'Debt mutual funds are a good option now because interest rates are coming down.' 'Retail investors must put a majority portion of your money in short-term debt funds (1 to 3 years) and only a small portion in actively managed dynamic funds.'
Scotland Yard has launched an investigation after a 26-year-old man stopped his car and then wielded a large knife.
The breakdown of talks between Greece and its international creditors raised fears of Greece's exit from the euro zone.
Nearly half of the 20 indexes polled globally are now expected to end the year lower than where they started
Thinking big, China is changing the world order; with mixed priorities, we can but tag along, writes T J S George.
The Chinese leader is today facing some open, or less subtle, criticism from within the party and from liberal intellectuals who are increasingly concerned by the concentration of power in his hands and the increasing authoritarianism of the regime, says Claude Smadja.
Though India is a low-bandwidth geography with relatively low Internet penetration, it has a very large number of sophisticated surfers and skilled computer users
'As the interest rates rise, people are going to say why should I be taking big risks when I can get 4 to 5 per cent in a bank account.' 'So, I think you have to change your thinking.' 'You need to look at the balance sheet, look at dividends.' 'These issues that have been ignored.'
Technically speaking, US equities have seen net losses since January. India is strongly influenced by US trends.
Markets could slide again owing to conditions in Europe and the US.
ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank down between 0.2%-1.4% each.
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week, in 10 images.
The middle class's long push to force the state to retreat from the economy may be reversing, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Indian equities are in a multi-year bull story with capex cycle recovery as the main driver.
Manchester City have signed French central defender Aymeric Laporte from Spanish club Athletic Bilbao, the Premier League leaders said on Tuesday.
Budget was a mild disappointment. Yet, the bull run continues.
India and Iran on Monday decided to jointly combat terror, radicalism and cyber crime as the two strategic partners signed 12 agreements including a "milestone" pact on developing the key Chabahar port for which India will provide $500 million.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to hold its policy interest rate at 6.75 per cent next week to stifle inflation.
Her great grandfather began sugar co-operatives in Maharashtra. Her grandfather was an eight time MP. Her uncle is currently leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra assembly. Her cousin joined the BJP on Tuesday, March 12. Nila Vikhe Patil, who could one day become prime minister of Sweden, unravels her India connections in an e-mail interaction with Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
In a tough action, the Government on Thursday barred Greenpeace India from receiving foreign funds with immediate effect by suspending its licence for six months and froze all its accounts, alleging it has "prejudicially" affected the country's public and economic interests.
'Which path should Muslims take politically as they have been completely marginalised?'
2014 was a year for downturn for most economies across the globe.
'I want to ask Modiji is the support price announced by him good enough to make a farmer's sons to start farming in their villages?' 'Can he swear by Bharat Mata and say that is true?'
Cyberspace is a battleground as important as the traditional domains of air, land, sea and space, says US Defence Secretary Ash Carter, who visits India next week.
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