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From Our Correspondent INDORE: The fifth edition of Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s student outreach, Chhatron Ki Goonj, was held on September 19 at a leased ground opposite Regional Park—renamed Bharat Jodo Maidan after permission for Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was refused. What the organisers billed as the largest gathering in the series so far brought thousands of students, coaching aspirants and youth from Madhya Pradesh and neighbouring districts onto an open field to speak about paper…

SEBI Chairman Shri Tuhin Kanta Pandey today, at a specialized Investor Awareness Program organised by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) for the Army personnel at Leh, Ladakh, urged them to approach investing with the same discipline, preparedness and vigilance with which they serve the country. The program was attended by close to 500 Army personnel, including commissioned officers and jawans. Due to the demanding nature of their duties, service members often have limited time to manage personal finances,…

Bengaluru: ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has declared a claim settlement ratio of 99.31% for Q1-FY2027, the highest among top life insurance companies in India based on the public disclosures (Form L-39 and L-40). During the quarter, the Company settled individual death claims amounting to ₹414.08 crore. Notably, the Company’s average value per claim was ~₹15 lakh, the highest among the leading life insurers for Q1-FY2027. Mr. Sarang Gokhale, Chief - Underwriting and Retail Claims, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance,…

Eternal companies Zomato and Blinkit have collectively facilitated Income Tax Return (ITR) filing for 2.10 lakh delivery partners this year, helping unlock ₹ 33.6 crore in income tax refunds for them. Of the total filers, ~75% were first-time filers, highlighting the role of the initiative in helping more delivery partners enter the formal financial system for the first time. On average, each delivery partner who filed received a refund of approximately ₹1,600, at an applicable TDS rate of 1%. "For many delivery…

Factrika, an on demand industrial workforce platform, today announced it has raised ₹8.9 Cr in seed funding led by Info Edge. Founded in July 2024, the company will use the capital to strengthen its team, deepen its technology, and expand into more industrial clusters across India. Indian factories face a 20 to 25% daily worker shortage, driven by fragmented, low tech contractor staffing models, resulting in lost output, higher costs, and operational disruption. Factrika matches manufacturers with verified workers by…

Mumbai: Harishchandra Bharuka, former Managing Director, Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited, has launched his first book, What Leadership Leaves Behind: Lessons from the Corner Office. Drawing on four decades leadership experience, including 36 years at Kansai Nerolac Paints, the book is now available on Amazon India in Kindle and paperback editions. Written in the author's own voice, the book moves away from theoretical management frameworks and instead sets down what leadership actually demanded of him over the course of…

New Delhi: Every office has those moments. A question comes your way, you don’t quite know the answer, and suddenly you’re looking around the room hoping someone can help. But what if you didn’t need to look around? That’s the idea behind boAt’s latest ‘Upgrade to boAt’ campaign, The Best Advice ft. Ravi Kishan. With CREST AI-powered smart audio, built with Google Gemini, boAt takes a playful look at a familiar office habit: depending on people around you for information when a smarter answer could already be in your…