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Claim Settlement of Life Insurance Compa...

Claim Settlement of Life Insurance Companies – Everything You did not...

We live in a country where there is no social security cover. Therefore, purchasing a life insurance plan becomes the only option for securing your family’s future financial security. The primary purpose of buying a life insurance plan is that it comes in handy in case of an emergency. It acts as... read more »

Om Birla, BJP’s surprise pick for Speake...

Om Birla, BJP’s surprise pick for Speaker

The BJP’s senior lawmaker Om Birla was unanimously elected the new Lok Sabha Speaker today after opposition parties supported his candidature. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who moved the motion for his election, personally led him to the Speaker’s chair after the formalities were... read more »

Google invests $1 billion to ease housin...

Google invests $1 billion to ease housing shortage near California headquar...

Alphabet Inc’s Google announced on Tuesday it would set aside $750 million in land and $250 million in financing to spur developers in the San Francisco Bay Area to build at least 20,000 homes and rehabilitate other housing over the next decade. Google, which told Reuters it has 45,000... read more »

N. Sitharaman is the first female finance minister after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
N. Sitharaman is the first female financ...

N. Sitharaman is the first female finance minister after former Prime Minis...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday named Nirmala Sitharaman, previously the country`s defence minister, as the next finance minister – thus making her India’s female finance minister after 48 years. Sitharaman is the first female finance minister after former Prime Minister Indira... read more »

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In Congress-NCP rival, Mumbai waits for its Police Commissioner

Mumbai:  It’s been a week since Satyapal Singh quit as Mumbai Police Commissioner and joined the BJP, but the Maharashtra government hasn’t been able find his replacement. Several top... read more »

Delhi power firm, targeted by Arvind Kejriwal, goe...

New Delhi:  A Delhi power distribution company backed by Anil Ambani has moved the Supreme Court challenging a move to cut off power supply to it... read more »

Samajwadi Party leader says his buffaloes more famous t...

Lucknow -Irked at the media coverage of his stolen buffaloes and the subsequent suspension of three policemen, senior Uttar Pradesh minister Mohd Azam Khan... read more »

This 25-year-old is powering Lalu Prasad’s social...

Patna – When Lalu Prasad joined Twitter last month, he batted down the snide remarks of political rivals by tweeting that “youth power cannot be... read more »

IIT-Kanpur student commits suicide, third on campus sin...

Lucknow – A student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur on Wednesday committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan in his... read more »

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Japan revises teaching manuals, says islands its territory

Tokyo –  Japan said on Tuesday it was revising teaching manuals to make clear that two sets of remote islands at the centre of disputes with China and South Korea are integral parts of its... read more »

Ukraine crisis: MPs to vote on scrapping anti-prot...

Ukraine’s parliament is expected to vote on plans to scrap a new anti-protest law in a special session called over the ongoing unrest in the... read more »

Syria talks offer Homs deal

Geneva –  The Syrian government said women and children could leave the besieged rebel city of Homs on Sunday as negotiators from the warring sides... read more »

Malaysian church attacked amid Allah dispute

Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia – A Malaysian newspaper says church was attacked with firebombs early Monday, sparking concerns of escalating tension amid a... read more »

Egypt to elect president first

Egypt will pick a president before parliament, a widely expected change in a political transition plan as public support for army chief and July coup leader... read more »

Maldives president escapes speedboat blast, wife injured

Maldives president Abdulla Yameen was saved from an explosion on his speedboat unhurt but his wife and two aides were injured on board when the boat approached the capital Male on Monday, a... read more »

China’s Didi Kuaidi Firms Up Anti-Uber Alliance, Invests in Ola

China’s most popular ride-hailing app Didi Kuaidi said on Monday it has invested in Indian peer Ola, forging a new alliance within a network of companies challenging US rival Uber... read more »

Ola Opens Up API for Mobile Apps, Individual Developers

Taxi aggregator Ola Saturday announced the public release of its API, allowing major mobile apps as well as individual developers to integrate the company’s offering with their... read more »

Dr Reddy’s climbs as drug maker launches Nexium’s generic

NEW DELHI: Shares of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories surged over 6 per cent in Monday’s trade after the drugmaker launched a generic version of Nexium following approval from the United... read more »

Gold ETFs witness outflow of Rs 363cr in Apr-Aug FY 2016

NEW DELHI: Investors continue to pull out money from gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but the pace of outflow has slowed down in the current fiscal on account of the sluggish equity market trends.... read more »