Payments banks will mainly deal in remittance services and accept deposits of up to Rs 1 lakh.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on how to pick the right international education.
While TCS, Infosys and Cognizant have hinted at a weak quarter, analysts say the slowdown is cyclical and growth will return after the US elections
India must concentrate on manufacturing-led growth.
Drishti, an affordable eye care chain has lit up the lives of scores of people in rural areas.
Most adult Indians should have access to bank deposits, credit and remittance facilities as well as insurance and mutual fund products in the next decade, and technology will play a big role in this transformation, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Payment banks may not be viable option to attain financial inclusion.
The rally in index heavyweight ITC has boosted the sentiment across the board.
Public sector banks are inefficient, poorly governed and beset by largescale corruption.
Auto loan costs remain stubbornly high.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, will answer your queries.
The United States is stronger and more prosperous than it was eight years ago, US President Barack Obama has said, attributing it to a series of steps taken by him during his two four-year terms.
The Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentary board on Thursday discussed the allocation of election campaign responsibilities among its general secretaries and top office-bearers in the run-up to the assembly polls in five states and Lok Sabha polls next year.
Boosting India's communication services, its latest satellite GSAT-16 was successfully launched on board Arianespace rocket from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana in the early hours of Sunday, after a delay of two days due to bad weather.
Each 'adarsh village' should have piped drinking water, connectivity to the main road, electricity supply to all households, library, telecom and broadband connectivity including CCTVs in public areas. Emphasis will also be on e-governance, says Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com.
Calling on the world to embrace Yoga as a discipline in everyday life, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the occasion of the International Yoga Day today, asserted that the ancient Indian art was the most selfless of its kind, as it did not discriminate, did not ask for much, but simply functioned for the betterment of mankind and brought every society together.
Union Minister of Environment and Forest Prakash Javadekar on Friday expressed anguish over the unabated poaching of the rare one-horned rhinoceros in Assam's Kaziranga National Park and the rapid shrinking of forest cover in the northeast region.
The total earnings in Q1 rose 14.54 per cent, while working expenses grew at a measly 4.22 per cent.
Sensex lacklustre, bluechips in focus.
China's malfunctioning stock markets remained semi-frozen.
'Today, three areas give banks a big headache -- steel, power, infrastructure.' 'Three Cs are very critical in lending -- character, capacity and collateral of the borrower.'
Experts believe the market will fall between 1 and 3%.
The following is the full text of US President Donald Trump's first address to a joint session of the Congress on February 28, as prepared for delivery and released by the White House press office.
The Budget session of Parliament concluded on Wednesday with passage of record official business in recent years but the government failed to ensure passage of the controversial Land Acquisition Bill as also key reform measure of GST amid stiff resistance from opposition.
Online and mobile based personal finance applications have gained importance over the past few years.
'EPFO's investments this financial year should be Rs 1 lakh crore'
'On the tax front, most of the Budget proposals are sensible'.
Nifty snaps 10-day winning streak
'Our mandate is to work in a transparent manner, keeping two objectives in mind - consumer interest and growth of the telecom sector.'
This is the lowest investment grade rating.
Mohandas Pai took part in an hour-long chat on rediff.com
'When I was staying in Teen Batti (in south Mumbai), I had one washroom and we were 10 people. Today I have three washrooms and I am the only one using all of them. Can you see the quantum leap that I have taken in life?' Jackie Shroff gets candid.
For PPP projects, clause on consent requirement could be abolished or brought down to 50% of land owners, against the current 70%
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India's share of 2015 emerging market allocations will be driven by FII perceptions on likely growth and reform.
Meet Mona Patel, one of CNN's Top 10 Heroes of the Year.
'Success will require political skill, not just economic expertise'
'SBI is already too big. Too big to fail.' 'It already is a moral hazard. What will it do with 20,000 branches that it cannot do with 14,000, especially in these days of online and mobile banking?'
Boost to dairy sector will generate jobs
The rally in Indian market is mainly due to resumption of foreign institutional investor inflows.
The results for the bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, Telangana, Maharashtra, Punjab and Tripura were announced on Tuesday.
