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Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebarHimachal rains: Economic losses of Rs 4808.79 crore, Death toll reaches 130
As many as 13 people died, including one rescuer, after the landslide occurred at Irshalwadi village in Khalapur tehsil in Maharashtra's Raigad district, police said Shimla/Mumbai: With five new deaths on Wednesday, the death toll in Himachal Pradesh due to rains,...
Society of Actuaries Research Institute launches longevity Illustrator for Singapore, Hong Kong and Canada
"A variety of possibilities should be considered when preparing for retirement, including longevity. SOA's Longevity Illustrator, a web-based tool, is designed to provide information to help individuals and couples plan a secure retirement more effectively with just a...
Gambia ‘advanced’ in exploring legal action over toxic Indian cough syrup
At least 70 children in Gambia, most under 5 years old, died from acute kidney injury last year. A government-backed investigation found that the deaths were "very likely" caused by contaminated medicines made in India. The small West African country has hired a U.S....
Work from anywhere jobs draw record demand as summer travel heats up
Top financial services firms such as American Express, Visa and Mastercard, along with tech giants like Alphabet, are some of the major employers who have adopted “work-from-anywhere” week policies. This generally means employees keep an in-office presence for most of...
No `Insurance Bill 2023′ in Parliament’s monsoon session
In this packed Parliament's Monsoon session, the Union government is likely to discuss a total of 31 bills, but ``Insurance Bill 2023’ for which the government has earlier sought approval of the Union Cabinet, is not included in the list New Delhi: The Insurance Bill...
Govt appoints Sat Pal Bhanoo as LIC MD
The government has appointed Sat Pal Bhanoo as one of the managing directors of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC).He has been appointed in place of Siddhartha Mohanty who has been appointed as chairman of LIC in April. Bhanoo's appointment is effective from the date of...
Indian aviation market has huge potential waiting to be tapped
The industry experts concurred that the growth in the aviation sector will in turn fuel the growth in the tourism sector, both of which were badly hit globally after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, but have shown resilience, and are recovering on the right...
Ukraine hopes grain exports to continue from key ports
“The main task for Ukraine now is to get the support of Turkey,” said Dmitry Skornyakov, chief executive officer of HarvEast Holding. He suggested that military escorts from Turkey could be used for ships entering and leaving Ukraine’s ports Ukraine is pushing for...
“Bitsure is a product of smart and eager entrepreneurs who built a great company fulfilling a critical yet mostly unmet need. As a result, Bitsure quickly grew to the point where they needed help scaling—not just from an insurance capacity perspective but also from a...
Bain Capital raises $1.15 bln for first fund dedicated to insurance investments
Matt Popoli, global head of Bain Capital Insurance, told Reuters that the new capital pool, Bain Capital Insurance Fund, would give his 20-strong team the ammunition to back middle-market insurance firms overlooked by others Focused on North America and Europe, the...
MDRT sets up shop in Singapore, appoints sr officials for APAC region
"The opening of MDRT Asia-Pacific headquarters underpins MDRT's commitment to the industry," said Carol Kheng, MDRT Second Vice President, who leads the new office. The new Singapore office will support MDRT events in the Asia-Pacific region, including the 2023 MDRT...
HDFC Bank to focus on bundled products for its customers: CEO
''Savings accounts, personal loans, insurance cover, SIPs can all be bundled along with a home loan to create a compelling value proposition to the customer, that probably does not exist in the market at the scale at which this is envisaged,'' said HDFC Bank managing...
Reliance General Insurance to get Rs 200 cr capital infusion from Reliance Capital
Post the capital infusion by RCAP, Reliance General Insurance will also raise an additional Rs 400 crore Tier 2 capital to accelerate growth, sources said The company had said that borderline solvency was creating business hesitation in corporate clients, government...
Govt appoints N Ramaswamy as GIC Re CMD, Rajeswari Singh to head NIC
(Lto R) Narayanan Ramaswamy, CMD-designate, GIC Re and Rajeswari Singh,CMD-designate, National Insurance Company Ramaswamy will get exactly a two-year term till Sept, 2025,while Singh, who started her career in the crop cell of General Insurance Corporation in 1987,...
Parkinson’s may quietly progress undetected for years: Study
By identifying the mechanisms involved in the secretion of dopamine in the brain, the research could help to identify new approaches to reduce the symptoms of this incurable neurodegenerative disease, the researchers added Parkinson's may progress quietly but...
People with bipolar disorder 6 times likelier to die from suicide, accidents or violence: Study
People with bipolar disorder are known to face a heightened risk of premature death. However, the drivers behind this, especially the role of physical illnesses, were unclear, which this study aimed to understand, researchers from Niuvanniemi Hospital, Finland, and...
Govt eases Covid guidelines for i’ntl travellers, drops RT-PCR requirement
The new guidelines shall come into effect from midnight of July 20 New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has further eased COVID-19 guidelines for international visitors, dropping the earlier requirement for RT-PCR based testing of a random two per cent subset of...