The central government on Saturday announced 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in insurance companies under the automatic route, allowing full foreign ownership in the sector. The move is expected to increase foreign participation in India’s insurance industry. Foreign investment in Indian insurance companies and intermediaries will now be allowed up to 100% of the paid-up…
Udaipur: Gau-rakshaks Friday blocked the bypass near Nela Talab, under the Govardhan Vilas police station limits, after a half-burnt calf carcass was found by the roadside. Members of organisations and gau-rakshaks reached the spot, raised slogans, and demanded strict action against those responsible.After receiving information, Govardhan Vilas station officer Rajendra Singh Charan arrived with police…
India’s Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (PTI Photo) New Delhi: Opener Ben Duckett believes England will not hesitate to test India’s senior batters with the short ball if they feel it is the right tactic, even though the visitors know the challenge will be very different from the one they encountered during their 4-0 T20I…
New Delhi: Five infants, aged between five days and four months, were rescued after Delhi Police busted an inter-state child trafficking racket following a 15-day operation. Thirteen people, including a doctor, alleged traffickers, middlemen and buyers, have been arrested.Cops suspect nearly 30 infants may have been trafficked. Police probe revealed the role of Dr Viveki,…
Bengaluru: A former driver used a duplicate key to enter his employer’s house and steal 146 grams of gold ornaments worth over Rs 8 lakh over a few weeks. The man, Yogesh, was finally caught in the Nagarabhavi house by the victim’s elder daughter Friday.The employer, Prakash A, told police Yogesh drove his personal car…
The city recorded a maximum temperature of 42.7 degrees on Friday Gurgaon: The city continued to swelter under extreme heat on Friday, with daytime temperatures staying above 42 degrees Celsius, as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert for heatwave to severe heatwave conditions across Haryana from May 24 to May 27.The city…
Ahmedabad: Gaping infra hole keeps Shela vulnerable Ahmedabad: During this monsoon, waterlogging in Shela worsened, particularly along Club O7 Road and VVIP Road. However, there is little likelihood of immediate relief.Two years ago, Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (Auda) implemented a Rs 240 crore drainage network project in Shela, and 75% of the work has been…
The strange invention called “The Isolator” was conceived by Hugo Gernsback, a prolific inventor and science-fiction writer, in 1925. More than seven decades ago, before anyone talked about noise-cancellation, productivity tools, and deep work techniques, the inventor felt that humans require complete seclusion from everything else to concentrate and be productive. To achieve such an…
Chandigarh: The Haryana govt has extended the coverage of the Haryana Contractual Employees (Security of Service) Act, 2024 to four additional categories of employees, allowing eligible staff to apply for service security benefits through the online registration portal by July 31.Chief secretary Anurag Rastogi said the fresh registration drive covers computer faculty and computer lab…
As Ranbir Kapoor prepares for the release of Nitesh Tiwari’s much-anticipated ‘Ramayana’, few may remember that Salman Khan was once reportedly set to play Lord Ram in an earlier adaptation of the epic. The ambitious project, was to be directed by his brother Sohail Khan in the 1990s, had even gone on floors before it…
