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Nearly 6.6 lakh new PM Jan Dhan Yojana accounts opened in 1 month
A staggering 55.44 crore Jan Dhan accounts have been opened in...
India aviation watchdog finds 263 lapses at Indian airlines in annual audit
DGCA found 51 safety lapses at Air India in its July audit,...
Lenders of Reliance Capital to meet on Monday to consider bidders’ concerns
Both the bidders Torrent Investment and IndusInd International Holdings Ltd (IIHL) of Hinduja Group want finality, certainty, transparency, no negotiation in value or on terms and conditions, after the second round of auction is over, they said. Mumbai: Ahead of the...
Joshimath still to see enough long-term measures to address land subsidence, say experts
An environment expert, requesting anonymity, said satellite data analysis and geophysical subsurface investigation suggested that the crisis in Joshimath was caused by underground hydrological imbalance Demands of the Joshimath Bachao Sangharsh Samiti include...
Govt likely to announce retail trade policy, accident insurance scheme for GST-registered traders soon
India is the world's fifth-largest global destination in the retail space. The commerce and industry ministry along with the department of financial services is also working on framing an insurance scheme for all the GST-registered retail traders New Delhi: The...
Tanker company transporting Russian Oil loses insurance on G-7 Cap
Since early December, companies in G-7 countries have only been allowed to provide services for Russian oil if the cargoes cost $60 a barrel or less An oil tanker company heavily involved in moving Russian oil lost industry standard insurance for its fleet after...
Black Sea grain deal could start winding down next week ahead of ‘expected’ closure
Russia has strongly signaled that it will not allow the Ukraine Black Sea export deal - agreed in July last year - to continue beyond May 18 because a list of demands to facilitate its own grain and fertilizer exports has not been met. A deal allowing the safe Black...
HDFC Bank can increase stakes in HDFC Life & HDFC ERGO to over 50%:RBI
HDFC Bank or HDFC can increase shareholding in HDFC Life Insurance Company and HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company to over 50 per cent prior to the effective date of the merger Mumbai: In a mixed bag for HDFC Bank ahead of the parent HDFC's merger with itself, the...
High heatwaves in India and Pakistan caused a decline in crop yields in 2022: WMO
''Heatwaves in the 2022 pre-monsoon season in India and Pakistan caused a decline in crop yields. This, combined with the banning of wheat exports and restrictions on rice exports in India after the start of the conflict in Ukraine, has threatened the availability,...
CBI asks ex-J&K governor Satya Pal Malik to answer queries related to insurance ‘scam’
Satya Pal Malik,former Governor, Jammu and Kashmir Unknown officials of the finance department of the government of Jammu and Kashmir, by abusing their official positions in a conspiracy and connivance with Trinity Reinsurance Brokers Limited, Reliance General...
SBI Gen’s net profit jumps 40% to Rs184 cr in FY23
Kishore Kumar Poludasu, MD & CEO, SBI General Insurance, said, “SBI General has continued to grow steadily in FY 22-23, and has achieved a milestone of being one of the early companies to...
WHO launches Health Inequality Data Repository
The Health Inequality Data Repository (HIDR) includes nearly 11 million data points and consists of 59 datasets from over 15 sources. The data include measurements of over 2000 indicators broken down by 22 dimensions of inequality, including demographic, socioeconomic...