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Moneylife Digital Team 25 January 2013
Moneylife Foundation held an exclusive, in-depth session conducted by Raj Pradhan, in which he delved into various aspects of mediclaim, issues with the product and the different options available to you today   IRDA’s (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority) draft guidelines...

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The unknown life and times of one of the world’s greatest investors Sir John Templeton’s discovery of cheap Japanese stocks in the early 1980s, and the shorting of overvalued tech stocks in 2000, are legends in the investment world. Yet, many of us haven’t heard of him. Prem Watsa, often...

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Moneylife Digital Team 25 January 2013
Saritsa Foundation assists people with disabilities caused by disasters In 2012, 1,503,320 Indians were displaced due to natural disasters. Each disaster leads to thousands being displaced and lives torn apart. When a disaster strikes, the poor and underprivileged are the worst...

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It’s high time India chalks out a plan to provide healthcare to all its citizens, irrespective of their economic status. Other countries are working toward it and have already moved passed us. If the scenario has to improve, we must start acting now. Sadly, the government is neglecting its...

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MDT/PTI 23 January 2013
And thus was born Rajnikanth, soon to be a household name. The name literally means “colour of night”'; it was a comment on the colour of Shivaji Rao’s skin   New Delhi: Did you know that passengers would let buses go empty and wait for the one where Rajnikanth was on duty as the...

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MDT/PTI 21 January 2013
With the new Tax Administrative Assistance Act coming into force next month, Switzerland will be able to provide banking and other details about a 'group of persons' even without their individual identification Davos: Switzerland will be able to provide banking and other details sought...

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MDT/PTI 21 January 2013
Over 100 business and political leaders from India will join the world’s rich and powerful, including 50 government heads, to discuss current state of economic affairs in freezing weather of Davos Davos: As the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) jamboree begins here tomorrow, over 100...

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As long as interests rates stay near zero banks can avoid restructuring or force the zombie companies into liquidation. They manage to stay afloat because they can manage interest payments but cannot reduce the principal After the bubble burst in January 1990, the Japanese lowered...

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A practical path for traders to make money with patience and discipline There is a variety of ways to trade the markets, of which the most popular one, perhaps, is trend-following. Often, prices of overall markets, commodities, currencies and stocks tend to trend, from a few days to a...

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Dr Nita Mukherjee 19 January 2013
Dr Nita Mukherjee narrates how an ashram has put its philosophy to work Prem Niketan (‘abode of love’) is the story of the transformation of an ashram deeply rooted in propagating humanism to an organisation providing a range of social services. At the core of Prem Niketan (PN) is the...

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Medical literature is like a thick jungle with 7.5 % new information pouring into biology through well over 40,000 bio-medical journals all over the world, every month. It is the job of an ideal teacher to guide the novice in this thick jungle of mostly dead wood to the real useful rose wood...

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Humans don’t even have the enzyme to digest milk. And now, milk carries carcinogens The health hazards of milk aren’t well understood by the medical fraternity, let alone the common man. The fact is that humans do not have any enzyme to digest milk from a foreign source after we are...

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Let us teach our young children in school that true science is learning from the workings of nature as our best teacher. Let us change our educational system from rote learning and memorizing to creative curiosity in every child where it is dormant “Whosoever would be a man must be a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 January 2013
Feroz Shah Kotla stadium does not fulfil structural or fire safety standards, and yet time and again the Delhi Cricket Association holds international cricket matches by obtaining provisional certificates endangering public safety From being a gentleman’s game, cricket in India has now...

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MDT/PTI 16 January 2013
An investigation by the FSA revealed that between August 2008 and December 2010 Panesar misappropriated over 180,000 pound from Elite and Motorcare Warranties London: UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned insurance broker Harbinder Panesar from working in the financial...

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Will Peugeot be fair to existing customers who are yet to receive their refunds? Peugeot was one of the earliest foreign manufacturers who tried to enter India: it did not only fail miserably but also dragged down Premier Automobiles Ltd. This was way back in the early 1990s. I was...

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Medical developments from around the world BMI and Heart Risk According to the Archives of Internal Medicine, “Using BMI instead of cholesterol in cardio-vascular risk prediction models may provide more accuracy.” Investigators also found that “replacing total cholesterol level with...

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MDT/PTI 15 January 2013
Robbers dug a 100-foot tunnel into the safe deposit room of a Berlin bank and escaped with their haul, setting a fire as they left to cover their tracks Berlin: German police has said, robbers dug a 100-foot tunnel into the safe deposit room of a Berlin bank and escaped with their haul,...

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MDT/PTI 15 January 2013
The experimental drug, called LM11A-31, allowed mice with no movement in their lower limbs to walk with “well-coordinated steps” and even to replicate swimming motions London: Scientists have developed a pill which they claim could help paralysed people walk again. The new drug allowed...

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MDT/PTI 14 January 2013
Devotees from across the country had started pouring in Allahabad since last evening and the influx continues despite cold weather Allahabad: The Maha Kumbh began Monday morning with lakhs of devotees as well as ascetics and religious leaders of various orders converging on the...

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