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Agritech startup Waycool has raised Rs 145 crore or close to $20 million in a fresh round from existing backers Lightstone, Lightbox Ventures and Netherland-based FMO Development Bank. Waycool has approved the allotment of 84,407 Series C 2 preference shares at an issue price of Rs 17,180.46 per share to raise Rs 145 crore, regulatory filings show. Lightsone and Lightbox have put in Rs 61.5 crore each whereas FMO invested Rs 21.7 crore. In February 2020, the Chennai-based startup had  secured $32 million  in an equity and debt funding round led by Lightbox. The company also raised $7.8 million in a debt funding round from Samunnati, RBL Bank, and venture debt firm InnoVen Capital in December 2020. As per  Fintrackr ’s estimates, Waycool has reached a post-money valuation of Rs 1,400-1,450 crore or $193-199 million after the fresh capital infusion. Founded in 2015 by Karthik Jayaraman and Sanjay Dasari, WayCool is a business-to-business startup that connects farmers and f...

Megha Ganne (17) After previously competing in the national finals of the Drive, Chip and Putt competition at Augusta National an unprecedented four times,  She competed at the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open as a 15-year-old .  Megha Ganne finally got to experience the legendary course in full competition. She competing in the second  Augusta National Women’s Amateur  this past week, finishing 13-over through two days and missing the cut. Despite her less-than-ideal finish, the Stanford commit has already proven her status as an elite golfer by even being invited to the event, which featured some of the top amateur golfers from around the world. Ganne shot a one-over 73 to finish tied for third at the last state individual tournament and figures to once again be one of the best in New Jersey in 2021.  She finished in the top-5 in all five of her junior events last year. with four top-3 finishes including at the ANNIKA Invitational. Tiya Chowdary (15) After finishing i...

Kasthuri Sreenivasan   (1917-1991) was among India’s most well-known textile technologists and industrial sociologists in the decades that followed the country’s independence. He was born on 12 th   May, 1917 and spent his formative childhood years in Karadibavi, a hamlet on the outskirts of Coimbatore. Following an undergraduate degree in Physics from Presidency College, Chennai, he pursued a Masters Programme in Textile Technology at the College of Technology, Manchester, England. He spent eight years in England and came back to India in 1944. He briefly worked with the family-owned textile mill, Kasthuri Mills before he took up the position as Founder Director of South India Textile Research Association (SITRA). As an institution builder, he fostered an environment of scientific enquiry, applied research and successfully implemented several processes to document quality control in the spinning industry. In time, SITRA also became a comprehensive solutions provider to the Sp...

L ieunenant Colonel   D. Sreeram Kumar   (born 11 January 1981) is a serving  Indian Army  officer who was decorated in 2010 with the  Ashoka Chakra , India's highest peacetime gallantry decoration. Sreeram Kumar was born in  Idaiseval village  near  Kovilpatti  and did his schooling in  Sainik School, Amaravathinagar  and passed out in 1998. He did his under graduation at  The American College in Madurai . Kumar joined the  Officers Training Academy ,  Chennai  in October 2002 and received a short-service commission in 90 Medium Regiment (Artillery) on 20 March 2004, with the rank of lieutenant.  On 20 March 2009, he received a regular commission (seniority from 20 October 2004) with the service number IC-66076A,    and was promoted captain on 20 October 2006.   Promoted acting  Major  on 24 August 2008, he served with 39  Assam Rifles  in  Arunachal Pradesh  (O...

Sarath City Capital Mall (Owner - Sarath Gopal Boppana ) is situated in the busy neighborhood of Hyderabad’s technology corridor – Hi-Tech City ,Gachibowli – Miyapur Road that serves the entire cosmopolitan community of this part of Hyderabad. It rises 8 floors into the sky and each floor is a humongous 27,00,000 square feet in expanse. That makes the mall retail space 19,31,000 square feet. The largest in the nation of India ! Plus, it has a parking space for 1400 cars and 4000 bikes over four levels of parking amounting to another 10,00,000 square feet. It has a clear carpet space of 12,79,000 square feet for over 430 brands across fashion, accessories, fresh food and grocery, footwear, luggage, time wear, collectibles, digital fashion, electronics, wellness, jewelry, food and beverage and gifts. I t has lots of space devoted to Home and Home Décor and fast turning out to be the home for Entertainment and Adventure. Sarath City Capital Mall has everything from Prestigious Internation...

Among Bengalureans, Reddy Veeranna is 5th (30th All India)  in the GROHE Hurun Real Estate rich list (wealth Rs 3,150 crore)  Despite the pandemic-induced plunge in realisations, the number of new ‘rupee’ billionaires in the realty world has continued to swell, adding eight new entrants to the list of Hurun India’s 100 richest realty developers. According to the Grohe Hurun India Real Estate Rich List, around 20 Bengalureans have booked their slots in the top 100 rich list. Hurun Report today released the 4th edition of the GROHE Hurun Real Estate Rich List. As the future of Indian real estate looks bright, Hurun India and GROHE are immensely proud to track this data at the beginning of a promising and exponential growth. Rank 30:   Reddy Veeranna (wealth Rs 3,150 crore, Manyata Tech Park and Embassy Office Parks)

The President of India Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana as the 48th Chief Justice of India, accepting the   recommendation     made by the outgoing CJI SA Bobde, who is retiring on April 23 . As the CJI, Justice Ramana will have a term till August 26, 2022. Before his elevation to the Supreme Court on February 17, 2014, Justice Ramana was the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. He was born in an agricultural family on August 27, 1957 in Ponnavaram Village, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. He enrolled as an Advocate on February 10, 1983 and practiced in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Central and Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunals and the Supreme Court of India in Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Labour, Service and Election matters.He has also functioned as Additional Advocate General of Andhra Pradesh. He was appointed as a permanent Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on June 27, 2000. He functioned as Acting Chief Justice ...