General insurers, with value twice of equity base, can tap public: IRDA
September 19th, 2012 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 18 (IANS) Ten years in business with an embedded value of at least twice the paid capital and maintaining a solvency margin are some of the terms that ... Read more...
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TRAI issues draft guidelines on mobile data services
July 11th, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The telecom regulator has released draft regulations on minimum quality benchmark for mobile internet service under which it will be mandatory for an operator to ... Read more...
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Centre’s nod to electronic warehouse receipts expected
March 2nd, 2012 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) The Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA), which regulates warehouses in the country, Friday said it is hopeful of receiving the central government's nod to ... Read more...
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Apex court declines order on national medical entrance test
December 16th, 2011 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IAJNS) The Supreme Court Friday declined to pass an order on the central government's plea seeking amendment of the Medical Council of India's December 2010 notification to ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
China to enhance maternity benefits for women
November 23rd, 2011 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 23 (IANS) Women workers in China are likely to get better maternity benefits following new regulations being contemplated in the country.Under the new regulations, women will get longer ... Read more...
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Pakistan mulls protection fund for media
November 1st, 2011 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 1 (IANS) Pakistan is planning to provide health insurance for journalists as well as a protection fund for media personnel who die while performing their duty.Minister for Information ... Read more...
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Proposed new insurance norms may adversely impact mergers (Lead)
July 3rd, 2011 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 3 (IANS) India's insurance regulator may be attempting to override legal provisions while also seeking to prevent promoters from exiting ventures within 10 years of starting operations, experts ... Read more...
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Proposed new insurance norms may adversely impact mergers
July 3rd, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 3 (IANS) India's insurance regulator may be attempting to override legal provisions while also seeking to prevent promoters from exiting ventures within 10 years of starting operations, ... Read more...
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Norms soon for calculating embedded value of insurers
June 26th, 2011 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 26 (IANS) India's insurance regulator, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), will shortly come out with the norms for calculating the embedded value - the current discounted ... Read more...
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Merger regulation could impede economic growth: CII
April 4th, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr. 4 (ANI): Expressing concern about the notification of provisions of the Competition Act 2002 relating to regulation of mergers, CII said, "The move is ill-timed given the present economic ... Read more...
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States’ views sought on common medical entrance test (Lead)
October 22nd, 2010 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday sought the response of all the states, union territories and associations of private medical colleges on a petition by the Medical Council of ... Read more...
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UAE to seek public opinion on nuclear rules
August 14th, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Aug 14 (IANS/WAM) The UAE government will seek public opinion before introducing laws governing its nuclear installations, officials said Saturday.
The Federal Authority of Nuclear Regulation (FANR) said it will post ... Read more...
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‘Draft e-waste rules will fail to curb illegal trade’
May 18th, 2010 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The draft regulations the environment ministry has prepared for handling and management of electronic goods waste (e-waste) in the country might be ineffective in controlling its ... Read more...
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Number portability implementation extended to Dec 31
September 3rd, 2009 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The wait for number portability, which will enable subscribers to switch telecom operators without getting their phone numbers changed, has got longer with the government Thursday extending ... Read more...
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Telecom regulator issues regulations for number portability
June 30th, 2009 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) India's telecom regulator Tuesday issued draft regulations for mobile number portability (MNP), highlighting the rights, obligations and duties of service providers.
MNP allows users to switch operators without ... Read more...
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Expel, deny admission to students guilty of ragging: UGC
March 22nd, 2009 - 3:51 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 22 (ANI): The University Grants Commission (UGC) has recommended debarring of students guilty of ragging a fellow student from getting admission in educational institutes for life.
"The regulations will ... Read more...
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Pak Taliban offer to release two Chinese engineers in exchange of 136 jailed militants
September 30th, 2008 - 11:41 am ICT by ANI
Mingora (Pakistan), Sept 30 (ANI): The Pakistans unit of the Taliban Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) - have reportedly offered to released the two Chinese engineers, whom they had abducted earlier this month, ... Read more...
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India to host international conference on competition law
March 13th, 2008 - 5:05 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Mar 12 (ANI/Business Wire India): The International Bar Association (IBA) and the Bar Association of India (BAI), with active support from the American Bar Association (ABA) and the Confederation ... Read more...
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