Kolkata: Star Health, one of the oldest standalone health companies, has settled 33,000 claims worth over Rs 140 crore in the first quarter of the current fiscal.The company has settled more than 6 lakh claims worth over Rs 3,200 crore in Bengal since inception, according to Atin Kumar Roy, business head (West Bengal).He said out…
Subhash Chandra’s proposed repayment of a little over Rs 6 crore against more than Rs 22,000 crore of admitted claims worked out to less than 0.03%.That looks exceptionally small. And it was. But personal-guarantor insolvency cases have produced very low recoveries more generally.Data from the insolvency regulator shows that nearly 5,200 applications have been filed…
Around 25 firefighters rescued a trapped man alive (Image Credit: X/ @SFFDPIO) A routine garbage collection in San Francisco turned into a desperate rescue early Wednesday after a bystander heard screams coming from inside a garbage truck. The San Francisco Fire Department responded at about 4:11 a.m. on September 2, after the passerby alerted the…
Will Americans get cheaper gas now US President Donald Trump is betting that his Venezuela oil deal will “substantially lower gas prices for all Americans”. But whether the arrangement can deliver cheaper fuel at US pumps, and how quickly, remains uncertain. Days earlier Trump said that the US would use Venezuelan crude controlled through a…
Ashutosh Gowariker’s Swades is now remembered as one of Shah Rukh Khan’s most acclaimed performances, but the film’s journey to the screen looked very different in its early stages. Before Khan became Mohan Bhargava, the role was originally written with Aamir Khan in mind, when the project was still titled Desh.Actor and writer Amin Hajee,…
NAM vs ZIM Live Updates: Zimbabwe face a must-win clash against Namibia in the fifth match of the tri-series, with their place in the final at stake. Zimbabwe have lost twice to South Africa but edged Namibia by five runs in their previous meeting. Namibia, meanwhile, can seal a final spot with a win. The…
Kaia Minn at the National Academy of Inventors conference. Image Credit: kaiaminn.com A discarded citrus peel is not the sort of thing most people would associate with restoring forests. But for 13-year-old Massachusetts inventor ‘Kaia Minn,’ it became the starting point for a simple idea with potentially far-reaching environmental uses. Minn has developed a ‘biodegradable…
Traders in CP, however, opposed the proposal altogether, saying that the area is a business centre and has a different demography. NEW DELHI: A fresh debate on the pedestrianisation of Connaught Place’s (CP) inner circle has begun after the recently appointed NDMC chairman took to social media to invite suggestions on restricting vehicular movement in…
Hyderabad: Former minister T. Harish Rao demanded the state govt to restart works of Sangameshwara and Basaveshwara irrigation projects and complete them criticising the Congress govt for neglecting irrigation projects in the erstwhile Medak district.He asked the govt to complete the Ghanapuram anicut height-raising works without further delay and resume and complete the Kaleshwaram canal…
The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will meet Wednesday to appoint the temple’s first chief executive officer. A search committee submitted its final report after screening over five thousand applications. The NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday alleged that the appointment of a CEO for the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth…
