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A seven-year-old merger plan for insurance weaklings is being dusted off the shelves

New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- The Centre is weighing a massive restructuring of National Insurance Co., Oriental Insurance Co., and United India Insurance Co., potentially involving a merger, privatization or... Read More


Govt tells SC spectrum of bankrupt operators can't be sold. But its own ministries were divided

New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- The government argued in the Supreme Court that telecom spectrum belongs to the citizens and cannot be traded in insolvency cases. But there were differences between the two mini... Read More


New water war: How 40-year-old Eureka Forbes plans to combat younger rivals

Bengaluru, Nov. 17 -- Aquaguard, the flagship brand that made Eureka Forbes synonymous with water purifiers for over four decades, is at the centre of an intensifying battle as digital-first rivals ch... Read More


SC seeks reply from Centre, others on plea over airfare fluctuations

New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea seeking binding regulatory guidelines to control the "unpredictable fluctuations" in airfare and... Read More


Samsung ramps up Taylor chip complex in the US with 1,000 staff moves

Seoul, Nov. 17 -- Samsung Electronics is accelerating the development of its new semiconductor fabrication complex in Taylor, Texas, as the company begins relocating employees to a newly completed six... Read More


Tokyo shockwave: Hardeep Singh Puri announces Indo-Japan energy push

India, Nov. 17 -- Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday held a roundtable with top Japanese industry leaders in Tokyo, focusing on expanding Indo-Japanese cooperation across ... Read More


Tokyo: Hardeep Singh Puri announces Indo-Japan energy push

India, Nov. 17 -- Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday held a roundtable with top Japanese industry leaders in Tokyo, focusing on expanding Indo-Japanese cooperation across ... Read More


Nifty's 26,000 hurdle hardens as retail, FPIs keep selling the rally

New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- Can the market decisively break the 26,000-point hurdle it has wrestled with since last month? Data in the cash and derivatives markets suggest that the feat might not be easy e... Read More


INR appreciates slightly tracing modest gains in local equities

Mumbai, Nov. 17 -- The Indian rupee pared intraday losses to settle 3 paise higher at 88.63 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, tracking firm domestic equity markets and lower global crude ... Read More


In Jagatsinghpur Dist administration razed illegal Bangladesh houses, and 17 suspects were held

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 17 -- The day after, 2 suspects from Bangladesh were held, and massive weapons and a pistol were recovered. The district administration on Monday razed at least 10 houses built by th... Read More