The company has also partnered with banks and NBCFs such as RBL Bank, Shivalik Small Finance Bank, Ambit Finvest, and Western Capital in order to make agricultural loans accessible to farmers. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Rural-focused fintech platform, Saswat Finance has raised $2.6 million in a Pre-Series A funding round led by Ankur
US charges Kilmar Abrego Garcia with transporting people who were in the country illegally — 4:00 p.m. By the Associated Press Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation to El Salvador became a political flashpoint in the Trump administration’s stepped-up immigration enforcement, was being returned to the United States to face criminal charges related to what the
Browns rookies talk about arriving in Cleveland after draft | Video Browns rookies Mason Graham, Carson Schwesinger, Quinshon Judkins, Harold Fannin Jr., Dylan Sampson talk about starting their NFL careers. The Ohio Senate wants to use the state’s unclaimed property fund to pay for the proposed suburban Cleveland Browns stadium. The state has said it’s
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Some Portland residents are not happy with Wednesday night’s City Council decision to reduce funding for parks. Although city councilors worked to pass an amendment to soften the blow by adding money to the fund by virtue of reducing some of the increased money earmarked for police, and the creation of
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ONFA FINTECH USA, a subsidiary of METTITECH GROUP HOLDINGS, has signed a strategic agreement backed by Metti Capital Funding to expand its blockchain-based digital banking platform. This strategic move aims to strengthen ONFA’s technological capabilities and accelerate its growth in the global decentralized finance (DeFi) market. ONFA
The main campus for the US National Institutes of Health is located in Bethesda, Maryland.Credit: Philip Scalia/Alamy A forthcoming policy from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will target — and at least temporarily stop — funding to laboratories and hospitals outside the United States, threatening thousands of global-health projects and international collaborations on
Credifin, a non-banking financial company, has raised USD 24.9 million (Rs 213.6 crore) through a mix of equity and debt to fuel its growth in MSME mortgage loans and E-vehicle financing. New Delhi, Apr 17 (PTI) Credifin, a non-banking financial company, on Thursday said it has raised USD 24.9 million (Rs 213.6 crore) capital through
Victims of domestic abuse often “aren’t sure how to leave, are scared to leave,” according to Krystal Watson, president and chief executive officer of Project R.E.S.T. “That’s why we exist.” Project R.E.S.T. – which stands for Restore, Empower, Support and Transform – is a shelter and a network of support for victims of sexual violence.
RFK Jr. to cut 10,000 jobs at US health department The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that it will cut about 10,000 full-time jobs and close half of its regional offices. Reuters Pennsylvania joined a multistate lawsuit against the Trump administration for cutting billions in state health funding. Pennsylvania state officials say
Colorado’s health agencies will lose more than $230 million in federal grants, some of which already had been committed to programs that include crisis response teams and peer support for people recovering from addiction. The Trump administration is pulling back four grants to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment that fund COVID-19 disease