Month: March 2023
Acko life insurance: Acko receives IRDAI nod to commence life insurance business
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has granted new-age insurer Acko a licence to operate a life insurance business. The insurance regulator…
Disinvestment: Government exceeds FY23 RE target of combined disinvestment, dividend mop up
The government has exceeded the revised estimates of collection from disinvestment and dividend combined in the current fiscal at Rs 94,282 crore. The revised estimates…
Indian, Romanian families found dead crossing into US from Canada
MONTREAL: Six people from two families — one of Romanian descent with Canadian passports, the other from India — were found dead in a marsh…
Pakistan: Stampede at food distribution center kills 11 in Pakistan
KARACHI: At least 11 women and children were killed in a deadly stampede at a Ramadan food distribution center in Pakistan‘s southern port city of…
India GDP: India’s current account deficit narrows to 2.2 percent of GDP in September quarter
India’s current account deficit narrowed in the December quarter as trade deficit fell and services and remittances income surged. The current account in the balance…
Meloni: Prime Minister Meloni’s party looks to shield Italian language from foreign contamination
ROME: Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni‘s party has proposed imposing fines of up to 100,000 euros ($108,750) on public and private entities which use foreign terms,…
rbi: Overseas assets of Indians rose in Dec quarter of 2022-23: RBI data
Overseas assets of Indians during the third quarter of 2022-23 rose, mainly due to an increase of $30 billion in reserve assets, which had earlier…
Fiscal deficit stands at 82.8% of full-year target in February: Govt data
The central government’s fiscal deficit touched 82.8 per cent of the full-year target at the end of February, according to data released by the Controller…
Over 226 crore – Hindustan Times
With over 226 crore Aadhaar authentication transactions, a growth in the adoption and usage of Aadhaar across different sectors in India, the Unique Identification Authority…
South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius denied parole: lawyer
PRETORIA: South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was denied parole on Friday after seeking early release from prison, a decade after he shot and killed…