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Insurance nominations can’t override personal succession laws: Karnataka HC
Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde ruled that a nominee can receive the...
SC asks Centre to regulate online content sans censorship
"We have suggested the solicitor general to deliberate upon and...
India’s ‘first’ tribal health observatory to come up in Odisha
It will perform systematic and ongoing observation on disease burden, health-seeking behaviour and healthcare delivery system pertaining to tribal health in the state Bhubaneswar: Odisha is set to come up with India's ''only'' observatory that will establish a...
PM to chair review meeting on preparedness to deal with heatwave, monsoon season
Several parts of the country have logged all-time high temperatures under the impact of the torrid heatwave New Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair here on Thursday an important review meeting on preparedness to deal with the heatwave affecting parts of the...
EU targets Russia’s global oil trade with shipping sanctions
The bloc is proposing to ban European vessels and companies from providing services — including insurance — linked to the transportation of Russian oil and products globally as part of its new sanctions package, according to officials and a draft document seen by...
EMIs and FDs to rise as RBI raises kay rate by 40 bps to 4.40%, CRR by 50 bps to check raging inflation
Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said that Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will retain its accommodative monetary policy stance at a time when globally inflation is rising alarmingly even as investment activity is showing some traction in the country...
Heat waves-testing the limits of human survival in India
Daily power outages driven by a surge in demand for electricity have resulted in blackouts as long as eight hours in some parts of India, while coal stocks — the fuel that accounts for 70% of the country’s electricity generation — are running low, prompting warnings...
Mere suppression of false info doesn’t mean employer can arbitrarily terminate employee: Supreme Court
“Mere suppression of material/false information regardless of the fact whether there is a conviction or acquittal has been recorded, the employee/recruit is not to be discharged/terminated axiomatically from service just by a stroke of the pen. New Delhi: Mere...
Delhi HC again adjourns `Singh-BBB’ case to May 19
Inderjeet Singh, general manger, New India Assurance(NIA), has gone to Delhi HC on the issue of appointment of Satyajit Tripathy (who is currently CMD, United India Insurance (UII)) by the government on the basis of recommendation of the Banks Board Bureau(BBB)...
Premature to attribute extreme heat in India, Pakistan solely to climate change but heatwaves more intense: WMO
Heatwaves have multiple and cascading impacts not just on human health, but also on ecosystems, agriculture, water and energy supplies and key sectors of the economy,” the WMO said adding that the risks to society underline why it is committed to ensuring that...
FinMin, Sebi to take call on relaxation in LIC meeting minimum public holding norm: DIPAM Secy
Under the Sebi's minimum public shareholding norms, listed entities with a valuation of over one lakh crore need to have at least 25 per cent public shareholding within 5 years of listing. The government had last year exempted public sector entities from this norm New...
LIC IPO price attractive; lot of growth potential: Chairman Kumar
More than the embedded value one should look at the value for new business (VNB) going forward, and it should reach 12-13 in the future, LIC Chairman MR Kumar said VNB margin is what investors would be looking at and it is 9 for LIC at present, he said. New Delhi: LIC...