This bulletin covers major corporate and economic news, including Rajiv Jain-backed GQG Partners increasing its investment in five Adani Group companies through block deals. The Karnataka government has announced a new IT city to be developed in Bidadi on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway, with Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar noting significant interest from international investors. On...

Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated his confrontations with women journalists, days after he called a Bloomberg reporter “piggy” when she questioned him about releasing files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The earlier exchange, which took place aboard Air Force One, resurfaced on social media on Tuesday and drew sharp criticism.The fresh controversy unfolded...

Badrian Garden Street in Chennai | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Walking (or rather stumbling) about in George Town the other day, I saw the signboard shown alongside Badrian Garden Street. And that set me off on a trip to the past when this name cropped up several times in my research. But the first of...