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Modi to open PM Kisan Samman Sammelan on Oct 17; to release funds worth Rs 16,000cr [details]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate "PM Kisan Samman Sammelan 2022" on October 17 at Indian Agricultural Research Institute in the national capital.

Oct 15, 2022

No legal bar in making same-sex partners insurance policy bank account nominees [details]

There is no legal bar for anyone in making their same-sex partner as a nominee in insurance policies in the name of that person, the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has confirmed in a reply to an RTI application by a Kolkata-based queer couple, Suchandra Das and Sree Mukherjee.

Oct 15, 2022

2,500 people to lose jobs in Byju's as firm eyes ensuring profitability

Divya Gokulnath, co-founder of Byju's said that the company will start focussing on building brand awareness overseas through new partnerships

Oct 13, 2022

British pound. (File: Xinhua/Then Chih Wey/IANS)

British Pound falls sharply after Bank of England gives bond-buying end date

The British pound has fallen sharply against the dollar after Bank of England Governer Andrew Bailey warned that it would not extend its emergency intervention in financial markets beyond this week, after the turmoil sparked by the governments mini-budget.

Oct 12, 2022