India notifies 100% foreign investment in insurance sector, LIC limit stays at 20%The central government has notified 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in insurance companies under the automatic route, allowing foreign...
02 May, 2026, 06.42 PM IST
Finance Ministry plans to broaden Actuaries Act scope beyond insurance, pensionsThe finance ministry is set to update the Actuaries Act, 2006. This will expand actuarial science to include data science and risk manageme...
23 Apr, 2026, 12.12 AM IST
Ex-Surveyor General of India writes to Hema Malini to develop Brijbhumi on lines of VaranasiHe said the officials concerned claimed to have sent the proposal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Uttar Prad...
27 Jun, 2022, 04.03 PM IST
Centre to implement report on demarcation of boundary between Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka: SCIn its order, the bench noted that the report has "exhaustively" dealt with the boundary demarcation and while Karnataka has accepted the r...
17 Sep, 2018, 07.52 PM IST
Google Maps are not authenticated: Surveyor General of India Swarna Subba Rao"Such maps cannot be used for serious applications, adding that those created by the national agency are used for engineering purposes to l...
23 Jun, 2017, 11.01 AM IST
- Google Maps not fit for high-end applications: Surveyor General
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) India's mapping and survey organisation Survey of India (SoI) on Thursday said that Google Maps is "not authentic...
23 Jun, 2017, 12.02 AM IST
Survey of India to "re-measure" height of Mt EverestAll the necessary approvals have been obtained for the expedition and the effort should begin in a month, he said on the sidelines of a mee...
24 Jan, 2017, 12.54 PM IST
Liberty Videocon launches claim surveyor AppLiberty Videocon General Insurance Company today launched Tab-based Claims Surveyor App to enable technology-aided claims processing servic...
30 Sep, 2015, 03.30 PM IST
Insurers' pitch on surveys may hit auto claim payoutsThis could put the policyholders in an overwhelming majority of cases at the mercy of companies which can reject the claims.
26 Mar, 2015, 10.37 AM IST
Court decision or arbitration can resolve Assam-Nagaland border row: Supreme Court"We make it clear that no further time will be granted," the bench, also comprising justices R K Agrawal and Adarsh Kumar Goel, said.
14 Jan, 2015, 09.34 PM IST
I&B slaps showcause notice to Al Jazeera TV channel for allegedly showing wrong India map"The I&B ministry has issued a show cause notice to Al Jazeera channel and sought its reply on the matter," a source said.
31 Aug, 2014, 06.50 PM IST
Google 'polluted Internet' with classified material: Swarna Subba RaoAs the probe continues, Rao alleged that the Internet giant did not refrain from mentioning classified site even after having been asked no...
10 Aug, 2014, 10.58 AM IST
A surveyor's report is not the final word on settling insurance claimsThe National Consumer Commission ruling clearly establishes that companies must look beyond the assessment report, especially in cases of a...
29 Jul, 2013, 09.11 AM IST
Google’s Mapathon contest is a wilful violation of Indian law: RC Padhi, additional surveyor-general of India"Even when we, at the Survey of India, do mapping, we need to complete all our maps by removing sensitive data before it is sent to the pub...
29 Apr, 2013, 12.24 PM IST
- Have replied to Survey of India queries: Google
"We have not heard back from them further, and are always available to discuss any concerns that they or other agencies might have regardin...
06 Apr, 2013, 10.38 PM IST
- Reliance General Insurance Co Ltd asked to pay woman over Rs 1.25L
RGIC has been ordered to fully reimburse a woman's claim of around Rs one lakh, incurred on repairing of her insured car after an accident.
26 Feb, 2012, 10.27 AM IST
- IRDA can appoint surveyor to decide quantum of damages: HC
The Delhi High Court has held that a person can approach insurance regulator IRDA seeking compensation for the loss suffered and it is empo...
30 May, 2010, 10.28 AM IST