In the years since the explosion of game crowdfunding, a stigma has emerged surrounding these titles. Yes, there have been plenty of games that enjoyed great success after their crowdfunding campaigns, but more people remember the high-profile flops: games with big names and ambitious promises attached that, for a variety of reasons, betrayed the high hopes fans held for them. Many of these were revivals–spiritual or otherwise–of beloved series from ages past. Now we have Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, a crowdfunded game designed to carry the torch of the much-beloved Suikoden series from the PS1 and PS2–and, with such a high pedigree attached, there’s understandable trepidation: Will this be a glorious return to form, or another disappointment? Fortunately, for us (and all of the backers), it turned out wonderfully.

Eiyuden Chronicle begins when a young man named Nowa joins the Eltisweiss Watch, a small militia unit under the command of Countess Per…

There are various investment instrument that are gaining popularity. InvITs and REITs are two such options. But what exactly are InvITs and REITs? Let’s break it down in simple terms.

What are InvITs?

InvITs stands for Infrastructure Investment Trusts. Imagine you want to build a road, a bridge, or set up a power plant. These are huge projects that require a lot of money. Sometimes, companies don’t have enough money to fund these projects on their own. So, they look for investors who can help them.

This is where InvITs come into play. InvITs are like a group of people coming together to invest their money in big infrastructure projects. When you invest in an InvIT, you become a part-owner of these projects. In return, you get a share of the income generated by these projects.

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The government has no plans to sell its part stake in ITC, held through SUUTI, amid BAT paring its stake through a block deal in the Kolkata-based FMCG player, a top official said on Wednesday. As on December 31, 2023, Specified Undertaking of Unit Trust of India (SUUTI) held around 7.82 per cent stake in the diversified conglomerate ITC.

“There is no such plan at the moment,” Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey told PTI. SUUTI last pared a stake in ITC in February 2017, when two per cent equity was sold at a price of Rs 291.95 per share via block deal. In a block deal, two parties make a transaction involving shares worth at least Rs 5 crore. Block deal transactions are conducted in a separate trading window.

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