Adar Poonawalla, CEO of vaccine maker Serum Institute of India, will buy a 50% stake in filmmaker Karan Johar's Dharma Productions for 10 billion rupees ($119 million), the Bollywood studio said. Poonawalla will buy the stake through his production company, Serene Productions. This is his first major investment outside the pharma sector since 2021, when he bought a 20% stake in social media platform Wakau Interactive.

CHICAGO (Bloomingdale) - Mr Madan Pamulapati’s Bawarchi Biryani has begun to spread it’s aroma in Bloomingdale; and, community is lining up there ordering “one-to-go” or “is-pick-up-ready?” Phone, there, is ringing non-stop, and Doordash orders flowing in. Bawarchi Biryani in Bloomingdale opened on July 2024. Mayor Mary Alexander-Basta along with the members of her government arrived to cut the ribbon signifying Bawarchi Biryani Bloomingdale’s inauguration. She was received by Madan Pamulapati and his parents Shri Narasaiah and Shrimati Ramanamma. His partner Mr Krishna Nimmagadda was also present to receive the Mayor and other government officials. Ms Lekha Nimagadda presented her a bouquet of flowers. Police Chief Mr Mike Rompa, Fire Chief Mr Jeff Lajoie, and Trustee Mr Michael Carpanzano accompanied her to the inauguration.

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday ordered the top brass of the police to put an immediate end to fighting their personal and professional battles in the courts and the media, and threatened to sack any officer found indulging in such acts of gross indiscipline, which were bringing a bad name to the Punjab Police.

CHICAGO (Naperville) – To observe International Yoga Day, the Shree Shivkrupanand Swami Foundation of America (SSSFA), in collaboration with Gurutattva India, hosted a significant global meditation workshop titled ‘Soulful Yoga Beyond the Asanas' in Naperville. The event was conducted at multiple locations in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Florida, Kansas and California simultaneously.