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Govt appoints IAS officer Tamboli Fakirbhai from Cabinet Secreteriate as IRDAI executive director
Tamboli Ayyaj Fakirbhai, IAS, executive director, IRDAI Fakirbhai’s...
Set up panel to examine ‘unethical’ pharma marketing practices: SC to Govt
The bench said the committee would make its recommendations to the...
Wage ceiling hike to Rs 25,000 a ‘win-win situation’, more people on margin to get social protection: Labour Secretary
Chandra Bhushan Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment Kumar said the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) framework provides provident fund, pension and insurance benefits, adding that such social protection brings greater stability in the working...
Trai mandates telcos to take action against spammers identified by their AI-based caller ID
According to the notification, every telecom operator receiving an incoming call flagged as "suspected spam" by its artificial intelligence or machine learning enabled system will have to share details of such calls with telecom operators (originating access...
SC asks Centre to examine statutory safeguards for minors on social media
The plea seeks safeguards for minors accessing social media, and to ensure no such platform enters into a contract with a child below 18 years of age. "Please pass directions under the intermediary rules that they fashion their software, or whatever the platform is...
100% FDI in pension fund industry soon:PFRDA chairman
S. Ramann chairman, PFRDA(L) and Sriram Iyer, MD & CEO, HDFC Pension Fund Management at the launch of the company's second edition of NPS Preference Index Study 2026 in Mumbai on Monday According to Ramann,West Bengal, which joined the Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY...
IRDAI weighs Jan 1 or Apr 1, 2027 rollout of new distribution reforms & EoM norms; Bima Sugam likely by November: Seth
Ajay Seth, Chairman, IRDAI Defending the regulator’s sweeping proposals to recalibrate insurance distribution economics, Seth said the proposed framework should ultimately benefit policyholders by creating greater efficiencies and potentially lowering premiums.The...
Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool issues 3000 Cargo War, 92 Hull War-risk and 3 P&I policies, War-risk prms fall by 35–40%
Also,for the first time, Indian companies are insuring Indian ships independently for higher-value vessels. The coverage spans Hull & Machinery, Cargo against War perils in High-Risk Area and Protection & Indemnity. New Delhi:Amidst prolonged West Asia...
Bank unions defer 3-day nationwide strike following assurance from IBA
"A high-level committee of the IBA and UFBU will be formed immediately to deliberate on the issue of declaring the remaining Saturdays as holidays. This committee will explore all possible alternatives, discuss with all the stakeholders, and work out a solution...
5 Yrs of PM-Jay:60 cr beneficiaries,13 cr hospital admissions, Rs 2 lakh cr spent on treatments, says Nadda
J P Nadda,Union Health Minister Dr M Srinivas, Member (Health), NITI Aayog, said the next phase of PM-JAY should focus on strengthening continuity of care, quality and patient-centric healthcare, including seamless referral mechanisms for patients requiring...
Climate change: Centre assures support to farmers battling drought, floods
While some states in the country were dealing with floods, others have drought, the minister noted, adding, "We are witnessing adverse effects of climate change and we have to deal with them."Shivraj Singh Chouhan,Union Agriculture Minister Nagpur: The Centre will...
Drought declared in three-quarters of India’s richest state, Maharashtra
The declaration in Maharashtra came after the national weather department forecast India would end its annual monsoon season with a rainfall deficit, threatening farmers' livelihoods. A stronger-than-usual El Nino climate phenomenon, which typically brings drier...