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SC agrees to hear plea against Kerala HC verdict that issued guidelines for clinical establishments
Issuing a slew of guidelines, the high court had said each clinical...
Sithraman tables Insurance Amendment Bill, 2025 in Lok Sabha
Nirmala Sitharaman,Union Finance Minister "We want the regulator...
PB Fintech arm gets payment aggregator licence from RBI
The paid-up share capital of the proposed company will be Rs 27 crore New Delhi: PB Fintech, the parent entity of Policybazaar, on Tuesday said its subsidiary had secured payment aggregator licence from the RBI. Last year, the company had announced setting up a...
ICICI Lombard’s net profit slips 2% to Rs 510 crore in Q4FY 25
Sanjiv Mantri, MD &CEO, ICICI Lombard General Insurance. The insurer’s combined ratio was at 102.5 per cent in Q4 FY2025 as compared to 102.3 per cent in Q4 FY2024. Its underwriting losses have swelled up by 38 per cent year-on-year(Y-o-Y) to Rs 209 crore from Rs...
ICICI Pru Life’s net profit more than doubled to Rs 386 crore in Q4
ICICI Prudential's value of new business (VNB), or expected profit from new policies, rose 2.5 per cent to Rs 7.95 billion for the quarter, according to Reuters calculations. ICICI Prudential's VNB margins for the full year deteriorated to 22.8 per cent from 24.6 per...
India to see above-normal cumulative rainfall this monsoon, El Nino conditions unlikely, says IMD
El Nino conditions, associated with below-normal monsoon rainfall in the Indian subcontinent, are unlikely to develop this time, India Meteorological Department (IMD) chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said Parts of the country are already battling extreme heat and a...
Electric vehicle registrations rise 17 pc in FY25: SIAM
Total electric vehicle (EV) registrations in the country reached 1.97 million units in FY25 against 1.68 million units in FY2023-24, posting a growth of 17 per cent New Delhi: Electric vehicle registrations in the country increased 17 per cent to 19.7 lakh units last...
Bima Sugam achieves financial closure, mops up Rs 340 crore from insurers and GIC Re
The Ministry of Finance has prohibited three PSU general insurers- Oriental Insurance Company , National Insurance Company and United India Insurance- from providing any capital to Bima Sugam as currently, they lack shareholders’ capital and they are not permitted use...
Delhi’s ‘old car no fuel’ policy to kick in soon, fuel stations get cameras to scan vehicles
In March, the Delhi government unveiled its plans that fuel pumps in the national capital will not provide petrol and diesel to vehicles older than 15 and 10 years, respectively. The city has 500 fuel refilling stations New Delhi: With 477 fuel refilling stations in...
AAIB plans granular analysis of data related to incidents involving aircraft in Indian airspace
Coming under the civil aviation ministry, AAIB is responsible for classification of safety occurrences involving aircraft operating in the Indian airspace into accidents, serious incidents, and incidents New Delhi: Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) plans...
Vedanta asked to pay Rs 71 cr over fly ash effluent
"The issue pertains to allegation for unauthorised disposal of fly ash. The Member Secretary… requested the company to deposit the environmental compensation of Rs 71,16,53,320," Vedanta has said in a filing to BSE. New Delhi: Vedanta has said that State Pollution...
Banks seek power to freeze accounts in illicit transactions cases to rein in cyber fraud
``Banks freeze/block accounts based on internal triggers, however, as per the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they do not have the authority to freeze or block customer accounts without proper authorisation from a court or law enforcement agencies (LEAs. In...