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Deakin University- IIT Madras sign MoU

Joint PhD supervision will be part of the agreement apart from the focus on research and projects in the areas of materials and engineering

Click-to-dine companies cook up a storm

Food delivery sites, which have mushroomed in India, need to consolidate faster to survive

Insurers struggle to get microinsurance agents

NMIMS announces NMAT results; 2,289 qualify

Total 63,106 candidates appeared; cut-off for this year is 94.709%

ICICI PruLife starts awareness campaign on new product norms

The new rules had changed the product structure and surrender benefits, making products more transparent for customers

Irda opens regional office in New Delh

Mumbai office to follow shortly

MTNL to give up 4G for free spectrum

To offer Wi-Fi services over unlicensed spectrum

CSCs as insurance brokers model finds few takers

Insurers raise several questions, not in a rush to tie-up with them

Anxious customers queing with enquiries

Business people especially worried; banks suggest RBI's April 1 deadline might be too early

Irda asks life insurers to submit detailed persistency report annually

Presently, insurers are required to analyse persistency as part of Annual Report

Withdrawal of pre-2005 notes: Banks want April 1 deadline extended

Customers queue up at branches for enquiry

Only 50% India Inc confident of hiring knowledge workers in next 12 months: Survey

Developing leadership skills for next phase of business growth key productivity challenge faced by corporates

NMIMS merges two MBA programmes

ICICI PruLife launches awareness campaign on new product norms

The new rules had changed the product structure and surrender benefits, making products more transparent for customers

Wait for Ulip plan from LIC gets longer

India's largest insurer yet to file product in segment under new regime

General insurers to launch innovative products in 2014

From extended warranty covers to additional benefits, 2014 will see a number of new launches

Insurers struggle to get micro-insurance agents

Lack of interest in this segment due to low commissions, small ticket sizes

Fiscal deficit, bond switch worries may hit yields

Govt had pegged the fiscal deficit for the current fiscal at 4.8% of GDP

Max Life brings 'New Work System' for agents

Aims to tackle attrition, mis-selling with the initiative

Initially, interest in infra debt funds to be limited

An IDF can be launched through the mutual fund (trust) route or through the NBFC (company) route