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Can base plan top-ups make a difference?
I am 45 with a daughter. Our ₹10 lakh family floater has run for five years. This year, I have a ₹1 crore super top-up with a ₹10 lakh deductible. My base insurer offers to raise coverage to ₹20 lakh for ₹3,000 extra. I have a ₹10 lakh no-claim bonus and no adverse medical history. Please advise.
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October 27, 2025
Mint Kolkata
Crack the code: Inside Instagram’s password-protected Reels feature
When Shah Rukh Khan dropped a behind-the-scenes reel from Aryan Khan's directorial debut Ba***ds of Bollywood, fans were puzzled to find it locked behind a password.
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October 27, 2025
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Empathy is the core to winning trust: Narayana Health’s Abhishek Misra
Marketing healthcare is no easy task—costs are rising, consumers are more vocal than ever online, and trust is fragile.
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October 27, 2025
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US eyes balance in ties with Pak, India
The US sees an opportunity to expand its strategic relationship with Pakistan but it will not be at the expense of its historic and important ties with India, US secretary of state Marco Rubio has said.
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October 27, 2025
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Suspects in Louvre heist in custody after 1-week manhunt
Suspects have been arrested on Saturday evening and taken into custody as part of the investigation into the spectacular Louvre museum jewel heist a week earlier that gripped the world and embarrassed the French government.
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October 27, 2025
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OpenAI’s less-flashy rival might have a better business model
OpenAI recently inked hundreds of billions of dollars of deals to build data centers filled with chips it hopes will further its AI dominance. But one of its rivals—the Amazon -backed developer Anthropic—has a clearer path to making a sustainable business out of Al.
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October 27, 2025
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Unilever, L'Oréal ride e-commerce wave
Multinational consumer goods companies Unilever and L’Oréal are witnessing strong growth on e-commerce platforms in many markets, with India emerging as a standout performer.
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October 27, 2025
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We must re-envision our cities: Start with governance reforms
We need stronger local governments, institutions built for the scale and diversity of cities and better urbanization planning
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October 27, 2025
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Coforge excels, but must diversify
Coforge Ltd, which has emerged as a growth leader among mid-cap IT firms, delivered another quarter of robust numbers post market hours on Friday.
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October 27, 2025
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Clean tech is driving demand for silver: How long will it last?
Solar panels and EVs could keep the silver boom going for a while
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October 27, 2025
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Accel, Prosus to pour $1 mn in each startup via Atoms X
Accel and Prosus have not decided on the equity stake either of them will take in the firms
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October 27, 2025
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KYA AB BIHAR KI BAARI HAI ECHOES ONCE AGAIN
To begin with, I request the leaders sweating it out in Bihar’s electoral fray, please don’t bother to look for poll math here, as it’s a collage of massive changes and its enduring pain and the resultant cry.
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October 27, 2025
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Auto part cos gear up the value chain
Component cos eye Tier 0.5 status, work closer with automakers
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October 27, 2025
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PIYUSH PANDEY: PARTNER, FRIEND AND CREATIVE GENIUS
I t feels fitting that words fail me today—when the most prolific wordsmith I knew has passed. For nearly four decades, Piyush was far more than a colleague, creative partner, or fellow board member—he was a dear friend. Our lives intertwined so deeply that we became family. Ourjourney together began at Asian Paints, when Iwas ayoung and somewhat impatient product manager, and he was the Hindi copy chief. Someone from the copy department had just translated “Celebrate with Asian Paints” into “Asian Paints Ke saath jashn manao.” lremem-ber being appalled and insisting I speak to someone who actually thought in Hindi. That's how Piyush and I met. He immediately understood what I was trying to say. Before Ireached home that evening, he called me, “Partner, I've cracked it— Har Khushi Mein Rang Laye, Asian Paints!” ‘That was the start ofa friendship and partnership that would last a lifetime—across Asian Paints, Cadbury and Pidilite.
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October 27, 2025
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Optimize subsidies
In line with India's goal of rais- ing its factory output from about 13% of GDP to 25%, the government plans to boost its outlay for the National Manu- facturing Mission to ₹10,000 crore, as reported. Its aim is to fund project viability gaps in identified sunrise sectors for factories to arise in India that can join global value chains. As part of a broad industrial policy, output and export targets would be set to help manufacturing account for a quarter of our economy within a decade. Will this push work? Some fear that the subsidy will get spread too thin, while others point to unfinished land, labour and regulatory reforms as weak links. Ultimately, the success of this mission's export ambitions may depend less on US tariffs, which ongoing trade talks might settle, than on China's industrial policy. Beijing has long deployed state resources to sharpen an edge that lets it dominate key sectors. The US seems unable to glare it down. For better odds of India's push proving able to counter China's clout, we may need either an accord with Beijing or inventive leaps of R&D that grant us an industrial edge well beyond cost competitiveness. Let's optimize our subsidy regime accordingly.
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October 27, 2025
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'Maritime Week a ₹10 tn opportunity'
The India Maritime Week 2025, to be held from Monday to Friday, is expected to provide investment opportunities worth ₹10 trillion in the domestic shipping sector, according to the ministry of ports, shipping and waterways.
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October 27, 2025
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Why reasons needn't be ascribed for poor mental health
A few days ago, Baek Sehee died. She was 35. Her memoir about her suspicion that she was mentally ill, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, sold more than a million copies in several languages since its publication in South Korea in 2018. Her family did not disclose the cause of death, a silence that now commonly implies something dark.
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October 27, 2025
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India cutting back Russian oil: Trump
US President Donald Trump once again claimed that India is going to stop buying oil from Russia, emphasising that India is cutting back Russian oil purchases “completely” while China will cut back “very substantially.”
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October 27, 2025
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Tight liquidity sets stage for RBI action
Liquidity in India's banking system has turned negative for the first time in a month, as the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) dollar sales to defend the rupee and higher cash withdrawals during the festive season drained funds from the market.
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October 27, 2025
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The tech sector should reinvent work to harness the power of AI
Instead of infusing operations with AI, businesses should rebuild delivery processes at the task level
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October 27, 2025
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Markets pin hope on RBI as rupee defence, festive flush strain liquidity
The need for RBI action is heightened by the fact that benefits from the cut in cash reserve ratio (CRR)—the percentage of a bank’s total deposits that must be kept with the RBI in cash—earlier this year, with two tranches of ₹62,500 crore each released already, have largely been offset by heavy outflows of rupee liquidity.
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October 27, 2025
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THE CLAUSE THAT CAN DERAIL HEALTH INSURANCE CLAIMS
Most insurance policyholders believe that once they are admitted to a hospital, the insurer will pay the bills.
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October 27, 2025
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Reliance AI investments may top $12-15 bn: Report
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd may spend about $12-15 billion over the next few years on AI infrastructure that could include a giant IGW data centre, Morgan Stanley said ina report.
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October 27, 2025
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After US lawyers, lawmakers now flay Trump's H-1B order
Bipartisan US lawmakers oppose Trump’s $100,000 H-IB fee, calling it arbitrary and harmful
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October 27, 2025
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A hiking death roils a fashion empire and the heirs to a fortune
The rock-strewn path hugs the jagged peaks of the Montserrat mountains, winding along a deep ravine for much of the way.
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October 27, 2025
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Passenger vehicle exports up 18% in H1
Passenger vehicle exports from India rose by 18% year-on-year in the April-September period with Maruti Suzuki leading the segment with shipment of over 200,000 units, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) data.
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October 27, 2025
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Swadeshi drives record festive sales, says PM Modi
The renewed swadeshi pitch coincides with India’s strained trade relations with the US
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October 27, 2025
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As Trump and Xi get set to talk trade, Asia worries about impact on its security
Some Asian countries fear a ‘grand bargain’ with Xi on economic issues could sideline security
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October 27, 2025
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‘Froth cleared, stock market returns hinge on earnings growth’
India remains one of the strongest long-term bets despite some recent cooling as the froth is gone and domestic flows are steady, according to the head of India’s third-largest asset manager.
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October 27, 2025
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Street to see a tide of retail investors in next one year
India's retail investment landscape may be on the cusp of change, with a surge of first-timers ready to enter the equity markets.
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