IRDAI instructs insurers to quickly settle Odisha train accident claims
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After Balasore tragedy, goods train derails in Odisha’s Bargarh
Bhubaneswar: Just three days after the triple train tragedy in Balasore, a goods train of a private company derailed in Odisha's Bargarh district, officials said Monday. As per initial reports, five wagons of a goods train of a private company carrying limestone derailed near Mendhapali in Bargarh. The derailment happened...
Read moreOil prices rise as Saudi Arabia announces output cuts
London: Oil-producing countries have agreed to continued cuts in production in a bid to shore up flagging prices, the media reported Monday. Saudi Arabia said it would make cuts of a million barrels per day (bpd) in July and OPEC+ said targets would drop by a further 1.4 million bpd from 2024, reports the BBC. OPEC+ accounts for around 40 per cent of the world's crude oil and its decisions can...
Read moreMukhtar Ansari convicted in 1991 murder case
Varanasi: The MP/MLA court in Varanasi Monday convicted jailed gangster Mukhtar Ansari in a 32-year-old murder case. The quantum of the sentence will be announced later in the day. A five-time MLA, Ansari has been charged with the murder of a Congress leader in 1991 when he was gaining political prominence. Awadhesh Rai, Congress leader and brother of former MLA Ajay Rai, was shot dead outside the latter's house in Varanasi...
Read moreUS releases video showing close-call in Taiwan Strait with Chinese destroyer
Bangkok: The United States military released video Monday of what it called an “unsafe” Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait on the weekend, in which a Chinese navy ship cut sharply across the path of an American destroyer, forcing the US ship to slow to avoid a collision. The incident occurred Saturday as the American destroyer USS Chung-Hoon and Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal were conducting a so-called “freedom of navigation” transit...
Read moreOdisha train tragedy: Death toll from Bengal rises to 81 as more bodies identified
Kolkata: The death toll from West Bengal in the Odisha triple train tragedy has risen to 81, according to the state government. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday evening quoted the figure at 62 while expressing apprehension that the number might increase as more bodies are identified. She expressed doubts that the names of those travelling in unreserved compartments were not readily available with the railways department. "That list is yet to...
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Apt time to address governance gaps in banks, says RBI deputy governor
New Delhi: Time is perhaps right to address gaps in governance frameworks of banks, a top RBI official has said, amid reports of lapses by various banks, which have invited action by the central bank. "The banking sector in India at this juncture is sound, resilient, and financially healthy. So, the time is perhaps right to improve...
Tom Cruise ‘would love to meet someone special’ after three failed marriages
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Sanu’s Sound of Soul enthralls Bhubaneswar
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IRDAI instructs insurers to quickly settle Odisha train accident claims
Chennai/Balasore: The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has instructed life and general insurers to settle the claims of the June 2 Odisha train accident which claimed the lives of 275 people and injured some 1,000 others. "IRDAI has sent instructions for quick settlement of claims pertaining to life and accident insurance for the victims...
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NIRF 2023: IIT Madras occupies top spot for fifth time; IISc Bengaluru ‘best university’
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