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State-run Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) reported a 17% year-on-year rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 12,930 crore for the December quarter, compared with Rs 11,008 crore in the same period last year.The country’s largest life insurer reported net premium income of Rs 1.26 lakh crore in Q3FY26, up 17% from Rs 1.07…
Representative image (AI-generated) Shares of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) made a strong debut on the stock exchanges on Monday, nearly doubling from their issue price after the company’s Rs 1,071 crore initial public offering drew overwhelming investor demand.The stock listed at Rs 45 on the NSE, a premium of 95.6% over the issue price…
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced an increase in premium processing fees for several immigration benefits, including the widely used H-1B visa. The revised fees will take effect from March 1, and will apply to requests postmarked on or after that date. This is as per a press release by the US…
The Reserve Bank of India has flagged emerging structural pressures in the insurance sector, warning that premium growth is increasingly being driven by high-cost, distribution-led strategies rather than improvements in operating efficiency, even as the sector remains stable in the near term, according to its latest Financial Stability Report.“While posing no near-term systemic risks, the…
Real estate developers today are also concentrated on high-end and luxurious projects, rather than affordable housing schemes. This is forcing lenders to reconsider their home loan market strategies, according to Antique Stock Broking’s BFSI Conference 2025, cited by ANI. Developers are now reluctant to build homes under Rs 50 lakh due to high land costs,…
India’s premium and luxury housing segment is undergoing a structural expansion, with demand steadily moving beyond traditional metropolitan markets into Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities, according to industry reports and developers.As per Magicbricks, India the country’s luxury housing market is projected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 35 per cent, expanding from…
This New Year eve, hotels are pulling out a range of attractions — morning yoga, DIY cocktail stalls, recovery brunches and much more, to lure in guests. However, these celebrations come with a hefty price tag, pushing room tariffs higher for the year ending period. Hotel operators told ET that New Year rates for 2026…
ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company (AMC) made a strong debut at the stock market on Friday, with a premium of 20%. The share is available for trading at both benchmark indices, Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE). On NSE, ICICI Prudential AMC stock was trading at 2,605.10, up 5.10 or 0.20…
Global campuses in India: Bringing world-class classrooms home, but who really benefits? (AI-generated image) India has flirted with the idea of “bringing Harvard to India” for decades. What is different now is not the slogan — it is the paperwork. As of now, three foreign universities are fully operational on Indian soil: Deakin University and…
Both programmes offer sponsor-free residency to attract global talent, investment, and long-term economic participation/Representative image For decades, long-term residency in the Gulf was deliberately elusive. You were welcome to work, invest, and build, but never quite to stay. For a time, that model worked. But as both the UAE and Saudi Arabia began to confront…
