What we know about Graz mass shooting

Getty Images Students were sitting in their classrooms at a secondary school in Graz when a 21-year-old Austrian man shot dead nine people, before killing himself. Twelve people were injured in Tuesday morning’s violence, with one person dying hours later in hospital from their injuries. The incident was the deadliest mass shooting in Austria’s recent…

Jio BlackRock gets SEBI nod to commence operations as investment adviser

Late last month, SEBI allowed Jio BlackRock Asset Management to commence operations as an investment manager for its mutual fund business in India | Photo Credit: iStockphoto Jio BlackRock Investment Advisers has received SEBI approval to commence operations in India. The company has appointed Marc Pilgrem as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Pilgrem brings…

Argentina’s top court upholds Fernandez de Kirchner’s prison sentence | News

The ruling makes her subject to arrest and bars her from running in upcoming Buenos Aires legislative elections. Argentina’s Supreme Court has upheld a six-year prison sentence on corruption charges for former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. The ruling on Tuesday, which permanently bars the divisive 72-year-old from public office and makes her subject to…

IREDA raises over ₹2,000 crore via QIP route

State-owned IREDA has raised over ₹2,000 crore through the issuance of qualified institutions placement. The qualified institutions placement (QIP) issue, which was open from June 5-10, received an encouraging response from both domestic and foreign qualified institutional buyers (QIBs), including insurance companies, scheduled commercial banks and foreign portfolio investors. The board has approved the allotment…

Month of May was world’s second-warmest on record: EU scientists | Climate Crisis News

The biggest temperature increases were recorded in the Middle East, West Asia, northeast Russia, and north Canada. This year, the world experienced its second-warmest month of May since records began, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has said in a monthly bulletin. Global surface temperatures last month averaged 1.4 degrees Celsius (2.5 degrees…