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Rs 10k crore: Cost of health cover fraud

MUMBAI: Fraud and waste continue to drag India’s health-insurance system, with Rs 8,000–10,000 crore leaking from claim payouts each year, says a Boston Consulting Group–Medi Assist report. Read More

Bihar: Nitish Kumar cedes home to BJP’s dy CM, JDU takes finance

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has ceded the home portfolio to BJP for the first time in his two decades at the helm and his party JDU has, in lieu, got control of finance, which was kept by BJP. Read More

SC: Accused has right to speedy investigation

NEW DELHI: “The accused cannot be made to suffer endlessly with this threat of continuing investigation,” the Supreme Court said, holding that the right to speedy investigation is also part of fundamental rights. Read More

IAF pilot dies as Tejas fighter crashes at Dubai air show

In a major blow to India’s much-delayed project for indigenous fighters as well as their export potential, a single-engine Tejas jet crashed during a demonstration at the Dubai Airshow on Friday afternoon. Read More

Order against ‘bulldozer justice’ was my most important: CJI Gavai

NEW DELHI: Judges traditionally avoid commenting publicly on their own judgments, but on Friday CJI B R Gavai departed from that norm to pick his verdict against “bulldozer justice” as his most important one, followed by the ruling al Read More

Minimum wage to social security, labour reforms set for rollout

NEW DELHI: In one of the biggest reform initiatives, the Centre on Friday announced the implementation of the four labour codes, enacted five years ago, to replace 29 laws. Read More

Doval: Indian Ocean Region stability shared responsibility

NEW DELHI: India firmly asserted its commitment to regional stability as national security adviser Ajit Doval chaired the 7th NSA-level meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave in New Delhi. Read More

Now, BJP uses Indira peace prize as ammo to target Congress

NEW DELHI: BJP on Friday said the ‘Indira Gandhi Peace Prize’ given by Congress to former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet was a vindication of PM Narendra Modi’s assertion that the opposition party’s DNA Read More

Afghanistan woos Indian industry with 5-year tax break, low duties

NEW DELHI: Afghanistan will offer a five-year tax exemption for new domestic industries and a 1% import duty on raw materials and machinery, Afghan commerce minister Nooruddin Azizi said on Friday, while vowing to deepen economic ties Read More

PM Modi to hold bilateral meeting with Canada’s Carney today

NEW DELHI: Amidst the thawing India-Canada relationship, PM Narendra Modi will have his second meeting of the year with counterpart Mark Carney on the margins of the G20 summit in Johannesburg on Saturday. Read More

PM Modi@G20: Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam our pitch

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi embarked on a three-day visit to South Africa to attend the G20 summit and said he will present India’s perspective in line with the vision of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ and ‘One Earth, Read More

‘Consistent Conduct’ Enough To Establish Conversion To Hinduism: Madras HC Restores Couple’s Mutual-Consent Divorce Plea

The HC held that the lower court had erred in dismissing the petition without a proper understanding of the law on conversion Go to Source Read More