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Aon to buy USI Insurance Services for $17 billion: What it means for US middle-market businesses

India, Aug. 31 -- Aon is buying rival USI Insurance Services for $17 billion. Insurance broker Aon announced Monday that it will acquire USI Insurance Services from private equity firm KKR. The deal i... Read More


Mumbai redevelopment: Homeowner says project stuck for 15 years, paying rent from their own pocket

India, Aug. 31 -- A homeowner has taken to Reddit seeking advice after his housing society in Mulund remained stuck in redevelopment for more than 15 years, highlighting the prolonged uncertainty face... Read More


Pool therapy: How India can swim in the fast lane

India, Aug. 31 -- After starting his coaching journey in Australia, Sean Kelly moved to a swimming club in Manchester. The Stockport Metro club had one 50m pool with a boom. It was shallow at one end ... Read More


Former Madras HC judge V Sivagnanam missing after Nepal floods, Delhi Tamil Advocates Association seeks CJI's help

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- Former Madras High Court judge and Supreme Court Senior Advocate Justice V Sivagnanam (Retd.) has remained untraceable in Nepal since the devastating flash flood struck the count... Read More


Massive Promises, Empty Fields: The multi-billion-dollar unsuccessful Saudi project in Ethiopia

Nigeria, Aug. 31 -- In the late 2000s, global food price volatility prompted Gulf countries to seek secure agricultural breadbaskets abroad to shield their populations from future supply shocks. Under... Read More


Real estate powers services sector in June; retail and IT post double-digit gains - what govt data shows

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- Eight of the 19 sub-sectors tracked by the government recorded double-digit growth in June 2026 compared with the same month a year earlier, with real estate emerging as the stro... Read More


Milky Mist Q1 profit surges nearly 10-fold as summer demand lifts yogurt, ice cream sales

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- Newly listed Milky Mist Dairy Food Ltd saw its June quarter (Q1FY27) profit jump nearly tenfold, helped by a sharp summer-led surge in yogurt and ice-cream sales and stronger ope... Read More


Bengal Guv questions 6-year convocation gap at Diamond Harbour Women's varsity

Kolkata, Aug. 31 -- West Bengal Governor and Chancellor RN Ravi on Monday questioned the six-year gap between convocations at Diamond Harbour Women's University, saying students had a legitimate expec... Read More


Cal HC likens TMC-Cong fight over party office to battle for Delhi throne

Kolkata, Aug. 31 -- The Calcutta High Court on Monday compared the fight between the Congress and the TMC for a party office to the battle for the Delhi throne before Independence. The court observed... Read More


Liberia: What a Secretly Recorded 'Gift' Call - and the Koffa Precedent - Mean for the Case against Jewel Howard Taylor

Liberia, Aug. 31 -- Liberian law is openly hostile to secret recordings. A Monrovia courtroom let one in anyway earlier this year, in the Capitol arson case against former Speaker J. Fonati Koffa, and... Read More