Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India NEW DELHI: State-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is engaging with key financial regulators, including RBI and Sebi, to expand the availability of long-term investment instruments as inflows into its annuity products keep on rising, CEO and MD R Doraiswamy said.An annuity product converts an accumulated retirement corpus…
Success in business comes not just by skill but by courage and hard work. Some people say that some are just born with the right characteristics to be good at business. Numerologists believe that women born on certain dates are natural leaders, creative, good at business and have the confidence to launch successful ventures. Women…
MUMBAI: Stock markets are expected to open weak on Monday on the back of the massive sell-off on Wall Street on Friday evening. As US stocks, especially the ones linked to the AI ecosystem, faced a huge sell-off, by late evening the Gift Nifty index, a proxy for Indian market for late trades, closed 1.5%…
The century’s longest Solar Eclipse of the year is going to take place on August 2, 2027. This is going to be a rare celestial astronomical event will last for about 6 minutes 23 seconds. This is going to be an amazing once in a lifetime event to witnessed. A solar eclipse occurs when the…
Rupee began the week on a negative note, with market sentiment weighed down by a stronger dollar, rising crude oil prices and escalating geopolitical tensions. On Monday, the domestic currency opened at 95.35 against the US dollar in the interbank foreign exchange market, slipping 17 paise from its previous close of 95.18.The decline comes after…
Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head (AP Photo) Australia will head into their upcoming white-ball tour of Bangladesh without three key players, with skipper Mitch Marsh, star opener Travis Head and spinner Tanveer Sangha all set to miss matches for different reasons.Marsh has been ruled out of the three-match ODI series due to an ankle injury,…
Geopolitical tensions in West Asia intensified further as military activity between Israel and Iran continued. (AI image) Stock market crash today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex crashed in opening trade on Monday, with benchmark indices extending losses as weak global cues, relentless foreign investor selling and rising geopolitical concerns dented market sentiment.The broad sell-off erased more…
MUMBAI: Giesecke+Devrient (G+D), the German security technology group spanning currency, digital payments and cybersecurity, is stepping up its India play with fresh investments of Rs 1,100 crore in 2026, localisation plans and a sharper focus on digital infrastructure, as it bets on the country’s dual-track growth in cash usage and digital adoption. The company is…
England’s captain Ben Stokes walks onto the field before the start of play on the fourth day of the Test match between England and New Zealand at Lord’s cricket ground (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) New Zealand slipped from second to fourth place in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 standings after a 115-run defeat to…
CHENNAI: With a network of 11 registered vehicle scrapping facilities (RVSFs) across 10 states, excluding the southern region, and the capacity to dismantle more than 1.9 lakh vehicles annually, Tata Motors stands to benefit from the Centre’s push to retire ageing commercial vehicles as India intensifies efforts to curb vehicular pollution.Last week, the Union cabinet…