IRDAI proposes Policyholder Protection Fund framework: What it could mean for insurance customers

Saral Jeevan Bima cover starts at around ₹550 per month: How the term insurance plan works

For many households, buying life insurance is often seen as expensive or complicated. But a regulator-mandated term insurance product, Saral Jeevan Bima, was introduced to change that by offering a simple, standardised policy that is available across life insurers. According to a note by Policybazaar, premiums for a ₹25 lakh life cover can start at…

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Trophy controversy returns? Mohsin Naqvi set to attend India’s Women’s Asia Cup final | Cricket News

Trophy controversy returns? Mohsin Naqvi set to attend India’s Women’s Asia Cup final | Cricket News

Indian Men’s Cricket Team and Mohsin Naqvi The possibility of another trophy presentation controversy involving India and Pakistan has emerged ahead of the ACC Women’s Asia Cup 2026 final, with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president Mohsin Naqvi set to attend the summit clash in Dubai.According to a Geo Super…

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Visa gridlock in the US leaves foreign doctors and underserved patients in limbo

Visa gridlock in the US leaves foreign doctors and underserved patients in limbo

Visa delays threaten careers of foreign doctors and healthcare access in the US. (Getty Images) A growing administrative bottleneck in the United States is threatening to upend the careers of hundreds of internationally trained doctors just as they prepare to step into critical roles. These physicians, many of whom have spent years training in American…

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Indian-origin US couple on group pilgrimage to Mount Kailash goes missing after Nepal-Tibet floods

Indian-origin US couple on group pilgrimage to Mount Kailash goes missing after Nepal-Tibet floods

Deepak Ahuja, 60, and his wife Madhu Ahuja, 57. An Indian-origin US couple from Texas has gone missing during a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash after devastating flash floods and mudslides struck the Nepal-Tibet border, with around 90 US citizens unaccounted for, according to US officials.Deepak Ahuja, 60, and his wife Madhu Ahuja, 57, had travelled…

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Bain Capital exits Emcure Pharma after selling remaining stake, ends 12-year bet

Bain Capital exits Emcure Pharma after selling remaining stake, ends 12-year bet

Investment firm Bain Capital on Thursday (June 25) exited pharmaceutical company Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd after selling its remaining stake of around 1%, marking the completion of its full exit and ending a 12-year investment in the company. The equity firm had acquired a 13% stake in Emcure Pharmaceuticals from global investment firm Blackstone in December…

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“People talk about civic sense”: Viral video shows littered train coach; class 10 students on Manali trip reportedly responsible, sparks debate |

“People talk about civic sense”: Viral video shows littered train coach; class 10 students on Manali trip reportedly responsible, sparks debate |

A video showing a train coach strewn with garbage has gone viral, triggering a wider debate on civic behaviour, parenting, and public responsibility in India. The video clip that has been filmed inside a train compartment, shows a dirty scene of litter, full of food wrappers, plastic bottles, used spoons, and bedsheets scattered across the…

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‘POSH is not a Chinese act’: Sacked JNU professor Angomcha Bimol Akoijam alleges ‘witch hunt’, demands evidence | Delhi News

Akoijam is a Congress MP from the Inner Manipur constituency in Manipur and specialises in social and political psychology and cultural studies at JNU. NEW DELHI: Congress MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, dismissed by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) following an inquiry into sexual harassment allegations levelled against him by 11 students, has described the development as…

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Putin hardsells Su-57 fighter to India, ‘we’re ready to co-develop jet further with India, with no restrictions’

Putin hardsells Su-57 fighter to India, ‘we’re ready to co-develop jet further with India, with no restrictions’

To hardsell his stealth fighter jet to India, Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered New Delhi his fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet and showed his willingness to co-develop and co-produce it further.“As for the Su-57, we offered our friends from India to jointly develop this machine, a fifth-generation aircraft. I think it’s the best to date….

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