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IRDAI approves transmission of late Jhunjhunwala’s stake in Star Health
Star Health has received approval from Insurance Regulatory and...
EV retail sales in India up 24.6% at 24.52 lakh units in FY26: FADA
"FY'26 has been a watershed year for India's electric mobility...
IRDAI chief to meet insurance industry CEOs for Bima Sugam and Bima Manthan on Feb 12-14
Debasish Panda,chairman,IRDAI The IRDAI, on Feb 12, is expected to do a plain speaking to the insurers who have not taken their Bima Sugam job seriously. IRDAI chairman Debasish Panda will address CEOs of non-life insurance companies on 13th Feb and life companies...
Disaster Recovery: Rebuilding Turkiye with resilience
Shaken by a series of devastating earthquakes,Türkiye has integrated climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction into national development plans and institutional frameworks are being strengthened to enhance preparedness. Nevertheless, urgent action is needed to...
Govt looking at procedural easing to further promote FDI, says official
The department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT) has held stakeholder consultations with different government departments, regulators, industry associations, advisory and law firms, pension funds, private equity and venture capitals. New Delhi: The...
New Income Tax Bill set to be tabled in Parliament next week
Before the Income Tax Bill was cleared by the Cabinet, people in the know said that the legislation would likely provide directions to widen the tax net, given the contraction in the tax base following the exemption limit being raised to Rs 12 lakh in the Union Budget...
Sebi mulls changes in secretarial compliance report format, auditors’ appointment norms for cos
In its consultation paper, Sebi has proposed changes to improve the format and content of the Annual Secretarial Compliance Report (ASCR), aiming for more explicit confirmation of compliance with securities law New Delhi: To strengthen corporate governance at listed...
FPIs’ exit continues; withdraw Rs 7,300 cr from equities in a week
Himanshu Srivastava, Associate Director-Manager Research, Morningstar Investment Research India, said that a key driver of the outflow was global trade tensions, as the United States imposed tariffs on countries including Canada, Mexico, and China, heightening fears...
LIC’s net profit rises 17% to Rs 11,056 crore in Q3FY25
Siddhartha Mohanty, CEO & MD, LIC The value of new business (VNB) margin of the corporation has also improved to 17.1 per cent for the nine months period ended December 31st 2024, as compared to 16.6 per cent for the same period last year. Mumbai: Life Insurance...
RBI allows insurers to deal with interest rate derivative products
``Such forward contracts will enable long-term investors such as insurance funds to manage their interest rate risk across interest rate cycles. They will also enable efficient pricing of derivatives that use bonds as underlying instruments,'' said Sanjay Malhotra,...
RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25%,first in nearly 5 yrs
Sanjay Malhotra,Governor,Reserve Bank of India The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which consists of three RBI and three external members, favoured a rate cut to provide stimulus to the sluggish economy, which is expected to grow at its slowest pace in four years in...
ESG Backlash: Investors with 6 trillion euros warn EU not to weaken green rules
The warning coincides with mounting pressure from Germany and France, the European Union’s two largest economies, to scale back planned ESG regulations on concerns the requirements are preventing companies in the bloc from competing freely with their peers in the US...