia Surge, Info Edge

Amrita ChakravortyNovember 25, 2020November 25, 2020

by Amrita ChakravortyNovember 25, 2020November 25, 202001035

Gurugram-based logistics software solution provider Shipsy on Wednesday said that it has raised $6 million (around Rs 44.3 crore) in the latest funding round co-led by Sequoia Capital India’s...

MARKETS

ARSS Infrastructure Share Jumps More Than 9%

Amrita ChakravortyNovember 25, 2020November 25, 2020

by Amrita ChakravortyNovember 25, 2020November 25, 202001126

ARSS Infrastructure’s share price jumped more than 9 per cent intraday on November 25 after the company bagged a Rs 210-crore highway order.A work order of...

BUSINESS

L&T Construction Bags India’s Longest River Bridge Contract

Amrita ChakravortyNovember 25, 2020November 25, 2020

by Amrita ChakravortyNovember 25, 2020November 25, 202001245

L&T’s infrastructure construction arm, L&T Construction has bagged a contract for building India’s longest river bridge of 19 km along with NH 127-B across the Brahmaputra river, connecting...

STARTUPS

UpGrad Acquires Coaching Institute The Gate Academy

Amrita ChakravortyNovember 25, 2020November 25, 2020

by Amrita ChakravortyNovember 25, 2020November 25, 202001040

Edtech start-up upGrad has made its entry into the test preparation market by acquiring The Gate Academy (TGA) for an undisclosed amount.Post the acquisition, TGA will...

INDIA

MeitY Bans 43 More Chinese Apps

Amrita ChakravortyNovember 25, 2020November 25, 2020

by Amrita ChakravortyNovember 25, 2020November 25, 202001096

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MeitY), which has banned more than 175 Chinese apps, said on Tuesday it is banning an additional 43 such apps....

WORLD

Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ Record 1.7 Mn Sales

Amrita ChakravortyNovember 25, 2020November 25, 2020

by Amrita ChakravortyNovember 25, 2020November 25, 202001193

First African-American US President Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land” sold more than 1.7 million copies in its first week in North America which is roughly equal to...

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Author : Amrita Chakravorty

Unacademy Raises Fresh Funds, Valuing at $2 Billion

Banking Operations May Be Hit By Unions’ Strike Today

Bertelsmann To Buy Simon & Schuster For $2 Bn

Union Bank Surges 5% On Rs 1,000 Crore Fund

Shipsy Raises $6 Mn from Sequoia Surge, Info Edge

ARSS Infrastructure Share Jumps More Than 9%

L&T Construction Bags India’s Longest River Bridge Contract

UpGrad Acquires Coaching Institute The Gate Academy

MeitY Bans 43 More Chinese Apps

Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ Record 1.7 Mn Sales

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