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'Mutual Funds never provide guaranteed returns'

'Mutual Funds never provide guaranteed returns'

Rediff.com21 Oct 2022

Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your mutual fund queries.

Fund managers struggle to beat red-hot market

Fund managers struggle to beat red-hot market

Rediff.com14 Jul 2017

Fund managers have been advising investors not to keep their return expectation higher

F1: Verstappen puts Red Bull on pole in Bahrain

F1: Verstappen puts Red Bull on pole in Bahrain

Rediff.com27 Mar 2021

Max Verstappen put Red Bull on pole position for Formula One's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday, with seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton alongside on the front row for Mercedes.

Hamilton takes fifth Spanish Grand Prix win in a row

Hamilton takes fifth Spanish Grand Prix win in a row

Rediff.com9 May 2021

Hamilton's 98th career victory, from his 100th pole position, was his third win in four races

'Ladakh Disengagement No Win Situation For India And China'

'Ladakh Disengagement No Win Situation For India And China'

Rediff.com16 Sep 2022

'The Chinese are retaining geostrategic pressure on India by keeping troops there and building infrastructure continually.'

Covishield booster works against Omicron

Covishield booster works against Omicron

Rediff.com24 Dec 2021

If the vaccine is recommended for use as a booster against Omicron, it may significantly boost the demand for Covishield in India.

PIX: Miraculous escape for F1 driver Grosjean in horror crash

PIX: Miraculous escape for F1 driver Grosjean in horror crash

Rediff.com29 Nov 2020

Replays showed the driver leaping over the barriers and away from the flaming wreckage of his car.

Azerbaijan GP: Ferrari's Leclerc on pole after crash-hit qualifying

Azerbaijan GP: Ferrari's Leclerc on pole after crash-hit qualifying

Rediff.com5 Jun 2021

The pole was Charles Leclerc's second in a row

Ask Ajit: 'New to investing. Need help'

Ask Ajit: 'New to investing. Need help'

Rediff.com9 May 2022

Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.

WHO names Covid variants found in India as 'Kappa', 'Delta'

WHO names Covid variants found in India as 'Kappa', 'Delta'

Rediff.com1 Jun 2021

The WHO's move came nearly three weeks after India objected to the B.1.617 mutant of the novel coronavirus being termed an 'Indian Variant' in media reports with the Union Health Ministry pointing out that the UN's top health organ has not used the word 'Indian' for this strain in its document.

F1 PIX: Hamilton takes 90th win at dramatic Tuscan GP

F1 PIX: Hamilton takes 90th win at dramatic Tuscan GP

Rediff.com14 Sep 2020

Images from the Tuscan F1 Grand Prix held at at Mugello, Scarperia e San Piero in Tuscany, Italy, on Sunday.

IN PHOTOS: A closer look at some distant planets

IN PHOTOS: A closer look at some distant planets

Rediff.com19 Oct 2012

Check these splendid impressions of planets by artists

Beware! A new Covid variant is here, can evade vaccines

Beware! A new Covid variant is here, can evade vaccines

Rediff.com30 Aug 2021

A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which cause COVID-19, has been detected in South Africa and many other countries globally which could be more transmissible and evade protection provided by vaccines, according to study.

11 Summer Tips For Flawless Skin

11 Summer Tips For Flawless Skin

Rediff.com5 Apr 2022

Getting a good night's sleep can work like magic for your skin since it is the only time your skin rests and repairs, rejuvenates and works on itself, advises Asha Hariharan, education director, Enrich Beauty.

The consortium powering India's space race

The consortium powering India's space race

Rediff.com30 Dec 2016

ISRO has an opportunity to be the one-stop shop for satellite manufacturing, and Alpha Design is just the booster it needed.

Delta variant continues to be dominant across India: INSACOG

Delta variant continues to be dominant across India: INSACOG

Rediff.com22 Jul 2021

'Delta continues to be the dominant lineage for new cases across all parts of India in recent samples and remains the most rapidly rising lineage globally that is responsible for multiple outbreaks, including across Southeast Asia, which shows the fastest growth in new cases globally,' the INSACOG said.

Sebi spotlight on BSE, NSE 'dark fibre'

Sebi spotlight on BSE, NSE 'dark fibre'

Rediff.com4 Apr 2016

The BSE and the NSE have also been asked to provide inputs.

Beware! New COVID-19 variant with high spike mutations detected in South Africa

Beware! New COVID-19 variant with high spike mutations detected in South Africa

Rediff.com25 Nov 2021

The South African authorities said the detected cases and percentage of people testing positive are both increasing quickly, particularly in particularly in most populated province of Gauteng, North West and Limpopo regions of the country.

India to revisit Covishield dosage interval based on current data

India to revisit Covishield dosage interval based on current data

Rediff.com16 Jun 2021

The decision to increase the gap between two doses of Covishield from 4-6 weeks to 12-16 weeks was based on scientific decision and there was no dissenting voice among the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation members.

Israeli firm wants to build guns for India

Israeli firm wants to build guns for India

Rediff.com18 Dec 2020

Will the low cost Israeli Athos gun scuttle India's ATAGS gun?

Stocks: How to get higher returns

Stocks: How to get higher returns

Rediff.com15 Feb 2010

A combination of quantitative and fundamental models can give higher returns with lower risks.

Will Jet Airways find its wings once again?

Will Jet Airways find its wings once again?

Rediff.com22 Jul 2020

A consortium - comprising Imperial Capital, Flight Simulation Technique Centre, and Big Charter - have placed a bid for Jet, while the other consortium is led by Kalorck Capital.

Want to Invest in Dynamic Bond Funds?

Want to Invest in Dynamic Bond Funds?

Rediff.com4 Aug 2021

Before you invest, check the fund manager's track record in managing such a strategy, asserts Sarbajeet K Sen.

Mask mandate can be removed for now, say experts

Mask mandate can be removed for now, say experts

Rediff.com8 Apr 2022

The assurance comes as India's Covid graph dips -- on Friday 1,109 new coronavirus infections were reported -- and also one case of a new Covid strain in Mumbai.

F1: Norris unlikely to do podium encore at Styrian GP

F1: Norris unlikely to do podium encore at Styrian GP

Rediff.com11 Jul 2020

Norris said he had also been on pain-killers for a back problem and had not felt confident in the car, limiting his track time in the afternoon.

Mangalyaan captures image of Phobos, biggest moon of Mars

Mangalyaan captures image of Phobos, biggest moon of Mars

Rediff.com4 Jul 2020

The Mars Colour Camera onboard Indian Space Research Organisation's Mars Orbiter Mission has captured the image of Phobos, the closest and biggest moon of Mars.

Covid vaccine boosters not appropriate at this stage: Lancet study

Covid vaccine boosters not appropriate at this stage: Lancet study

Rediff.com13 Sep 2021

The results reported from the observational studies, on average, show that vaccination had 95 per cent efficacy against severe disease both from the Delta variant and from the Alpha variant, and over 80 per cent efficacy at protecting against any infection from these variants.

'Identify people who need booster doses'

'Identify people who need booster doses'

Rediff.com7 Dec 2021

'People who were vaccinated early on, for example, from January to April this year, namely health workers, the elderly, and the immunocompromised, should be identified for a booster dose.' 'We should start getting ready for administering booster doses to them on priority.'

Fully-vaxxed Tanzania returnee becomes Delhi's 1st Omicron case

Fully-vaxxed Tanzania returnee becomes Delhi's 1st Omicron case

Rediff.com5 Dec 2021

The patient is currently admitted to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital and has mild symptoms, hospital officials said.

Bottas on pole at Imola with Hamilton alongside

Bottas on pole at Imola with Hamilton alongside

Rediff.com31 Oct 2020

Red Bull's Max Verstappen qualified third, after a power unit scare in the second phase sent mechanics scrambling to fix his car, with AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly a stunning fourth on the grid.

India saw 18% drop in new Covid cases, 13% fall in deaths from Oct 11-17

India saw 18% drop in new Covid cases, 13% fall in deaths from Oct 11-17

Rediff.com20 Oct 2021

India reported an 18 per cent decrease in the new COVID-19 cases along with a 13 per cent decline in the number of deaths during the week of October 11 to 17, the World Health Organisation has said, highlighting that all the regions globally, except the European region, reported a fall in new weekly cases of the deadly virus.

Telecos vie for more space in Indian Space Association

Telecos vie for more space in Indian Space Association

Rediff.com20 Oct 2021

Indian Space Association (ISpA) chairman Jayant Patil has said that the executive council will debate whether it can include more telecom companies as founding members. The response came after some leading telcos said that they had been asked to be core members but preferred to be inducted as founding members. The key founders of the ISpA include the Bharti group through two companies (OneWeb and Airtel), L&T, Nelco, Walchandnagar, Alpha Designs and MapmyIndia.

2021: Kohli vs BCCI, mixed results on field

2021: Kohli vs BCCI, mixed results on field

Rediff.com29 Dec 2021

Not many can question the greatness of the Kohli-led Test team but the defeat in the World Test Championship final against New Zealand was also a big letdown of the year.

Researchers find Covid antibody to neutralise all variants

Researchers find Covid antibody to neutralise all variants

Rediff.com23 Aug 2021

"This antibody is both highly neutralising (meaning it works very well at low concentrations) and broadly neutralising (meaning it works against all variants)," said Michael S Diamond, a professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, US.

F1: Verstappen wins at Imola but Hamilton stays ahead

F1: Verstappen wins at Imola but Hamilton stays ahead

Rediff.com18 Apr 2021

Red Bull's Max Verstappen won a chaotic and crash-halted Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola on Sunday with Lewis Hamilton second for Mercedes and retaining the lead in the championship by a single point.

Novovax Covid vaccine likely to get nod in India ahead of US

Novovax Covid vaccine likely to get nod in India ahead of US

Rediff.com18 Aug 2021

Adar Poonawalla said he was hopeful that Covovax, the Novavax vaccine made by SII, will be launched around October this year for adults and for children by the first quarter of next year, depending on DCGI approvals.

Who could replace Vetttel at Ferrari?

Who could replace Vetttel at Ferrari?

Rediff.com13 May 2020

Ferrari announced on Tuesday that four time world champion Sebastian Vettel would be leaving them at the end of the season. Spaniard Carlos Sainz is more likely to replace Vettel.

Bigg Boss 13: 'Siddharth tries to be intimidating'

Bigg Boss 13: 'Siddharth tries to be intimidating'

Rediff.com11 Nov 2019

'Siddharth and I are alpha males, so a territorial clash is bound to happen.'

PIX: Hamilton wins crazy Saudi GP to level with Verstappen

PIX: Hamilton wins crazy Saudi GP to level with Verstappen

Rediff.com6 Dec 2021

Lewis Hamilton won a crazy, twice-halted Saudi Arabian Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday to go level on points with Red Bull rival Max Verstappen and set up a winner-takes-all title showdown.

Pfizer jab produces less antibodies against Delta variant: Study

Pfizer jab produces less antibodies against Delta variant: Study

Rediff.com4 Jun 2021

The study also shows that levels of these antibodies that are able to recognise and fight the virus are lower with increasing age, and that levels decline over time, providing additional evidence in support of plans to deliver a booster dose to vulnerable people.