Unit-Linked Insurance Policy (ULIP) is a life insurance plan that offers investment benefits as well. A portion of your premium is put in investment instruments. Depending on your financial goals and risk appetite, you can choose equity, debt, or a balanced fund for the investment. As ULIPs support significant wealth build–up, you can use the … Read more
HDFC Life Insurance Company has raised Rs 600 crore through Unsecured, Rated, Listed, Subordinated, Redeemable, Fully Paid-up Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) and allotted 6,000 NCDs having a face value of Rs 10,00,000 for cash, at par, in dematerialized form, on private placement basis to the identified parties. The Board of Directors at its meeting held on … Read more
Over the long-run, the race will indeed go to the slower, steadier animal. “The fable of ‘The Tortoise and the Hare’ is a metaphor about life, not a story about a race,” said Adrian Bejan, the J.A. Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University. “We see in animal life two starkly different lifestyles — … Read more
Air pollution shortens human lives by more than a year, according to a new study from a team of leading environmental engineers and public health researchers. Better air quality could lead to a significant extension of lifespans around the world. This is the first time that data on air pollution and lifespan has been studied … Read more
Young female orphan elephants have a tougher social life than non-orphans, a new study suggests, adding to a growing body of evidence of how the impacts of poaching cascade through elephant societies. The research, part of a wider study by Save The Elephants and Colorado State University into the social impact of adult mortality on … Read more
The ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States is a key contributor to the most recent declines in life expectancy, suggests a study published by The BMJ today. A second study shows an increase in US death rates in midlife (people aged between 25-64 years) involving all major racial groups, and cites a broad range … Read more
Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that women whose mothers lived to at least age 90 were more likely to also live to 90, free of serious diseases and disabilities. The study, published in Age and Ageing, found women whose mothers lived into their ninth decade enjoyed 25 percent … Read more
