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Vav-Tharad (Gujarat) [India], March 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that India's effective foreign policy and "unwavering unity" of citizens have kept the "situation under control" despite the global difficulties regarding energy requirements. PM Modi also accused Congress of engaging in "divisive activities" by spreading "fear and inciting" the public in a time when the nation requires unity and solidarity. Addressing a public gathering at Vav-Tharad in Gujarat after in ...Read More >
Mothers and their newborns participate in a workshop at the Maison de Naissance birth center in Bourgoin-Jallieu, France. (Jean-Philippe Ksiazek/AFP/Getty Images) BUDAPEST -- After years of people having fewer children, Europe is on the brink of a great contraction. Next year, the European Union expects its population to hit a peak before sliding into the first sustained decline on the continent since the 14th-century Black Death. That trajectory has raised alarms about shrinking workforces an ...Read More >
The report highlighted LIC's May 2025 investment of USD 570 million (around Rs 5,000 crore) in Adani Ports & SEZ (APSEZ). Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said her ministry does not issue advisory or directions to Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) regarding its investment decisions, and emphasised that the investments that the state-owned insurer made in Adani Group were as per established SOPs. India's largest insurer has, over the years, made investment decisions across ...Read More >
Advocate HP Ranina has dismissed a report by The Washington Post questioning LIC's investment practices. Ranina argues the claims lack substance and suggests potential political motives behind the publication. He reaffirms that LIC adheres to strict internal guidelines and highlights the absence of concerns from India's financial regulator, SEBI. Advocate HP Ranina has categorically dismissed allegations raised in a recent report by The Washington Post concerning the investment practices of the ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Founder of InGovern Research (a corporate governance and proxy advisory firm), Shriram Subramanian on Monday refuted the claims made in a recent Washington Post report on the Life Insurance Corporation of India's (LIC) investment in the Adani Group, and said it "should be dismissed and not given any attention." Subramanian said that the report lacks credible data and termed it "surprising and far-fetched." Speaking to ANI, Shriram Subramanian said, "...LIC' ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 27 (ANI): Advocate HP Ranina has dismissed a recent report by The Washington Post questioning the investment practices of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India, calling it baseless and misleading. Speaking to ANI, Ranina said there was "no substance in this report" and emphasised that LIC is a professional and publicly owned institution that operates strictly within its own investment guidelines. Also Read | 'Kaun Banega Crorepati 17': Station Mast ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 26 (PTI) Life Insurance Corporation of India's investment in Adani group companies may be under the spotlight, but recent data shows that some of the largest investments in entities controlled by billionaire Gautam Adani have come not from the state insurer but from major US and global insurers. In June 2025, a month after USD 570 million (Rs 5,000 crore) investment by Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) in Adani Ports & SEZ, US-based Athene Insurance led a Rs 6,650 crore (USD 750 m ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Congress Saturday demanded that Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) probe the LIC after a Washington Post report claimed the state-run insurer made huge investments in Adani Group securities after they took a beating in the markets. Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh termed the report a "disturbing revelation" about the savings of LIC's 30 crore policyholders being "systematically misused" to benefit Adani Group. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge took a swipe at the govt ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The department of financial services (DFS) in the finance ministry and govt's policy think tank Niti Aayog have no role in the investment decisions of LIC, and the investment guidelines of the state-owned company are governed by board-approved policies, officials said on Saturday, adding that the insurer's exposure to the Adani Group is far less than to other conglomerates. LIC's investment in the Tata Group is estimated at Rs 1.3 lakh crore, while the exposure to the Aditya Birla Gro ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Congress party on Saturday demanded that Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) investigate the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) following a US media report alleging the public sector company made significant investments in Adani Group's securities after they suffered market losses. However, the LIC denied the allegations, calling them "false, baseless, and far from the truth." The opposition party's attack was spurred by a report in The Washington Post, which, ci ...Read More >
Billionaire investor Gautam Adani, left, and Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India. (Illustration by Chelsea Conrad/The Washington Post; Bloomberg and AFP/Getty Images; documents obtained by The Washington Post) NEW DELHI -- Debt was piling up quickly this spring for Gautam Adani -- owner of a vast empire of Indian coal mines, airports, seaports and green energy ventures -- and the bills were coming due. India's second richest man, whose net worth hovers around $90 billion, had been charg ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 25: The Congress, on Saturday, demanded that Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) investigate the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) following an US media report that the public sector company made huge investments in Adani Group's securities after they took a beating in the markets. However, the LIC denied the allegations as "false, baseless, and far from the truth". Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh alleged the savings of LIC's 30 crore ...Read More >
Life Insurance Corp. of India said it makes independent investment decisions, pushing back against a Washington Post report that alleged Indian officials influenced the company to plow money into billionaire Gautam Adani's businesses. LIC, the country's largest institutional investor, gets board approval and carries out due diligence before making investments, it said in a post on X. The state-run insurer denied the Post report on Friday that said government officials pushed a proposal in May f ...Read More >
The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Saturday denied the allegations made in a report by The Washington Post, which claimed that the company's investment decisions were influenced by external factors. It accused the report of trying to damage its reputation. The report alleged that Indian officials had drafted a proposal to channel nearly USD 3.9 billion (about Rs 32,000 crore) from LIC into companies owned by the Adani Group. Refuting the claims, LIC stated, "No such document or p ...Read More >
Mumbai, October 25: Private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank on Saturday reported a 2.7 per cent year-on-year (YoY) decline in its net profit at Rs 3,253 crore for the July-September quarter (Q2 FY26). The bank had posted a net profit of Rs 3,344 crore in the same period last year. Despite the marginal dip in profit, the bank's net interest income (NII) rose 4 per cent (on-year) to Rs 7,311 crore from Rs 7,020 crore in Q2 FY25, while the net interest margin (NIM) stood at a healthy 4.54 per cen ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 25 (ANI): Twelve migrant workers from Telangana, who were stranded in Jordan due to employment-related issues, have returned home following the intervention of former Minister and MLA Harish Rao. The workers, who arrived in Hyderabad in the early hours of Saturday, met MLA Rao at his residence to express their gratitude for facilitating their return. Also Read | Kolkata and Several Districts in South Bengal To Receive Heavy Rain From October 28 As Cyclone ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Saturday denied false reports by The Washington Post, reaffirming all investments are made with integrity and due diligence. In a rebuttal to the article, LIC said the allegations leveled by The Washington Post that the investment decisions of LIC are influenced by external factors are "false, baseless, and far from truth". "No such document or plan as alleged in the article has ever been prepared by LIC, which ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 24 (ANI): At the invitation of the Government of Seychelles, the Vice President of India, CP Radhakrishnan, will visit the Republic of Seychelles from October 26-27 to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Patrick Herminie, President-elect of the Republic of Seychelles, on behalf of the Government of India, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in an official statement. During the visit, the Vice President will convey India's warm felicitations to Patrick Herminie ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 24 (ANI): At the invitation of the Government of Seychelles, the Vice President of India, CP Radhakrishnan, will visit the Republic of Seychelles from October 26-27 to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Patrick Herminie, President-elect of the Republic of Seychelles, on behalf of the Government of India, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in an official statement. During the visit, the Vice President will convey India's warm felicitations to Patrick Herminie ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Shares of US pharma giants fell over 3 per cent following reports indicating that the US health administration officials intend to associate coronavirus vaccines with the deaths of 25 children. Pfizer's stock declined by over 3 per cent, Moderna's fell by more than 7 per cent, and Novavax decreased by more than 4 per cent overnight. The selloff occurred after reports indicated that the claim will be presented next week to the US Centers for Disease Control and P ...Read More >
New Delhi: Alleging "blatant misuse" of agencies to defame its leaders, AAP on Thursday questioned why the first information report filed against former Delhi ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj and Satyendar Jain was being kept under wraps and "selective" press notes were being leaked to the media.Bharadwaj, who is Delhi AAP convener, alleged that only two former ministers were named in the case without any reasonable cause while all the officers of the health and public works departments, who were act ...Read More >
New Delhi: Inside hotel rooms, military bases and secret compounds across Iran, top officers were jolted by phone calls they never expected. On the line - a calm voice in flawless Persian, warning them their lives were ticking down. "You have 12 hours. Take your wife. Take your children. Get out." Some hung up in disbelief. Others vanished. And a few, as Israel claims, did not survive the warning. This was not just war with missiles. It was psychological warfare. A parallel operation. A whisper ...Read More >
India's International Train Links: These 5 Indian Stations Connect You To Another Country By Train Kerala Lottery Results Saturday 07-06-2025 LIVE: The Kerala Lottery Department, on behalf of the state government, will announce the results for the Karunya KR-709 draw today, June 07, 2025. The lucky draw will take place at Gorky Bhavan, near Bakery Junction in Thiruvananthapuram. This week's Karunya KR-709 lottery includes 12 series, with the series being subject to change each week. A total of ...Read More >
New Delhi: New Delhi released a list of seven all-party delegations that are now traveling to key partner countries, including members of the United Nations Security Council and the European Union, on May 17, 2025. These delegations are to convey India's stern message of zero tolerance for any act of terrorism following the Pahalgam terror attack that mercilessly killed 26 tourists and India's retaliatory strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) under Operation Sindoor. Congress ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Come Saturday and people can whistle into Srinagar on a train as Northern Railway has notifed regular Vande Bharat Express services between Katra and the city. PM Narendra Modi will flag off the first passenger train to the Kashmir Valley on Friday from Katra.The service will be operational for six days a week with no train on Wednesday, railways said. More trains would be deployed depending on demand at a later stage, officials added. From Saturday, a pair of Vande Bharat trains will ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a move that has sent shockwaves through the American political landscape, Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has ignited a heated national debate by floating the idea of creating a new political party aimed at representing what he calls "the 80% in the middle." The proposal, made via a poll on X on Thursday, comes on the heels of a highly publicised feud with President Donald Trump, marking a dramatic escalation in tensions between the two former allies. Musk's p ...Read More >
'I Didn't Plant It...': Shashi Tharoor's Hilarious Response To Son Asking Question In US Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, responding to a question from his son during a public interaction, addressed whether any country had asked the Indian delegation for evidence linking Pakistan to the Pahalgam attack. Tharoor said no foreign government raised doubts or requested proof, though some media did. He stated that India would not have acted without solid evidence. Tharoor pointed to a 37-year history of t ...Read More >
Srinagar, June 5: Indian Railways will commence regular operations of two new Vande Bharat Express trains between Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and Srinagar from June 7, following their official inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow, June 6. The trains will offer passengers a fast, reliable, and modern travel option, running six days a week in both directions, officials said on Thursday. Prime Minister Modi is expected to flag off the two specially designed Vande Bharat trains ru ...Read More >
Washington, Jun 5 (PTI) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, leading a multi-party delegation to the US, was Thursday asked a question by his journalist son whether government interlocutors sought evidence of Pakistan's culpability in the Pahalgam attack to which he replied India would not have conducted Operation Sindoor without convincing evidence. "That shouldn't be allowed. This is my son," Tharoor said laughing, during an interaction at the Council on Foreign Relations when his son Ishaan Tharoor, ...Read More >
A question. Which party played identity politics in the 2024 campaign? Donald Trump and the Republicans or Kamala Harris and the Democrats? Left-leaning pundits think they know. Political consultant James Carville blamed Democrats' defeat on their "stupid, Goddamn identitarian mission." CNN anchor and Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria argued that one of the big mistakes Harris made was "elevating identity politics." New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd declared that "woke is broke." Th ...Read More >
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