ECU graduates celebrate their big day during spring commencement. | Photo: Cliff Hollis
For the first time in too many months, cheers of PURPLE! and GOLD! rang through Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Friday as East Carolina University celebrated the accomplishments of more than 4,200 graduates during a series of spring commencement ceremonies.
In his first commencement as chancellor, Dr. Philip Rogers welcomed students from the Class of 2021 as well as the Class of 2020, whose graduates had online ceremonies last May and December due to the coronavirus pandemic. Three in-person commencement ceremonies on Friday allowed for social distancing with fewer people in the stadium for each event.
ChrysCapital announces investment in Corona Remedies
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Mon, Apr 5 2021 20:57 IST |
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New Delhi, April 5 : ChrysCapital, one of the leading private equity funds in India, has announced its investment in Corona Remedies Private Limited (Corona), one of the country s fastest growing pharmaceutical companies, by acquiring a 27 per cent stake through an entirely secondary deal.
Commenting on the investment, Kshitij Sheth, Director, ChrysCapital, said, ChrysCapital is very excited to partner with Corona in its growth journey. The domestic pharmaceutical market is a large, attractive and resilient market with a healthy outlook. Corona is among the fastest growing companies in the Indian pharmaceutical market with presence in exciting therapeutic areas including cardiology, diabetology and gynaecology. ChrysCapital believes Corona
Indian PE firm ChrysCapital picks 27% stake in Corona Remedies
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April 5, 2021
Indian homegrown private equity (PE) major ChrysCapital has picked up a 27% stake in Gujarat-based drug manufacturer Corona Remedies through a secondary transaction, according to a press statement issued jointly by the companies on Monday.
While other financial details of the transaction were not disclosed, DealStreetAsia had reported on March 30 that ChrysCapital is close to investing $100 million in Corona Remedies. The report also mentioned that Malaysian PE firm Creador is exiting as part of the transaction.
Creador had acquired a 20% stake in Corona Remedies for Rs 120 crore in 2016.
Goa sex shop shuts down without trade licence
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Goa sex shop shuts down without trade licence. Image Source: IANS News
Panaji, March 17 : Billed by its promoters as the country s first legal sex shop Kama Gizmos , near the popular Calangute beach in North Goa, has been forced to down its shutters, about a month after its launch.
Speaking to reporters Calangute village panchayat sarpanch Dinesh Simepurushkar said on Wednesday that the panchayat authorities had received oral complaints regarding the store, after a news clip related to it went viral earlier this week. We have instructed the owners of the store to get the sign board removed. They did not have a trade licence, Simepurushkar told reporters.
Updated Mar 16, 2021 | 10:29 IST
Kama Gizmos, as it is named, is a sex toy and wellness products store in Goa. It also happens to be the country s first official brick-and-mortar sex shop. Source: Kama Gizmos | Photo Credit: Instagram
Sex toys and everything related to the business is still very much taboo in our society.
Although important topics such as menstruation and sanitary pads have gained momentum on social media and among millennials in the past few years, certain things on sex and sexuality still remain a hush-hush matter. Sex shops being one of them.
But now, a businessman from Goa has taken a bold step in ending this taboo by opening India s first-ever legal sex shop in Calangute.