Senior bureaucrat Rajeev Topno, private secretary to the prime minister, has been appointed as senior advisor to the Executive Director (ED), World Bank, a personnel ministry order issued on......
Following the publication of this report by Business Standard, the Prime Minister’s Office has clarified that the total sanctioned strength of the PMO has been around 525 in the period......
At least a dozen officers from Gujarat are handling key assignments in various important central positions. Nivedita Mookerji & Somesh Jha reportThey have all had links with Gujarat during the......
'Barring a temporary blip where stocks fell on verdict day, we are back to all-time highs.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The banking sector faces only one concern: The weakness in......
Mutual funds' average cash holdings in equity schemes topped 6 per cent in February as fund managers went slow on deployment of new inflows on expectations of better buying opportunities amid......
'There is no need to do anything, let your SIPs get deducted every month, and stick to your allocation between equity, fixed income and emergency funds and your risk covers.' Illustration: Uttam......
'For the same level of return, you can reduce portfolio volatility significantly with a 10% to 15% exposure to international funds.'Sanjay Kumar Singh reports. With the trailing returns of several......
With the introduction of 10 per cent tax both on long-term capital gains and on dividend, choose funds based on investment horizon and risk appetite, not on tax advantage, experts tell Sanjay Kumar......
IMAGE: Mirabai Chanu will be in action in Hangzhou on Saturday, September 30. Photograph: Edgard Garrido/Reuters Following is India’s schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on......
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, on Wednesday, September 27. IMAGE: India's boxer Shiva Thapa will be in action in the men's 63.5kg round of 16 bout on Wednesday.......
Photograph and video: Kind courtesy SAI Media/Twitter In high spirits and completely focussed on their goals, the first batch of India's 88-strong Olympic-bound contingent reached here on......
IMAGE: India table tennis player Manika Batra before departing to Tokyo for the Olympics on Saturday. Photograph: Manika Batra/Twitter "How's the josh? It should be high." Sports Minister Anurag......