MUMBAI: When SBI Life launched operations with the country’s first bancassurance-led business model, it was powered by its JV partner BNP Paribas’ insurance arm Cardif. Now the French insurer’s aim is to replicate the same model in IndiaFirst Life Insurance through its partners Bank of Baroda and Union Bank.Last weekend, BNP Paribas Cardif entered into…
Screenshot of the viral video Dominican Republic plane crash Screenshot of the viral video Dominican Republic plane crash Screenshot of the viral video The pilot and co-pilot of a private aircraft were killed when it crashed on the runway at La Romana International Airport in the Dominican Republic, the the Caribbean nation’s national aviation authority…
NEW DELHI: There were tears, and heartbreaking scenes as Afghanistan cricket bid an emotional farewell to former fast bowler Shapoor Zadran. Star spinner Rashid Khan, wicketkeeper-batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran and several other Afghanistan cricketers were seen breaking down while paying their final respects to their former teammate, whose death has left the country’s cricket…
Heatwave alert: IMD forecasts severe heat conditions in northwest and central India this week (Image credit: TNN) NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that large parts of northwest and central India are likely to face intense to severe heat wave conditions over the coming days, with Delhi among the worst-affected regions.The weather…
There is a kind of love that rarely asks for recognition, yet quietly keeps a family’s whole rhythm moving. It lives in the first cup of tea, the packed lunch, the sleepless night, the held-together worry, and the hundred small sacrifices that usually go unnamed. For Mother’s Day, we asked 10 people a simple question:…
‘As long as there are people who approach the gods with greedy hearts, there will be priests with greedy hearts to receive them’ At a crowded shrine, a line of devotees stretches for blocks. Each person carries an expensive offering. Some have come to pray for a family member’s health, but many arrive with other…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday announced a Rs 50,000 crore two-day Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction, a move aimed at managing short-term liquidity conditions ahead of the central bank’s monetary policy review.The auction will be conducted on June 3 between 9:30 am and 10 am, while the reversal of funds will take…
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Haixi Prefecture in northwest China’s Qinghai Province on Tuesday evening, prompting authorities to assess the impact in the sparsely populated high-altitude region.According to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the quake occurred at 5:06 pm local time (Beijing Time). The epicenter was located at 37.80 degrees north latitude and 95.56 degrees…
A Texas company has pulled off a major geothermal milestone beneath Newberry Volcano in central Oregon. Mazama Energy says it connected two deep wells through rock that reached 629 degrees Fahrenheit, or 331 degrees Celsius, making it the hottest enhanced geothermal system ever built anywhere in the world, as reported by AutoNotion.What makes the story…
For 19 years, Taslima Nasreen carried Kolkata in her memories, longing to return but unable to do so. The city that had become her “second home” after she left Bangladesh in 1994 remained out of reach. Forced to flee her country of birth and later compelled to leave the city where she had settled, Nasreen…