On premium basis, the persistency was 75.3% and 61.1%, respectively and 75.6% and 63.9%, for the comparable period last year. MUMBAI: Economic and geopolitical uncertainty is beginning to weigh on household savings and insurance demand, with LIC reporting pressure on long-term policy persistency and caution in premium growth even as its first-quarter profit and value…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis shakes hands with Emirates NBD Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Non-Independent Non-Executive Director, Hesham Abdulla Qassim Al Qassim MUMBAI: Emirates NBD’s Rs 26,015 crore purchase of a 60% stake in RBL Bank marks more than the largest banking cross-border deal; it signals how the India-UAE economic relationship is shifting from…
Infosys employees are now awaiting details on the annual salary revisions. Infosys, India’s second largest IT services major, has reportedly awarded its eligible employees an average performance bonus of 70% for the April-June quarter. While the average payout is similar to the last quarter, it is around 10 percentage points lower than what was awarded…
Role Model premiered ‘Love I You’ during a Chicago show, surprising fans with Dakota Johnson’s voice notes woven into the track.Image credit (Instagram) Role Model and Dakota Johnson have taken their relationship to a new creative level, collaborating on music as the singer-songwriter prepares to release his next album. At a late-night show in Chicago…
A new image released by NASA offers a densely packed view of one of the universe’s most massive structures, revealing a crowded gathering of galaxies whose gravity bends and magnifies light from far more distant objects hidden behind it.The photograph, taken by the NASA-led Hubble Space Telescope, centres on the galaxy cluster MACS0329-0211, a vast…
A young boy named Matthew Berger found important fossils in South Africa. These fossils, named Australopithecus sediba, showed a mix of ape and human features. The discovery challenged existing ideas about human evolution. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons Although we were all busy trying to survive our first year living in the age of smartphones in…
Indian-origin philanthropist Anil Kochhar announced he would pay the education loan of 176 graduate students of NC State’s Wilson College of Textiles where his father studied. Indian-American philanthropist Anil Kochhar who was the speaker at the graduation ceremony of North Carolina State University Wilson College of Textiles on May 8, surprised the 176 graduates by…
Government approves 31 more ECMS applications, attracting proposed additional investments of Rs 7,877 crore NEW DELHI: Govt has approved another 31 applications, involving proposed additional investments of Rs 7,877 crore under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme, or ECMS. The projects will manufacture products, including printed circuit boards, camera modules, optical transceivers, electronic enclosures and materials…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vice-president Rajiv Shukla has defended the selection process after teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi made his India debut, saying the board gives opportunities purely on merit.Shukla dismissed social media claims that Sooryavanshi was being unfairly overlooked and said he had always believed…
Independence Day is a good excuse to bring a little colour to the dining table, but you do not need artificial food colours to do it. Carrots and pumpkin can bring a warm saffron-orange hue, spinach and coriander give a natural green, while rice, coconut, paneer and idli batter provide the white. Here are 10…
Starlink says it is ready to bring high-speed internet to India, after Reliance welcomed competition in satellite communications amid Elon Musk’s allegations of obstruction. NEW DELHI: Starlink has said it is ready to connect India with high-speed internet, responding to Reliance Industries’ statement that it welcomes competition in satellite communications, provided all players follow Indian…
Some connections begin with instant excitement. The conversation flows, there is obvious attraction and you find yourself looking forward to every notification from that person. But once the initial rush settles, a different set of questions starts to matter. How do they handle conflict? Do they respect your boundaries? Can you trust what they say?…
