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The total funding in H1 2023 ($5.5 billion) declined by 24 per cent compared to H2 2022 ($7.3 billion), and a staggering 72 per cent drop compared to H1 2022 ($19.7 billion).The number of funding rounds also experienced a substantial decrease in H1 2023 (536), with a drop of 43 per cent compared to H2 2022 (946) and 66 per cent compared to H1 2022 (1,586), according to Tracxn, a SaaS-based market intelligence platform.“Despite India being one of the top-performing countries across the globe with respect to funding in the private sector, it is currently facing a deceleration in funding…

The ad which reads: “Our subs don’t implode” was displayed on the outdoor sign in a Subway restaurant in Georgia in the US.The move has faced widespread criticism from internet users, with many condemning it as ‘distasteful’. “Subway, this is at your store in Rincon, GA (Georgia). Not only is it distasteful, it’s just sad.Do better,” a user tweeted with an attached image of the outdoor sign that read the ad. “I’ll never eat at Subway ever. It is distasteful and disrespectful to families who lost loved ones,” a user commented.”What an absolute disgrace for Subway to do this they…

“My mother before her death on Tuesday asked me to bury her body inside our home so that she can protect our home spiritually. I have done that as per her wish,” Asish Saha told the police during his brief detention.Amtali police conducted a post-mortem and later handed over the body to Saha.Police said that Saha admitted that he had buried her mother inside the home “to keep her with him in the same living room.”.Both the mother and son used to stay together at their home at Arundhuti Nagar in West Tripura district.–IANS sc/svn

 New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Global digital engineering leader Persistent Systems on Wednesday unveiled a state of the art 5G Lab to provide a testing and development environment for network functions and product development activities for operators and network equipment vendors, as well as for communications, media, and IoT independent software vendors (ISVs) in India.The 5G Lab in Pune was inaugurated by Matt Price, Vice President of Engineering, Provider Mobility at Cisco Systems. According to the company, the lab will allow developers to conduct operator trials and integration tests, plus, the lab environment will provide resources for quickly validating and…

Murphy is all but confirmed to replace injured Nathan Lyon in the playing eleven for third Ashes Test starting from Thursday.When Murphy will walk into the playing eleven at Headingley, he will be becoming the first spinner Australia has played in England that hasn’t been Lyon since 2013. Murphy, also an off-spinner like Lyon, gets his chance after the veteran spinner suffered a significant right calf strain while fielding in second Ashes Test at Lord’s.“Definitely under no illusions that they’re going to attack me and come extra hard at me and put some pressure back on me. (I’m) just getting…

The high-profile gambler visited the town without police permission and took out a rally on Tuesday. He, along with others, went to the statue of Shivaji and garlanded it and poured milk on it. The town witnessed a clash between two groups after a person allegedly urinated near the statue on Monday night. There was more tension on Tuesday when during the shutdown called by some groups, protestors pelted stones on a place of worship. BJP MLA M. Raghunandan Rao was Wednesday detained by police in Hyderabad when he was going to Gajwel, which is also the Assembly constituency of…

When Galtier arrived at PSG ahead of the 2022-23 season, he had signed a two-year deal. However, the 56-year-old only spent one season in the dugout at Parc des Princes and still had one year left on his deal.”At the end of the 2022-2023 season, Paris Saint-Germain informed Christophe Galtier of its decision to terminate his contract as first-team coach.The Club would like to pay tribute to his professionalism and commitment, which helped the Rouge et Bleu win a historic eleventh French Championship title and a Trophee des Champions,” the Ligue 1 club said in a statement.Under Galtier’s guidance, PSG…

According to a TechCrunch report citing sources, PharmEasy which was once valued at $5 billion, plans to raise nearly $300 million at “a 90 per cent markdown from the previous valuation”. PharmEasy will see its valuation nosedive to about $500-$600 million. The report claimed that PharmEasy is raising fresh funds to pay its lender Goldman Sachs from which it borrowed nearly $285 million last year as it took a majority stake in diagnostics solution provider Thyrocare for over $600 million. Money Control reported on Wednesday that Manipal Group has expressed interest in investing approximately Rs 1,000 crore for an 18…

Apart from Jahanara and Fargana, all-rounder Lata Mondol, left-arm pacer Fariha Trisna and left-handed batter Rubya Haider have been left out too after being in the squad for the series against Sri Lanka in May.In the statement issued by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), Fargana, Lata, and Fariha, though, have been included in stand-by players list for the series alongside Sharmin Akter Supta.In place of these five players, veteran all-rounder Salma Khatun, batters Dilara Akter, Shathi Rani and Shorna Akter, as well as pacer Marufa Akter come into the main squad for the series against Harmanpreet Kaur-led visiting Indian team,…

A bench of Justices A.S. Bopanna and M.M .Sundresh agreed to examine the appeal moved by the CBI, after Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju told the apex court that the high court had granted bail without examining the case diary. In its order dated January 20, the Bombay High Court had ordered release of Dhoot on interim bail, saying that his arrest by CBI was “casual, mechanical and perfunctory and clearly without application of mind”. The central probe agency has alleged that the ICICI Bank, headed by Chanda Kochhar from 2009 to 2018, sanctioned loans to the companies of Videocon…