Full exemption for all health insurance premiums and reinsurance or a reduction in the GST rate from 18% to 5% on health insurance services is likely. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com ......
The Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies on Tuesday welcomed the Union Budget and said it focussed on youth, farmers, women, and has 'substantial allocations' for Maharashtra, but the opposition......
Is it is necessary to play divisive politics to succeed in the next general elections? asks Dr Sudhir Bisht. IMAGE: People take selfies with Rahul Gandhi during the ongoing Parliament session,......
Growing up in a tough neighborhood of Dharavi in Mumbai, it has been a journey of overcoming life's many challenges for Lieutenant Umesh Keelu. IMAGE: Indian Army Lieutenant Umesh Keelu with his......
For the Mizo people, tribal and family identity are important. But so are jobs, farmers' access to markets, roads, and health facilities for a young population where drugs are a big affliction.......
The Tata Group is one of the very few Indian MNCs which has carved out a niche in China's highly competitive market, notes Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE: Ratan Tata, then chairman of the Tata Group, with......
India's gain will be an additional business of $300 million to $400 million per month if 10-11% of Bangladesh's export is diverted to Indian hubs like Tiruppur. IMAGE: People celebrate Bangladesh......
'Like every Budget, this time, too, there is chatter around tinkering with the long-term capital gains tax.''Investors may not want to jump into the markets until there is clarity on this front.'......
The bad assets or gross NPAs of commercial banks fell to a 12-year low of 2.8 per cent in March 2024 and may go down further to 2.5 per cent by the end of the current fiscal, said the RBI's......
'Wherever the government has provided incentives for the purchase of two-wheelers, three-wheelers, cars, buses, and trucks, it gets a push for most of these alternate fuels.' Photograph: Kind......
IMAGE: IOC official John Coates. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/File Photo/Reuters The Olympic movement faces its biggest challenge in four decades in getting a streamlined Tokyo Summer Games up and......