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Bandhan Life CTO bets on AI as 80% of non-medical policies get same-day approval

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Bandhan Group-owned private life insurer Bandhan Life Insurance is expanding artificial intelligence (AI) beyond underwriting into policy persistency, complaints, claims and agen... Read More


India races to up piped gas supply as near one-third PNG connections run dry

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- India plans to triple the pace of bringing households onto piped natural gas (PNG), targeting a three-fold rise in new users to 4 million this fiscal, as the West Asia war puts i... Read More


US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: Brent Tops $91, WTI Crosses $85 as Trump-Iran Deadlock, Strait of Hormuz Tensions Push Oil Prices Higher

India, Aug. 19 -- US -Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: Crude oil prices are extending their climb as the standoff between the United States and Iran keeps the market on edge. Brent crude settled abov... Read More


Organic and exciting

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Every Thursday, a stretch of low footfall mall space in Kalimpong turns into something more interesting than a shopping centre. Only local produce is allowed in, and sellers pool... Read More


Tax-free threshold doubled, bringing top officials into the net of exemption

Kathmandu, Aug. 19 -- The government's decision to double the annual income-tax threshold to Rs1 million means even some of Nepal's highest-paid public officials will pay no personal income tax this f... Read More


Sony LIV cuts back on streaming originals, guns for TV classics

Delhi/Mumbai, Aug. 19 -- Sony LIV, the video streaming platform owned by Sony Pictures Networks India, is slowing down production of original web shows as the parent company bets on linear television ... Read More


OnePlus hikes prices for the fifth time in nine months as India market share sinks

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- OnePlus, a smartphone brand under Chinese tech conglomerate BBK Electronics, on Monday joined sister brands Oppo, Vivo, and Realme in raising phone prices for the fifth time in n... Read More


Wyoming Primary Elections 2026 LIVE: Retired Colonel, Rancher-Legislator And Trump-Backed Education Chief Vie For Governor

India, Aug. 19 -- Wyoming voters went to the polls on Tuesday to choose a Republican nominee for governor from a field of four candidates competing to succeed term-limited incumbent Mark Gordon, in th... Read More


How Dijup Tuladhar uses AI as part of his everyday toolkit

Nepal, Aug. 19 -- Research Working in US healthcare means I frequently encounter terminology and systems that are unfamiliar in the Nepali context. Previously, understanding a new healthcare concept ... Read More


Nepal, India to discuss cross-border security concerns tomorrow

Kathmandu, Aug. 19 -- Senior home ministry officials from Nepal and India will meet in Dehradun, India, on Thursday and Friday for talks on border management and a range of bilateral security concerns... Read More