Future Lifestyle Fashions raises Rs 350 crore through NCDs

Future Lifestyle Fashions Ltd (FLFL), part of the Kishore Biyani-led Future Group, has raised Rs 350 crore through issuance of non-convertible debentures series on a private placement basis. “The Committee of Directors… has issued and allotted 3,500 senior, secured listed, rated, redeemable non- convertible debentures series – IV (NCDs) of Rs 10 lakh each at par for cash aggregating Rs 350 crore to the investors, on private placement basis,” FLFL said in a regulatory filing. Last week, the company had reported a 3.23 per cent increase in consolidated net profit at…

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Bird Flu Hits Europe, France Raises Checks to Counter Virus

Several European countries have reported outbreaks of a severe strain of bird flu, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Thursday, while France raised safety checks to counter the virus which can have a major impact on farmers. The World Health Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said Germany, Austria, Croatia and Switzerland had all officially reported the outbreaks, which concerned a particularly virulent strain affecting wild birds. France’s Agriculture Ministry added in a statement that the highly pathogenic H5N8 virus had been found in wild birds in Hungary, Poland,…

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Obesity Raises Risk of Premature Death in Men

PhotoCredit:istock Men who are overweight or obese are nearly three times more at the risk of premature death than women, says a study. The findings showed that the premature deaths, defined as those at ages 35-69 years, would be 29.5 per cent and 14.6 per cent for moderately obese men and women. This corresponds to an absolute increase of 10.5 per cent for men, and 3.6 per cent for women, which is three times as big, as the risk of premature death in men with normal Body Mass Index (BMI)…

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high blood strain raises danger for dementia

high blood pressure can appreciably improve the threat of growing vascular dementia, a sickness which influences around 7 lakh people in India, a new study nowadays said. Researchers within the new have a look at have discovered that high blood pressure become associated with sixty two in step with cent higher risk of vascular dementia between the a long time of 30-50. the realization turned into arrived at after the clinical records of more than four million humans were analysed and studied. the brand new study performed via The George…

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