IRDA slaps fine of Rs 10 lakh on Tata AIA Life Insurance
Insurance regulator IRDA today imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Tata AIA Life Insurance for excess payment to corporate agents. Besides, the regulator has also levied a fine of Rs 5 lakh on IndiaFirst Life Insurance for providing non-financial incentives to staff of corporate agent. Besides, the... read more »
Dip in borrowing cost, affordable housing to boost house purchases in 2015
Declining borrowing costs, improving employment outlook and availability of affordable housing projects are encouraging prospective home buyers to purchase new properties in 2015, a survey has said. According to a report by ZyFin Research titled ‘New Home Purchase Sentiment Index’, the... read more »
IIT Kharagpur’s innovative campaign to solve student queries
As seat allocation for engineering institutes begins today under the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA), IIT Kharagpur has launched a campaign to solve student queries. Through a website why.iitkgp.ac.in and a YouTube channel, they are trying to woo students with its impeccable placement... read more »
Death toll rises to 41
One more person was found dead in the landslide-battered Darjeeling district, taking the toll to 41. The body of Ramesh Rai (26) was retrieved from under rubble in the 8 Mile area of Kalimpong by NDRF and Civil Defence volunteers yesterday, district Disaster Cell Officer-in-charge Gopal Rai... read more »
Jihadists post second video of British hostage
Islamic extremists have released a new propaganda video appearing to feature British hostage John Cantlie. The six minute clip is the second showing the journalist to be circulated by... read more »
US President Barack Obama forms anti-Islamic State coalition, but will it stay together?
The Arabs are in. Turkey is on the fence. Britain, still smarting from an earlier Iraq war, is cautiously edging toward expanded action. Even Greece wants to help – if someone would... read more »
Air strikes in Syria hit Islamic State-held areas near Turkey border
BEIRUT – Air strikes overnight hit Islamic State-held territory in Syria near the Turkish border, an organisation that tracks violence in the Syrian war said on Wednesday. Rami... read more »
Ebola epidemic more deadly than all previous combined, report says
The Ebola epidemic has already killed more people than all previous outbreaks combined, and an alarming new analysis by the World Health Organization suggests it already may be too late to... read more »
In airstrikes, US targets terror cell said to be plotting an atta...
WASHINGTON: US forces took advantage of the airstrikes against the Islamic State extremist group in Syria to try to simultaneously wipe out the leadership of an unrelated cell of veterans of al-Qaida... read more »
