Prudential to buy 75% in Bharti Life; Rs 3.5k-crore deal to help firm deploy wider product suite across channels

MUMBAI : UK’s Prudential plc has doubled down on its India plans, with the British insurer agreeing to acquire a 75% stake in Bharti Life Insurance from Bharti Life Ventures and 360 ONE Asset Management for an initial cash consideration of Rs 3,500 crore. The transaction will hand Prudential both majority ownership and operational control,…

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Noida protests: Workers’ outfit members from Delhi, Lucknow arrested; lawyer says due process not followed | Noida News

NOIDA: Two members of Mazdoor Bigul Dasta were arrested on Sunday for their alleged role in the violence that broke out in Noida on April 13 during a protest by industrial workers demanding higher wages.Himanshu Thakur is originally from Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar but lives in Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh, and Satyam Verma is from…

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IMD issues ‘Orange’ alert for heatwave across Central India: What travellers need to know before planning trips

In a current update, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued orange alerts for several states across the country for severe heatwaves. The department has warned that heatwave conditions are likely to persist across central India till month-end. The weather agency’s latest bulletins and official updates on X indicate that temperatures across several cities are…

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