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Blame it on Bollywood
Call it the Bollywood effect. At his press conference in Mumbai during the election campaign, Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid repeatedly gave film references. When someone alleged the Congress party had given very few seats to Muslim candidates and could be accused of neglecting the community, Khurshid recited lines from the famous Anand Bakshi song from the movie Amar Prem, “Kuchh to log kahenge, logon ka kaam hai kehna” (people will say something, that’s their job). After a few minutes, a chit was passed on to him saying that Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Prithviraj Chavan had arrived for the next press conference. Khurshid wrapped up his press meet while saying, “This was just the matinee show. Now the evening show will start.”

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IndiaFirst to start ops by Dec-end, gets nod for 3 products

IndiaFirst Life Insurance has received regulatory approval to launch three products and expects to commence its operations by the month-end, a senior official said. - BoB, Andhra Bank risk JV may kick off in Dec - Life insurance biz grows 12.8% - Over 60 cos await Sebi nod for share sale worth Rs 50,000 cr - Non-life premium collection up, courtesy rising auto sales - Death claims up 21% in April-June quarter - Life insurance industry death claims payout rises 21% in Q1 IndiaFirst Life Insurance is a three-way joint venture between two public-sector lenders--Bank of Baroda and Andhra Bank, and the UK-based company Legal and General (L&G). "We have received approval for all the three ULIP products--savings, children and retirement plans, applied to IRDA. We are now planning to begin our operations by end-this month," IndiaFirst Life Insurance Chief Executive Officer P Nandagopal told PTI here today. The three products are--IndiaFirst Savings Plan, IndiaFirst Education plan and IndiaFirst Future plan, he said. The latest entrant to the life insurance market in the country, IndiaFirst, had received R3 licence (the final approval required for starting an insurance company) from IRDA last month. The company currently has a capital base of Rs 200 crore and plans to increase it to Rs 2,500 crore over 10 years. The joint venture company has 44 per cent stake from the Bank of Baroda, 30 per cent from Andhra Bank and 26 per cent from Legal and General.


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