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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...

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.