Brokerages have spotlighted opportunities across capital goods, insurance, mining, automobiles, and pharmaceuticals, with fresh calls on L&T, Sun Pharma, SBI Life Insurance, Eicher Motors, and Samvardhana Motherson, alongside their views on the cement and steel sectors and auto sales trends. GS on SBI Life Maintain Buy with TP of Rs 2235 Regulatory overhang on commissions remains, but SBI Life appears relatively insulated Management does not expect material disruption to the bancassurance model Growth guidance remains around 14%–15% on Individual APE Protection growth is not viewed as merely GST-led Margin outlook should be supported by mix shift and operating leverage, despite GST pressure Agency remains a medium-term growth lever, but execution is key Credit life bundling concerns appear limited for SBI Life Citi on L&T Maintain Buy with TP of Rs 4650 Robust Order Inflow Momentum Strengthens Medium Term Visibility Order wins strengthe...
A fact-check has indicated that an agency report about parents putting padlocks on graves of their daughters in Pakistan to save them from a rising spate of necrophilia was incorrect. Many news sites, including NDTV, ran the report of news agency ANI that has been fact-checked by AltNews. NDTV had sent a mail to ANI late this evening. A response is awaited. The report of ANI was based on Daily Times article, and a viral tweet by Harris Sultan, an ex-Muslim atheist activist and the author of the book "The Curse of God, why I left Islam". In the tweet, he had shared photos of a padlocked grave and accused Pakistan of creating a "sexually frustrated society", where "people are now putting padlocks on the graves of their daughters to prevent them from getting raped". AltNews fact checker Mohammed Zubair tweeted that the photograph in question, showing a green painted grille, was from Hyderabad. The reason grilles are used is to stop people from burying bod...