New jobs rise to 11-month high of 9.51 lakh in JulyNew job creations in July rose to an 11-month high of 9.51 lakh, taking the total tally of new enrolments to 61.81 lakh since September 2017, according to the EPFO's payroll data. Job addition numbers, which are based on new members enrolled in various social security schemes of EPFO such as pension, PF and insurance, were 9,51,423 in July -- the highest in any month since September 2017 when the retirement fund body started rel...

Over 15,000 hospitals, both public and private, across the country have expressed their willingness to be empanelled for the scheme.

Global private equity major Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP (KKR) along with Mumbai-headquartered Radiant will buy 49.70 per cent stake in Max Healthcare from South Africa-based Life Healthcare Group Holdings for about Rs 2,120 crore.

The global movement towards digital health has many implications for the Indian healthcare sector.

OYO is already India's largest hotel network with more than 100,000 rooms in 230 cities, as opposed to Marriott's 23,000 and Taj Hotel's 17,000.

Reliance Capital executive director Anmol Ambani, the elder son of Anil Ambani, said at the company's annual general meeting (AGM) that the group plans to list Reliance General Insurance in this financial year. Here are key highlights

Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank to merge; govt promises to protect employees' interestsMoving ahead with consolidation of public sector banks, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday announced the merger of Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank. The merged entity would be India's third largest. There will be no adverse impact on employees of merged entity, the Finance Minister added. Department of Financial Services Secretary Rajeev Kumar said that the new bank will ...

The company will sell life, health and general insurance in India where the insurance sector is booming. Its rivals Paytm and Flipkart are already working towards making their presence stronger in the insurance space.

An article by the journal's editor-in-chief Richard Horton appreciated the Modi government for recognising the 'perils of public discontent about health' after years of neglect.

The Odisha Affordable Healthcare Project (AHP) is expected to extend healthcare facilities to 16 million people and cover 72 per cent of the population.

Vibha Padalkar has been instrumental in listing of HDFC Life at smashing high valuation of close to Rs 95,000 crore.

Those who drew an honorarium of Rs 3,000 will from now on get Rs 4,500 and those who used to get Rs 2,200 will get Rs 3,500, he said. The honorarium of Anganwadi helpers will be hiked from Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,500, says the PM.

\"We will look at their (LIC's) business plan (post acquisition of 51 per cent stake in IDBI Bank) and then decide on reduction of its stake in IDBI Bank (to 15 per cent),\" says IRDAI Chairman SC Khuntia

The study compared nine metropolitan cities around the world which have operational Metro systems and where cost of a 10-km trip costs less than half a dollar.

Vibha Padalkar is focusing on profitable products, risk management and setting high standards for disclosures.

The pay gap between female and male employees not only exists but also increases as they advance in their careers. What can be done to reverse the trend?

Shobana Kamineni has been the key force behind growth in the pharmacy and insurance business for Apollo.

From an AI stand point, India is quite far behind. One of the reasons is that we don't have a robust educational system, which would give us the talent pool that can develop AI tools, says Sunil Wadhwani.

As the rain fury abates and the flooding starts to recede in Kerala - ravaged by the worst monsoon in close to a century - the insurance industry braces up for a deluge of claims.

Kerala CM seeks Rs 2,000 cr relief package from PM as state suffers Rs 19,512 cr lossAbout 357 people have lost their lives in what could be called the worst-ever flood in a century in Kerala. So far, the National Disaster Response Force has evacuated over 10,000 people from the worst-affected areas of southern state. In an unprecedented relief effort under the instructions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 67 helicopters, 24 aircraft, 548 motorboats and thousands of rescue personn...