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Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebarBajaj Finserv net income jumps 42 pc to Rs 1,782 crore
The general insurance arm's net profit declined 9 per cent to 278 crore from Rs 304 crore and that of life insurance arm's too declined 8 per cent to Rs 81 crore from Rs 88 crore. Mumbai:Bajaj Finserv, holding company of Bajaj Group's financial services businesses, on...
FSIB recommends M Jaggannath and Tablesh Pandya for 2 posts of LIC MDs
Jagannath, currently zonal manager, South Central Zone, LIC will be succeeding Raj Kumar who will be retiring tomorrow while Pandya will replace Vishnu Pattnaik who will be retiring in March end Year 2023 will see complete change of LIC’s top management, as starting...
Atal Pension Yojana has now more than 5cr subscribers
The scheme has done very well in the calendar year 2022 by enrolling more than 1.25 crore new subscribers in comparison to 92 lakh new subscriber’s enrolment in the calendar year 2021 Mumbai: Atal Pension Yojana(APY), the flagship social security scheme of the...
FPIs adopt cautious stance ahead of Budget; take out Rs 17,000 cr from equities in Jan
Overall, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have pulled out Rs 1.21 lakh crore from the Indian equity markets in 2022, following aggressive rate hikes by the central banks globally, particularly the US Federal Reserve, volatile crude, rising commodity prices and the...
LIC continues to bet big on Adani, remains in green despite share price rout
According to stock exchange information, LIC made a total investment of Rs 28,400 crore in Adani shares over the last few years. The value of these shares was Rs 72,200 crore before the report of the US short seller triggered a stock price crash over the last two...
FSIB to interview 6 sr LIC officials on Monday to select 2 MDs
Year 2023 will see complete change of LIC's top management, as starting with Kumar, other three MDs, BC Pattanaik, Mini Ipe and Siddarth Mohanty along with MR Kumar,chairman will be retiring in next six months New Delhi: The Financial Services Institution Bureau...
Road transport, highways sector has max number of delayed projects: Govt
In the road transport and highways sector, 428 out of 724 projects are delayed. In railways, out of 173 projects, 117 are delayed, while in the petroleum sector, 88 out of 158 projects are running behind schedule, as per the latest flash report on infrastructure...
FinMin to stick to privatisation of already announced CPSEs next fiscal
After tasting success in privatising loss-making Air India in 2021, the progress of PSU sell-off has not been very impressive over the past year, and experts say that with the general election around the corner in 2024, no major disinvestment announcement is expected...
Reputational Risk: Kidnapped for ransom, 26/11 survivor Gautam Adani faces his biggest challenge yet
Gautam Adani,Founder of Adani Group Hindenburg Research, a tiny New York firm that specialises in short selling, brought out a scathing report that has led to his group shedding more than USD 50 billion in market value in just two trading sessions and Adani himself...
Human activity degraded more than a third of remaining Amazon forest: Study
“Despite uncertainty about the total effect of these disturbances, it is clear that their cumulative effect can be as important as deforestation for carbon emissions and biodiversity loss,” said Jos Barlow, a professor at Lancaster University, UK, and co-author of the...
Indian Economy: Kicking into high gear
Among other notable differences: India’s middle class remains significantly smaller. Fully capturing the nation’s demographic dividend — perhaps its biggest advantage compared to bigger economies — will require broader wealth creation that resolves high unemployment...
Australia regulator to probe social media influencers for false endorsements
As part of the sweep, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has begun reviewing Meta Platforms Inc's Facebook and Instagram, TikTok, Snap Inc's Snapchat, Alphabet Inc's YouTube and Amazon.com Inc's streaming service Twitch, Cass-Gottlieb said. Australia's...
Blood sugar monitoring devices create wearablity problems for older adults with diabetes, caregivers
"This is a whole area of health technology that needs study. There's hardware involved, which is the device itself. There's software involved, which is reading, organizing, interpreting and communicating the data from the device. Knowing how the technology works in...
Worst impacts of sea level rise will hit earlier than thought: Study
In total, after two metres of sea level rise, the researchers estimate that 240 million more people will live below mean sea level. After three and four metres of sea level rise, that number increases by 140 million and by another 116 million, respectively, staudy...
Poor literacy linked to worse mental health problems: Study
“People with lower literacy had greater mental health difficulties such as anxiety and depression,” said Lucy Hunn, who completed the review as part of her Doctorate in clinical psychology training at UEA “We can’t say for sure that poor literacy causes poor mental...
IMA puts forward demands to govt ahead of budget presentation
In its proposal to the government for consideration in the upcoming Union Budget, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has said deficit funding is the most important cause behind the lack of penetration of the AB-PMJAY If the funding has to be raised to at least the...
Govt notifies 3 GACs to look into complaints against social media firms
The objective of establishing the GACs is to settle the issues that users may have against the manner in which social media platforms initially addressed their complaints regarding content and other matters New Delhi: The Centre on Friday notified three grievances...
New blood test can detect Alzheimer’s 3.5 years before diagnosis
While Alzheimer's disease affects the formation of new brain cells in the hippocampus during the early stages of the disease, previous studies have only been able to study neurogenesis in its later stages through autopsies Scientists have developed a blood-based test...