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'India is the largest stomping ground in the world for impact investing as we have an extraordinary combination of entrepreneurial drive with huge, absolute demand for all kinds of social services,' IDFC First Bank's chief Rajiv Lall tells Anjuli Bhargava.
Favourite movie homes, comparing Amitabh-Shashi's beds in Kabhi Kabhie and discovering the truth about Salman Khan's 1990s chartbuster... All in Sukanya Verma's Super Filmi Week.
The year 2014-15 could well go as one of long-pending financial sector reforms, expected to have a lasting impact.
We'd certainly love to see more of them!
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Amid tight security arrangements, the annual Amarnath yatra commenced from Jammu as the first batch of 1,280 pilgrims left for the cave shrine in the South Kashmir Himalayas.
Even as you fight the ongoing health challenge, here are some tips to strengthen your personal finance in the time of coronavirus.
With the 50 bps rate cut now more banks are expected to reduce their base rate.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities:
Instructions were issued on holding loan camps in the last week of September.
The Reserve Bank on Wednesday said it plans to issue new bank licences around January, "consistent with the highest standards of transparency and diligence."
'I watched Balika Vadhu with my mother and wondered what it is like for young girls who find themselves trapped in this situation. I think parents should first educate their children, help them to build a career and then get them married.' Gracy Goswami, all of 11, takes a mature stand on child marriage.
'Bachchao', a free android application developed by Chinmayi and her team, enables women to send alerts to friends and family in case of potential threat.
A 42-year-old man was found dead at the residence of former Union minister and Congress leader Kumari Selja in Sunehri Bagh in New Delhi on Monday morning, police said.
The banking sector is set to move at a fast pace from hereon.
High interest rate, policy uncertainty in the year of elections, along with risk aversion led to slow takeoff in credit demand on the corporate front.
She, however, preferred not to use the word 'Rohingya' and said 'we have urged that the situation be handled with restraint, keeping in mind the welfare of the population'.
Use this window to lock into bank FDs; unless govt cuts small savings rates, banks may not cut deposit rates
A parliamentary panel on Friday opposed the new bank licences to corporate houses and voiced concerns over the discretionary power vested with RBI for applying 'fit and proper' criteria for deciding on applications.
Dy Governor notes it's an era of job changes for better.
New players show up after 3 years; northern states take lead in loan growth.
Thanks to Rajan we are an inflation-targeting country now
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'In Yogi's Raj, Hindu festivals are State festivals.' 'He celebrates them, so does his police force, as he boasted in the assembly on Tuesday.' 'Eid, Christmas -- these can be observed, but expect nothing from the State to facilitate these celebrations,' says Jyoti Punwani.
In 2006-07, TCS had employed 7,000 people in the eastern states.
South leads; North-East at bottom but moves ahead, finds out the IndiaSpend Team
'The only quality required in this tenure is to be the military's yes man and that he has the capacity to do so.'
The West Bengal government has tied up with the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, to launch a reality show, Egiye Bangla.
The RBI has accepted the application withdrawal request, according to the statement.
The list of corporations publishing biographies has lengthened steadily as companies have realised the effectiveness of story telling as a brand building tool. Kanika Datta investigates the rising trend.
Licence winners are expected to be announced by the first quarter of 2014.
'It is the journey of my father -- how he made it in this industry in no time, from a nobody to a music mogul.'
Who is the best onscreen brother - Salman or Ranveer?
Far away from the glare of publicity lives Atal Bihari Vajpayee's family -- three sisters, nephews, nieces and their children. A large family proud of its bond with India's leader.
He said it was not only a tax reform but 'is a measure that lends strength to the new culture of honesty'.
'The world is going to be more insular.' 'What India needs to do is develop the domestic market for domestic consumption.' 'The emphasis has to be on Bharat as against India.'
Following is the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 73rd Independence Day.
Will Arundhati Bhattacharya be the RBI's first woman governor? Or will Urjit Patel succeed Raghuram Rajanas RBI governor when his term ends on September 4?
One can expect significant changes at India's banks in ensuing months.