• Kennedy raised another $952,826 in the first quarter of 2024; total receipts for all 25 NY House incumbents are $75.7 million

    With the latest filing with the Federal Election Commission State Senator Tim Kennedy has once again demonstrated his fundraising prowess.  He reported campaign donations totaling $1,697,729 since announcing his NY26 []

  • Agritech startup Ecozen raises $30 million in funding

    Pune-based agritech firm Ecozen on Friday said it has raised $30 million (about Rs 250 crore) in a mix of equity and debt from existing investors including US-based global investment manager Nuveen.The debt support in the deal was fulfilled by InCred Credit Fund and U.S. International Development Finance Corporation through Ecozen’s exclusive advisor Setuka Partners, said a company statement.Ecozen said it has grown fivefold over the past two years, with a threefold increase in profit. The maker...

  • B2B marketplace ProcMart bags $30 million in funding

    ProcMart, an online business-to-business (B2B) marketplace specialising in supply chain solutions, has raised $30 million (about Rs 250 crore) in an equity funding round led by Infosys cofounder Nandan Nilekani’s venture fund Fundamentum Partnership and Edelweiss Discovery Fund. The round also saw participation from South Korea’s Paramark Ventures.The funds will be used for exploring strategic acquisitions for backward integration, enhancing client offerings, investing in talent acquisition and...

  • First oral arguments in Grants Pass Supreme Court case

    GRANTS PASS, Ore. – The city of Grants Pass argued its case in front of the Supreme Court Monday, its the case that has cities all over the country watching closely, even San Diego joined the case. It’s about the city’s homeless issue. The Supreme Court case is regarding the criminalization of sleeping in public […]

  • Korean singer Park Bo Ram passes away at 30

    Singer-songwriter Park Bo-ram, who rose to fame on the singing competition show "Superstar K2," passed away at age 30.

  • Local region awarded $30 million in economic development funding

    State officials announced Thursday that a region comprised of Bartholomew, Jackson and Jennings counties, along with the town of Edinburgh, have received $30 million in funding through an expanded state economic development initiative. Continue reading at The Republic News.

  • Tennessee legislature passes bill banning marriage between first cousins

    Proposal sails through, with one vocal opponent saying gay first cousins do not risk having a child with birth defectsThe Republican-led Tennessee legislature has overwhelmingly voted to send the Republican governor, Bill Lee, a proposal that would ban marriage between first cousins.The statehouse cast a 75-2 vote on Thursday on the bill after the senate previously approved it without any opposition. Continue reading

  • First Trailer for Michael Jackson Biopic 'Michael' Thrills Critics

    Lionsgate rolled out a first official trailer for its upcoming Michael Jackson biopic 'Michael' on Wednesday at CinemaCon 2024.

  • My DeFi Pet (DPET) Achieves Market Cap of $2.30 Million

    My DeFi Pet (DPET) traded down 1.4% against the U.S. dollar during the one day period ending at 20:00 PM E.T. on April 21st. In the last seven days, My DeFi Pet has traded up 2.4% against the U.S. dollar. One My DeFi Pet token can now be purchased for about $0.0552 or 0.00000085 BTC […]

  • Food crazes make me want to roll my eyes. But first, pass me a crookie

    History is littered with food fads, from pineapples to ‘poultry mania’ – and now, anything involving croissant doughParisians can be unforgivingly critical of each other where food fads are concerned. “It is a fashion, a madness,” said one Françoise d’Aubigné, when her social circle became dribblingly obsessed with the Next Big Thing. “The anxiety to eat them, the pleasure of having eaten them and the desire to eat them again” were all that anybody was talking about, she said. She clearly found...

  • NASA's Roman space telescope's 'eyes' pass first vision test

    Engineers at L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, New York, have combined all 10 mirrors for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Preliminary tests show the newly aligned optics, collectively called the IOA (Imaging Optics Assembly), will direct light into Roman's science instruments extremely precisely. This will yield crisp images of space once the observatory launches.

  • EU passes new immigration laws putting local political considerations first

    The Pact on Migration and Asylum comes nearly a decade after the migration crisis on 2015.