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Punjabs 32 farmer unions, protesting the Central farm laws, had announced to hold street protests against the lockdown in the state and urged shopkeepers to defy the restrictions.

Shopkeepers protest against govts decision on closure of shops selling non-essential items in Punjab SECTIONS Last Updated: May 04, 2021, 10:57 PM IST Share Synopsis "This decision of the government will further add to the woes of small shopkeepers and traders, who have already suffered mounting losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic," Punjab Pradesh Beopar Mandal general secretary Sameer Jain said. Reuters Only shops dealing in medicines and essential items such as milk, bread, vegetables, fruits...

The Indian Association for Litigation Finance (IALF) was launched recently to enable self-regulation and promote knowledge development of litigation finance in India. Global litigation financers such as Omni Bridgeway, Phoenix Advisors and Profile Investment, and service providers like PSL Chambers, FTI Consulting, ICC, Grant Thornton and Singularity Legal are involved with the IALF. The IALF initially plans to focus its efforts on international arbitration cases involving Indian parties, as th...

Traders Magazine -Nomura appointed former Barclays tech chief Sameer Jain as CIO of its wholesale banking business, based in New York. Jain will have responsibility for Nomura’s Wholesale IT and Operations, ensuring that the firm’s technology architecture is aligned to support business requirements. Jain spent 13 years at Barclays, where he held senior technology roles including group chief technology officer and chief information officer. Before joining Barclays in 2006, he was directo...

Apr 04 2021, 10:10 AM April 04 2021, 10:10 AM April 04 2021, 10:10 AM Should it matter what type of company it is when determining the duties of its directors? What is the fiduciary duty of nominee directors? And, do directors nominated by charitable trusts have a wider responsibility to the public than other directors?While the Supreme Court awarded a resounding win to Tata Sons in the oppression and mismanagement case filed against it by Cyrus MIstry, it left a few important questions on corp...

Telcos, DoT remain divided over an upfront payment of AGR dues Vi owes ₹58,254 cr in AGR dues, while its estimates are at ₹21,533 cr (Mint)Premium While telcos said they have already made an upfront payment of 10% of the total dues and need not pay more till 31 March, the government is of the view that the 10% should be paid irrespective of the part-payments made by them before the SC verdict Share Via Read Full Story India’s telecom operators and the department of telecommunications (...

Bionic, a Palo Alto, Calif.- and Tel Aviv, Israel-based application intelligence company, emerged from stealth with $17m in funding. The Series A round was led by Battery Ventures’ investors Dharmesh Thakker and René Bonvanie. Thakker is a Battery General Partner while Bonvanie is an Executive in Residence and CMO Emeritus of Palo Alto Networks. As part of the investment, Bonvanie joined Bionic’s Board of Directors which currently includes early investors Gili Raanan of Cyberstarts,...

Bionic was founded by two former members of the Israeli Defense Force’s cybersecurity division. (Israeli Defense Force C4I and Cyber Defense Directorate) Emerging from stealth today, a startup founded by two former members of the Israeli Defense Forces cybersecurity division raised $17 million in funding from investors. Among those investing in Bionic: Dharmesh Thakker and René Bonvanie of Battery Ventures, Gil Raanan of Cyberstarts, former Symantec preside...

Bionic has developed a platform that gives enterprises the ability to understand and control the chaos created by application changes.