New Delhi: All health insurance companies will now have to provide health insurance to citizens upto the age of 65 and settle all claims within a month. According to the new regulations by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), there will be no exit age for policy renewals and all policies will allow for treatment across India. Also, life insurers can offer products with a four-year term while non-life...
07:18 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has declared its fourth quarter results. Its Q4 net profit at Rs 1,577 crore versus Rs 1,530.6 crore, YoY, reports CNBC-TV18. It touched an intraday high of Rs 96.70 and an intraday low of Rs 92.50. At 14:40 hrs the share was quoting at Rs 95.95, up Rs 2.55, or 2.73 per cent. It was trading with volumes of 1,223,250 shares, compared to its 5-day...
05:01 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Song writers, artistes and performers, deprived of their dues so far, can now claim royalty for their creations with Parliament today approving a law to provide much-delayed justice to them. The Copyright Act (Amendment) Bill, 2012 was passed by the Lok Sabha, which witnessed unusual unanimity on the matter with members from all parties supporting the measure for creative artistes whose benefits are cornered by producers. The bill,...
03:23 PM, May 22, 2012
Chennai: Charging Karnataka with "unjustly utilising" Cauvery water for summer irrigation, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday asked Prime Minister Manmhohan Singh to convene a meeting of the Cauvery River Authority to discuss the issue. Karnataka has been "unjustly utilising" the water for summer irrigation from February to May by depleting storage in its four major reservoirs, she said in a letter to Singh. The combined gross storage in...
11:42 AM, May 19, 2012
New Delhi: Air travel is all set to get costlier for those flying in and out of Delhi. The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) has decided to raise the User Development Fee by a whopping 346 per cent. This comes into effect from Tuesday. This means those taking domestic flights will have to shell out anything between Rs 195 to Rs 462 depending on the distance travelled. For international fliers,...
08:41 AM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: India's telecoms regulator on Sunday reaffirmed most of its proposed rules for an auction of mobile airwaves, including a steep base price for bids, despite howls of protests by carriers in the world's second-biggest mobile phone market. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had last month suggested an auction starting price that is nearly 10 times of what carriers had paid in a 2008 state grant process...
06:05 PM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: Literary icon Saadat Hasan Manto finds few takers among young readers because the stories are dark, disturbing and reflect a time they cannot relate to. But for the older generation of Indians, he still remains one of the most powerful writers of the 20th century. The writer, who died at the age of 43 in Lahore while struggling to keep the literature of truth alive, was born on...
05:56 PM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: Air travel cost from Delhi would go up from May 15 when higher user development fee (UDF) becomes effective for all domestic and international passengers while departing or arriving at the IGI Airport. The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) had on April 25 decided to raise airport charges, including UDF, by a whopping 346 per cent for two years, with airlines protesting the move and saying they and...
04:53 PM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi government is likely to announce a number of steps next week to provide relief to lakhs of residents residing in over 1,200 unauthorised colonies which were given provisional regularisation certificates in 2008. A meeting of the Delhi Cabinet, presided over by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, today discussed the recommendations made by a group of ministers (GoM), which was set up last year to provide relief and...
08:59 PM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: May 2 marks the 91st birth anniversary of legendary auteur Satyajit Ray, considered one of the world's best. Many consider the visionary and extremely talented Ray to have inherited the legacy of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. He was not just a film director but also a writer, illustrator, graphic designer and music composer. The illustrious Ray family has contributed to Bengal's art, culture and music for over a...
10:41 AM, May 02, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities have proposed the imposition of a levy of $ 1,000 on each truck and container transporting supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan through the country's territory, a senior official has said. The Communication Ministry had proposed the levy, National Highway Authority Chairman Mohammad Ali Gardezi said. His remarks came against the backdrop of discussions within the government on reopening the supply routes that were closed after a...
12:59 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: Television viewers will soon get to choose a minimum of hundred Free to Air (FTA) channels at a maximum retail price of Rs 100, as per new tariff rules for Cable TV announced by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Monday. According to the regulatory framework for Digitalised Cable TV brought out by TRAI to safeguard consumers' interests, cable operators will have to mandatorily offer a Basic...
09:46 AM, May 01, 2012
Miami: Young school teachers, middle-aged nurses and even the elderly flocked to a Miami book store Sunday for a chance to meet the author of the bestselling erotic romance 'Fifty Shades of Grey' in the launch of her US book tour. British newcomer E L James drew more than 500 men and women at a morning book signing and spoke that evening to a boisterous, uninhibited crowd at the historic...
03:00 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Lahore: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday said no premier from the ruling Pakistan People's Party will approach Swiss authorities to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. Gilani made the remarks during a meeting with lawyers at his residence in Lahore three days after the Supreme court convicted him of contempt for refusing to act on orders to write to the Swiss government to reopen cases of...
12:09 AM, Apr 30, 2012
London: TV viewers in Britain have got their knickers in a twist over the sight of women dancing in bikinis and a big woman flashing her underwear in a cartoon advertisement. The 30-second promotion for insurance company confused.com has so far sparked 37 complaints from outraged members of the public who describe it being unduly sexual. Cartoon characters with large breasts in skimpy bikinis are shown jumping up and down...
10:53 AM, Apr 28, 2012
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