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Hong Kong firm buys Oakridge International School for Rs.1400 crores

Hong Kong-based school chain Nord Anglia Education Inc. has entered India by acquiring People Combine Education India Initiatives Ltd's (Promoted by Tummala Naga Prasad and Yarlagadda Venkata Rajasekhar Babu ) schools under the Oakridge International brand. Nord Anglia, owned by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Baring Private Equity Asia, has acquired five Oakbridge K-12 schools for kindergarten to grade 12 students. The five schools are located in Hyderabad, Vishakhapatnam, Bengaluru and Mohali, and have a total of 7,000 students, People Combine said in a statement. The deal will allow Oakbridge International schools to expand their offering, People Combine group chairman Tummala Naga Prasad said. The companies did not disclose financial details but a person familiar with the transaction said that the deal size is likely to be around $200 million (Rs 1,400 crore). The deal comes less than a year after VCCircle reported in May 2018 that Peo...

Linstead Honours Dr.Kotaiah Katragadda

LINSTEAD, St Catherine: Jamaica Ten citizens who have given decades of service to the development of the Linstead community in St Catherine were honoured for their outstanding contributions on Sunday as the community recognised them at a Black History Month celebration. The event, which featured tributes, speeches, and cultural presentations, was held at the Rose Duncan Park. Hosted by GI-DI-HAN Entertainment, in association with the Linstead Community Development Community (CDC), more than 50 sponsors from the community lent their support to a well-attended celebration.  The 10 honourees – Hopeton Henry, Linval Tennant, Leghon Coghiel, Herbert Garriques, Donovan Stanbury, Ruby Tenn, Wesley Scott, Dr Kotalah Katragadda , Sylvester Hunt, and Thelma Johnson – have given yeoman service in education, music, politics, banking, community service, medicine, and culture and still continue to serve their communities. DR KOTAIAH Katragadda ’s passion for the profession...

Esha Chandra Kode Miss Teen India USA 2019

Esha Chandra Kode   (16) from New Jersey won the Miss Teen India USA 2019 crown out of 75 finalists from all over the United States. The annual pageant also celebrated the thirty seventh anniversary of Miss India USA. Her parents Samatha and Sreenivas are migrated to USA from Vijayawada.  Started by the New York-based community leaders Dharmatma Saran and Neelam Saran, under the banner of the India Festival Committee, 35 years ago, Miss India USA is the longest running Indian pageant outside India. The committee has been conducting the Miss Teen India USA pageant since 2012 and the Mrs. India USA contest since 2013. Eash Kode will now participate in the India Worldwide pageant to be held in Mumbai in 2020.

These women bring Bollywood to Basel

Indian-born entrepreneurs have made a vacant cinema in Basel the first Bollywood film palace in Switzerland. Some of the films even run earlier than in India. Bollywood on the Rhine knee: Innovative women have awakened a vacant cinema in the inner city for years from the slumber. Like the bz Basel reported that opened Studio Central last weekend its doors again to the public. Yashonda Thotakura, Sunanda Boppana and Supriya Karanam also operate a film distribution company specializing in Bollywood productions, which brings Indian productions to cinemas across Switzerland. "We then came across the opportunity to rent the Studio Central," says Yashonda Thotakura. However, as far as the culinary offer or the furnishings are concerned, the Studio Central differs from a conventional cinema: not least because the cinema is a listed building. Again, there are popcorn and coke at the bar. Indian cinema for all   The films and the cinema should be made available...