OYO parent Prism has received shareholders' approval to launch an IPO that could raise up to ₹6,650 crore through a fresh issue of equity shares. The decision was taken at the company's extraordinary general meeting. Shareholders also approved a bonus issue of shares in the ratio of 1 fully paid-up equity share for every 19 existing equity shares.

Healthtech startup Practo has initiated preliminary discussions with potential advisers to explore the possibility of launching an IPO in the second half of 2026, Bloomberg reported. As part of the listing plans, the company is also preparing to shift its Singapore-based holding entity to India. The transition is expected to be completed by February.

A video circulating on social media purportedly shows an Al Jazeera report confirming Indian involvement in the killing of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi in Bangladesh. BOOM found that the video has been digitally manipulated, with an AI-generated voice clone being overlaid onto real news footage to promote a false narrative.

Shares of Meesho, the newly-listed e-commerce platform, witnessed a huge drop in its stock price. The shares hit the lower circuit at ₹185.34 apiece briefly on Tuesday, after declining by 23% over the last three trading sessions. This comes weeks after the shares made a bumper listing at 45% premium after ₹5,421-crore IPO.

Bengaluru-based CoreEL Technologies has raised $30 million in a Series B round led by ValueQuest Scale Fund, with participation from 360 ONE Asset Management. The funding will support manufacturing scale-up, R&D, and major defence projects, strengthening CoreEL’s role in India’s aerospace and defence electronics ecosystem.

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