
SoftBank-backed Paytm raises $660 million
Friday, December 13, 2019, 8:40 PM
Indian digital payments startup Paytm's parent has raised nearly $660 million from investors including Alibaba's Alipay, SoftBank's SVF Panther (Cayman) and funds managed by T Rowe Price among others, according to a filing. The board of One 97 Communications Ltd will allot about 2.6 million shares to the investors, financial data accessed by business intelligence platform Tofler dated December 12 showed.

Boris Johnson wins UK's Brexit election, hails powerful mandate'
Friday, December 13, 2019, 8:38 PM
British-PM Boris Johnson won the historic UK-General-Election as his Conservative-Party crossed the 326-mark required for a majority in Parliament, marking a victory for his "Get-Brexit-Done" message and setting the UK on course to leave the EU in the New-Year. The Opposition Labour is projected to get 203-seats, a disastrous performance for the party which resulted in leader Jeremy-Corbyn announcing that he would be stepping-down.

Sukhbir Singh Badal, other SAD leaders perform seva at Golden Temple
Friday, December 13, 2019, 8:35 PM
SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal and other party leaders performed 'seva' at the Golden-Temple on Thursday. Badal along with Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal and other party leaders visited the Golden-Temple as the party is all set to celebrate its 99th-Foundation-Day on December 14. "The party members are willingly participating in the seva to mark the party's 99th-Foundation-Day," said party leader Daljeet Singh Cheema.