April 9, 2026

2026

‘Significant role in strengthening governance’: Centre launches e-bill system for fertilizer subsidies; platform to digitise workflow | India News

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Union fertilizers minister J P Nadda on Thursday inaugurated an integrated e-bill system aimed at digitally processing fertilizer subsidies of about Rs 2 lakh crore. The move replaces manual, paper-based procedures with a fully digital workflow, eliminating the physical movement of bills, an official statement said.“This online system will play a significant role in strengthening…

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Insurance costs under lens: RBI flags high-cost distribution driving premium growth, warns of medium-term pressure

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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…

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Viral Instagram reel explains why British empire was built on gin and tonic |

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British colonial officials mixed quinine with gin and citrus to prevent malaria and scurvy, making medicine tolerable and routine A short clip has been circulating on Instagram, often paired with gin labels and captions about empire and empire-building. It shows a stiff-backed British aristocrat aboard a yacht, briefly interrupted from Mediterranean leisure by a domestic…

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‘Worst tragedy’: Swiss president on fire that killed 40 in bar fire; flags to fly at half-mast for 5 days

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Swiss Federal President Guy Parmelin (AP) Swiss President Guy Parmelin described the deadly fire at the bar in Crans-Montana that killed 40 and injured 115 as “one of the worst tragedies” the country has known.A fire broke out shortly after midnight on Thursday during New Year celebrations at Le Constellation, a bar popular with international…

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‘You are nominated, I am elected … ‘: Trinamool’s offensive against CEC Gyanesh Kumar sets stage for rough SIR ride in West Bengal | India News

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NEW DELHI: “You are a nominated official, but I am an elected representative … ” The Trinamool Congress’s offensive against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has set the stage for an all-out confrontation over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls ahead of upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal. Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee,…

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Director compliance relief: Corporate affairs ministry eases KYC norms, shifts from annual filing to 3-year cycle

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The Corporate Affairs Ministry has relaxed compliance requirements for company directors by replacing the mandatory annual KYC filing with a simplified requirement once every three years under the Companies Act, 2013, PTI reported.The change follows a review of Rule 12A of the Companies (Appointment & Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, based on recommendations of the…

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Alexandr Wang and other billionaire entrepreneurs who dropped out of college: What they did differently

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Every few years, a familiar story resurfaces and sparks debate: a young entrepreneur drops out of college and goes on to build a billion-dollar company. From Bill Gates leaving Harvard to start Microsoft, to Mark Zuckerberg quitting campus life as Facebook took off, these stories have become part of modern business folklore.Now, Alexandr Wang has…

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