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Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday signed a bill that bans bullfights in the South American country, further reducing the short list of nations around the world where the centuries-old tradition is still legal. Petro signed it in front of hundreds of animal rights activists during a ceremony held in Bogota's bullring, after a supporter in a bull costume handed him a copy of the legislation. We cannot tell the world that killing living and sentient beings for entertainment is culture, Petro said in a speech after signing the bill. That kind of culture of killing an animal for entertainment would also lead us to killing human beings for entertainment, because we are also animals. The bullfighting ban was approved by Colombia's Congress in May, after months of heated debates. The bill calls on the government to completely ban bullfights across the nation by 2027, and orders the government to turn more than a dozen bullrings into cultural and sporting venues. Bullfights have
Indiabulls Real Estate said its board has approved raising Rs 3,911 crore through the issuance of shares and warrants to investors, including the Blackstone Group and Embassy Group. Global investment firm Blackstone will invest Rs 1,235 crore, while the Bengaluru-based Embassy Group will infuse Rs 1,160 crore. After the conversion of the warrants, the Embassy Group will hold 18.7 per cent while Blackstone will own 12.4 per cent. In a regulatory filing on Friday, IBREL (Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd.) informed that the board has approved "fund-raise via preferential issue of equity shares and convertible warrants, on a private placement basis, for cash consideration, aggregating to approx. Rs 3,910.93 crore". The move is aimed at recapitalising its balance sheet and positioning the company for organic and inorganic growth purposes. These include capital expenditure for the completion of existing projects and new launches as well as proposed acquisitions, other working capital requirem
Indiabulls Real Estate on Friday said the board has approved raising Rs 3,911 crore through the issuance of shares and warrants to investors, including the Blackstone Group and the Embassy Group. Global investment firm Blackstone will invest Rs 1,235 crore, while the Bengaluru-based Embassy Group will infuse Rs 1,160 crore. After the conversion of the warrants, the Embassy Group will hold 18.7 per cent while Blackstone will hold 12.4 per cent. In a regulatory filing, IBREL has informed that the board has approved "fund-raise via preferential issue of equity shares and convertible warrants, on a private placement basis, for cash consideration, aggregating to approx. Rs 3,910.93 crore". The move is aimed at recapitalising its balance sheet and positioning the company for organic and inorganic growth purposes. These include capital expenditure for the completion of existing projects and new launches as well as proposed acquisitions, other working capital requirements and general ...
Indiabulls Housing Finance on Friday said its Rs 3,693 crore rights issue will be open from February 7-13. The issue consists of 24,62,26,515 partly paid-up equity shares for an amount aggregating to Rs 3,693.39 crore. The issue price is fixed at Rs 150 per share, having a face value of Rs 2, meaning the issue comes at a premium of Rs 148 per share, the company said in a statement. Of the total proceeds from the issue, Rs 273.4 crore will used to augment the capital base and Rs 83.99 crore will be utilised for general corporate purposes. A participating shareholder will get one equity share for every two shares she/he owns as of February 1, 2024 (the record date), the statement said, adding that the last date for credit of rights entitlements is February 6 and the last date for renunciation rights is February 8, which means the rights entitlements can be bought and sold on February 7 and 8. Indiabulls Housing pre-dominantly offers housing loans and loans against property to salari
Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd's (IBREL) sale bookings fell 75 per cent to Rs 74 crore in the first quarter of this fiscal. Its sale bookings stood at Rs 297 crore in the year-ago period, according to an investor presentation. In terms of volumes, the company's sale bookings fell to 82,000 square feet during April-June period of this fiscal from 3,33,000 square feet in the corresponding period of the previous year. IBREL has reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 679.34 crore for the first quarter of this fiscal year, widening from a loss of Rs 51.77 crore in the year-ago period. The company's loss widened due to provisions for possible loss of Rs 629 crore as an exceptional item. Total income however increased to Rs 209 crore during April-June from Rs 164.19 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year. "Exceptional item for the quarter ended 30 June 2023 includes impairment provision of Rs 629.07 crore shown as recoverable in one of the foreign subsidiaries of the compan
Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd (IBREAL) has posted a consolidated net loss of Rs 236.77 crore for the third quarter of this fiscal year on a lower income. Its net loss stood at Rs 87.04 crore in the year-ago period, according to a regulatory filing. Total income also fell to Rs 148.47 crore in the third quarter of this fiscal year from Rs 355.59 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year. During the April-December period of 2022-23 fiscal, the company's net loss stood at Rs 231.81 crore as against a net loss of Rs 76.53 crore in the year-ago period. Total income fell to Rs 515.55 crore in the first nine months of this fiscal from Rs 1,268.87 crore in the year-ago period, the Mumbai-based firm said.