Why do Indian consumers ignore term insurance?
In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin expressed the realities of life several centuries ago. Despite its inevitability, often we see untimely death leading to a family facing severe financial consequences. Term insurance is the purest form of insurance, where for
Trump says EU ‘in for tariffs’, warns of 10% rate on China
U.S. President Donald Trump pledged Tuesday to hit the European Union with tariffs, adding that a 10% duty on Chinese imports could also come as soon as February 1. Mr. Trump, who was speaking to reporters at the White House a day after being sworn in, cited the need to
As Trump takes aim at EVs, how far will rollback go?
As part of his flurry of first-day actions, U.S. President Donald Trump took aim at electric vehicles, a cornerstone of the Biden administration’s climate change agenda. Mr. Trump’s executive order on “Unleashing American Energy” on Monday included steps to ensure a “level” playing field for gasoline-powered motors and halt federal
Critical of dynasty politics, Nitish Kumar to now welcome son into JDU? Nishant likely to join politics after Holi
Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar who has time and again taken swipe at his opponents over dynasty politics may just induct his son, Nishant, into the party. According to a report, persons privy to the developments have said that Nishant Kumar is likely to join
Windfall for Telangana at Davos as Sun Petrochemicals to invest ₹45,500 crore
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy with AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at the World Economic Conference in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday. The third day of the World Economic Forum saw a windfall for Telangana as the government signed MoUs worth thousands of
OpenAI, SoftBank each commit $19 billion to Stargate AI data center: Report
On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that OpenAI, SoftBank Group and Oracle will unveil Stargate and invest $500 billion over the next four years [File] | Photo Credit: AP OpenAI and Japanese conglomerate SoftBank will each commit $19 billion to fund Stargate, a joint venture to develop data centers
World Economic Forum 2025 Day 4 highlights
U.S. President Donald Trump, addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, via video link on Thursday, accused the CEOs of Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase of not providing banking services to conservatives, but offered no evidence or specifics of any wrongdoing. “I hope you start opening your bank
NRAI to approach CCI over ‘private labelling’ by Zomato, Swiggy
Queries sent to Swiggy and Zomato remained unanswered. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI), which represents half a million eateries nationwide, said it will approach Competition Commission of India (CCI) over “private labelling” by Zomato and Swiggy and their foray into quick commerce
Sensex, Nifty extend gains for 2nd day on buying in IT, consumer stocks
A view of the BSE building in Mumbai | Photo Credit: Paul Noronha Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty extended gains for the second session on Thursday (January 23, 2025) due to intense buying in IT, consumer durables and commodity stocks amid a largely positive trend in global markets. In
UltraTech Cement Q3 PAT down 17% to ₹1,474 crore, sales volume up 10% YoY
UltraTech Cement Ltd, an Aditya Birla Group company, for the third quarter ended December 31 reported a 17% decline in consolidated net profit to ₹1,474 crore as compared with ₹1,775 crore a year earlier. Revenue from operations grew marginally by 2.7% to Rs 17,193 crore from Rs 16,740 crore in the same period last year. During the quarter,