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Modi govt drops plan to merge 3 state-owned general insurance companies

Decision to merge the 3 companies — National Insurance Co Ltd, United India Insurance Co Ltd, and Oriental Insurance Co Ltd — ahead of their proposed listing was announced in 2018 budget.

HDFC plans acquisitions in lending, insurance with new capital of Rs 14,000 crore

HDFC wants to have adequate capital in place to expand lending business once economic growth picks up from downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.

To realise NIP worth Rs 102 lakh crore, Modi govt needs Indians to save long-term

To help India become a $5-trillion economy, the National Infrastructure Pipeline has been unveiled. But the big constraint is money willing to be locked up for years.

Modi govt plans to amend law to increase insurance cover for bank deposits from Rs 1 lakh

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says the govt will table the amendments in winter session of Parliament.

Car and 2-wheeler insurance to cost more as regulator hikes third-party premiums

Insurance regulator Irdai raised third-party insurance premium across categories, with 2-wheelers getting the maximum hike of 21.11 per cent.

Insurance claims can’t be denied on grounds of pre-existing diseases, rules consumer body

The NCDRC also said that insurance cannot be denied on mere presumption of a pre-existing disease or if the insured person was not taking any treatment for it.

Indian banks with record frauds to boost insurance sales

While the number of fraud cases has halved over the five years through March 2018, the amount involved has tripled, culminating in the record...

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Pakistan is bluffing. There’s no proof for $6 trillion mineral wealth claim

The minerals that Pakistan purports to offer to the US are either in quantities too small to matter, of a type that the US does not need, or would be much more easily sourced from other partners.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.