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IRDAI draft knocks insurers and PB Fintech as Brent tops $105, MeitY pitches tech deterrence, and Gill names an ODI squad
Friday's India Daily Update — twelve stories on refiner hedging and rupee pressure, life-insurer selloffs, card bancassurance repricing, enterprise AI threats, Delhi dengue counts, and opening-day cinema.
SportsBCCI Names Gill-Led ODI Squad for West Indies Series as Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli Return
The BCCI named Shubman Gill captain for a three-match ODI home series against West Indies starting September 27 in Thiruvananthapuram, recalling Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli while Shreyas Iyer leads a separate T20I side across eight venues through October 17.
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EntertainmentThe Vvaan: Force of the Forest Opens Nationwide as Sidharth Malhotra Leads Mythology Thriller
HealthMCD Logs 121 September Dengue Cases as Delhi-NCR Monsoon Breeding Sites Multiply
ScienceIIT Roorkee Study Maps E. Coli Exposure Risk Across Delhi Floodplain Zones After 2023 Inundation
PoliticsMahua Moitra Files Police Complaint Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar Over Delhi SIR Roll Process
OpinionInsurance Commission Reform Should Phase In, Not Shock Markets in a Single Session
SecurityGST Refund Phishing Mimicking CBIC Login Pages Draws Delhi Warnings Before Quarterly Filing Rush
AIESET Survey Finds 85% of Indian Enterprises Faced AI-Related Cyber Threats in Past Year
TechnologyMeitY Secretary Pitches Mutually Assured Disruption Strategy at PAFI Delhi Summit
Credit CardsIRDAI Commission Caps Force Credit-Card Bancassurance Riders to Reprice Before Festive Spend
StocksIRDAI Distribution Draft Sends PB Fintech Toward 52-Week Low as Life Insurers Lead Nifty Slide
BusinessIndian Refiners Revisit Hedging Books as Brent Tops 05 and Rupee Weakens Past 95.95
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MeitY Secretary Pitches Mutually Assured Disruption Strategy at PAFI Delhi Summit
MeitY Secretary S. Krishnan told the PAFI Delhi summit on 24 September that India needs a “mutually assured disruption” posture against technology denial, urging domestic capacity in semiconductors, telecom gear and trusted AI stacks.
IRDAI Commission Caps Force Credit-Card Bancassurance Riders to Reprice Before Festive Spend
IRDAI’s draft commission rules threaten credit-card bundled insurance riders that banks sold for festive spend, forcing issuers to reprice bancassurance attachments before October shopping peaks.
IRDAI Distribution Draft Sends PB Fintech Toward 52-Week Low as Life Insurers Lead Nifty Slide
IRDAI’s draft guidelines on insurance distribution commissions wiped more than a fifth off PB Fintech in two days and dragged life insurers lower, helping push the Nifty to 23,063.10 on 24 September as Brent and U.S. yields added pressure.
Indian Refiners Revisit Hedging Books as Brent Tops 05 and Rupee Weakens Past 95.95
With Brent near $105.4 after Wednesday’s selloff and the rupee at about 95.95 per dollar, Indian state-run and private refiners are rolling crude hedges and reviewing import parity as IRDAI-driven financial stress adds to macro noise.