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AXA & Insurance Development Forum raise $340 million Infrastructure Resilience Development Fund
This debt fund will invest in small to medium-sized commercial...
Snooping not possible with Sanchar Saathi app: Scindia
Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia repeated that...
New record of over 7.28 cr income-tax returns filed: Tax dept
"Out of the total ITRs of 7.28 crore filed for AY 2024-25, 5.27 crore have been filed in the new tax regime compared to 2.01 crore ITRs filed in the Old Tax Regime," the tax department said in a statemen NEW DELHI: A new record of over 7.28 crore income tax returns...
How missed warnings, ‘over-tourism’ aggravated deadly India landslides
Local authorities are now counting the cost of the disaster and questioning whether the rapid development of a tourism industry was to blame for the tragedy. Weather-related disasters are not unusual in India, but the landslides in Kerala state this week were the...
TikTok’s practices endangered children’s safety, US alleges in lawsuit
"TikTok knowingly and repeatedly violated kids' privacy, threatening the safety of millions of children across the country," said Lina Khan, the head of the Federal Trade Commission, which joined the Justice Department in suing the short video behemoth. New York: The...
Over 95 per cent villages now have access to Internet: Centre
Out of a total of 954.4 million Internet subscribers in India, there are 398.35 million rural Internet subscribers (as of March), according to the Ministry of Communications New Delhi: Under the 'Digital India' Initiative, more than 95 per cent of villages now have...
Trai’s new norms mandate telcos to compensate users for service outages, raise penal amount
"Rent rebate to postpaid customer or validity extension to prepaid customer, due delay in rectification of faults or due to significant network outage of more than 24 hours, as applicable, shall be made within one week of rectification of significant network outage,"...
Tesla registers insurance brokerage in China
By selling insurance directly to consumers, Tesla could potentially offer lower-cost EV insurance products, which are usually more expensive than those for gasoline cars Beijing: Tesla registered an insurance broking firm in China at the end of July, based on a...
BNP Paribas in talks to buy AXA Investment Managers for 5.1 bln euros
This represents a major strategic move for AXA, Europe’s second-biggest insurer, as it aims to focus on its core businesses: life insurance, savings, property and casualty policies as well as health insurance Paris: BNP Paribas is in exclusive talks with French...
VC investment in India surge in April-June as China faces huge decline
The IPO market in India continued to be robust. The capital markets saw all-time highs during Q2’24, feeding the appetite of venture companies looking to raise funds in the public markets New Delhi: Venture capital (VC) investment in India surged considerably to $4...
Ayushman Bharat Scheme fraud: ED raids hospitals across four states and UTs
During the investigation, as many as 373 fake Ayushman Cards have been identified wherein claims of about Rs 40.68 lakh (approx) were made for reimbursement from the government in the name of treatments given to the said Ayushman Card beneficiaries, the ED release...
Centre issues fresh ESA draft for Western Ghats following Kerala disaster
The draft notification suggests a complete ban on mining, quarrying, and sand mining, with existing mines to be phased out within five years ”from the date of issue of the final notification or on the expiry of the existing mining lease, whichever is earlier”.It also...