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More suicides among unemployed, self-employed than farmers in 2018: Report

“Government servants accounted for 1.3 per cent (1,707) of the total suicide victims as compared to 6.1 per cent (8,246) of total victims from private sector enterprises. Employees from public sector undertakings formed 1.5 per cent (2,022) of the total suicide victims, whereas students and un-employed victims accounted for 7.6 per cent (10,159) and 9.6 per cent (12,936) of total suicides respectively,” it said.

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IRDA approves 33 regulatory Sandbox proposals

Some of the other general insurers who have received regulatory approvals for their regulatory sandbox projects are- Religare Health Insurance, Bharti Axa General Insurance Co Ltd, Kotak Mahindra General Insurance,  TATA AIG General Insurance, SBI General Insurance, Acko General Insurance Ltd, Liberty General Insurance Ltd, Reliance General Insurance Co, Edelweiss General Insurance. 

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RBI issues new debit and credit card rules to improve security

RBI has directed banks and other card issuers to enable cards only for use at contact based points i.e. ATMs and Point of Sale (Pos) devices within India at the time of issue of the cards. This means that when a card is issued it will, by default, only be usable to physically swipe at a PoS or at a ATM. It would not be enabled for use online or for contact-less transactions.

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