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The Indian government on Monday said it plans to raise limits on how much foreign companies can invest in the countrys insurance industry, a move that could attract inflows from U.S. and European insurers. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech for 2021-22 said the government would allow foreign direct investment of up to 74% in insurance entities, up from 49% currently, clearing the way for "foreign ownership and control with safeguards". The change could attract investmen...

3 Min Read NEW DELHI, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The Indian government on Monday said it plans to raise limits on how much foreign companies can invest in the country’s insurance industry, a move that could attract inflows from U.S. and European insurers. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech for 2021-22 said the government would allow foreign direct investment of up to 74% in insurance entities, up from 49% currently, clearing the way for “foreign ownership and control with safeg...

Representative image VARANASI: Three men were arrested on Monday in Azamgarh, UP, for allegedly trying to convert a family to Christianity. Villagers caught the trio when they were trying to flee and handed them over to police. Azamgarh SP Sudhir Kumar Singh told TOI on Tuesday, “Didarganj police arrested three men, namely Balchand Jaiswar of Jaunpur, Gopal Prajapati of Varanasi and Niraj Kumar of Azamgarh, after they had a brawl with the complainant Ashok Kumar Yadav who refused their offer...

Representative image VARANASI: Three men were arrested on Monday in Azamgarh, UP, for allegedly trying to convert a family to Christianity. Villagers caught the trio when they were trying to flee and handed them over to police. Azamgarh SP Sudhir Kumar Singh told TOI on Tuesday, “Didarganj police arrested three men, namely Balchand Jaiswar of Jaunpur, Gopal Prajapati of Varanasi and Niraj Kumar of Azamgarh, after they had a brawl with the complainant Ashok Kumar Yadav who refused their offer...

Representative image VARANASI: Three men were arrested in Azamgarh on Monday allegedly for trying to convert a family to Christianity after a neighbour of this family refused their similar offer and raised objection. Villagers caught the trio when they were trying to flee and police were called. Azamgarh SP Sudhir Kumar Singh told TOI on Tuesday, “Didarganj police arrested three men, namely Balchand Jaiswar of Jaunpur, Gopal Prajapati of Varanasi and Niraj Kumar of Azamgarh, after they had a...

The pandemic has given a push to the parcel delivery business of India Post. And to deliver the parcels, postmen are coming to the doorstep riding e-bikes. The metamorphosis in the image of the mailman, from the runner of yore, carrying a sack full of letters over his shoulder and a lantern in hand, or even from those on foot or on bicycle in more recent times, has been necessitated by the shift in the nature of deliveries. “Parcel is a new trend of mail that is developing for both home deliv...