Insurance - general
GIC Re files for IPO; to raise over Rs6,380 cr
08 Aug 2017
GIC Re has become the first government-owned non-life insurance company to file for a public issue
Max Life-HDFC Life deal called off
31 Jul 2017
US appeals court blocks $54-bn merger of insurers Anthem and Cigna
29 Apr 2017
A US federal appeals court yesterday upheld a lower court's decision to block health insurance provider Anthem Inc's $54.2-billion merger deal with peer Cigna Corp as the transaction would lead to higher prices for healthcare
Auto, health insurance to cost more from 1 April
27 Mar 2017
An increase in general insurance premiums on account of an increase in commissions and rewards to agents, is in addition to the 50-per cent hike in third-party motor insurance premiums
Swiss Re, 4 other reinsurers granted licence to operate in India
23 Jan 2017
Besides Swiss Re, IRDA has granted final licences (R3) to Munich Re, Hannover Re, SCOR and RGA to open branch operations in India, besides clearing preliminary approvals to four more players, including Lloyd’s of London, Gen Re of Warren Buffett and Axa Re
Obamacare on the block as US Congress session opens today
03 Jan 2017
Though Trump had promised to unite a deeply divided country, the first thing that his Republican party would push for is legislation to undo Obamacare, a health insurance programme which has an expected 13.8 million economically disadvantaged people enrolled in it
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
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The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation