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Non-life insurer New India Assurance launched its online portal that offers a discount of 5 per cent on motor insurance policies.

The portal "online. newindia. co. in" offers private car and two-wheeler insurance policies, health insurance covers, personal accident covers and foreign mediclaim policies online. The new online facility will also let registered users to link existing policies, track the status of their claims, and renew policies online.

Capital market regulator Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has set up a committee to suggest new rules to curb the rising menace of insider trading activities.

The 16-member committee, which will be headed by former chief justice of Karnataka High Court Justice N. K. Sodhi, will review the existing insider trading norms and suggest new rules.

Godrej Properties Ltd (GPL), the real estate division of the Godrej group, on Tuesday announced the launch of its ambitious commercial project called Godrej BKC at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai.

To be constructed at a cost of Rs 2,000-2,500 crore, the project is a 50-50 joint venture between Godrej Properties and India's leading private-sector airline Jet Airways.

The structure, which will have nineteen floors and two basement levels for vehicle parking, will offer a floor plate of 70,000 square feet.

London, Mar 6 : Mila Kunis agreed to go on a date with a nervous British reporter after he charmed her by chatting about beer and soccer in an unconventional interview.

The `Black Swan' star sat down to discuss her latest movie `Oz the Great and Powerful' with BBC Radio 1's Chris Stark in London on Monday, and appeared amused when he admitted he was "petrified" to talk to a celebrity, confessing, "I've never done this before!"

Washington, March 6 : A new theoretical modelling has provided clues to how the gas giant planets in our solar system -- Jupiter and Saturn -- might have formed and evolved.

New stars are surrounded by rotating gas disks during the early stages of their lives. Gas giant planets are thought to form in the presence of these disks.

Washington, March 4 : A single gene may be involved in the development of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and other autoimmune diseases, a new study has shown.

The research began when Marc Donath, M. D., endocrinologist and researcher at the University Hospital Basel in Switzerland, discovered an interesting pattern of autoimmune disease within the family of one of his patients, a
26-year-old male who had recently been diagnosed with T1D.