'Against the backdrop of difficult administrative, political and economic problems, Imran's temperament and staying power will be the subject of intense expectation and public scrutiny,' says Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan Desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
The SOPs, issued against the backdrop of the government's plans to open up the economy, say an entire office building need not be closed if one or two cases of COVID-19 are reported there and work can resume after disinfection as per the laid down protocols. However, if there is a larger outbreak, the entire building will have to be closed for 48 hours and all the staff will work from home till the building is adequately disinfected and is declared fit for re-occupation, the ministry said in its 'SOPs on preventive measures to contain spread of COVID-19 in offices'.
Chartered accountant and Sebi registered investment advisor, Harsh Vardhan Roongta, answers your home loan queries
The armed forces are quite happy with the attention paid to their concerns, reports R S Chauhan.
B L Agrawal, a principal secretary in the Chhattisgarh government, was arrested for allegedly bribing people to help him wriggle out of corruption cases pending against him, while J P Singh, a former joint director of in Enforcement Directorate, was held for accepting illegal gratification to favour the accused in the Indian Premiere League betting scam.
From small retailers' experiences with e-wallets to digital transaction numbers post demonetisation, Geetanjali Krishna and Karan Choudhury find out where the truth lies.
If you are a compulsive credit card user and are at a loss about how to regulate your credit card spend, here is help at hand!
Demonetisation should be judged to have delivered some immediate gain if at least around Rs 2 trillion gets immobilised.
'If you retain your account with the EPFO for 10 years, you get a life-long pension.'
Even as government projects aren't lucrative from a revenue perspective, companies fight with each other to bag the contracts
Any company resident in a country has to pay both indirect taxes as well as Income Tax.
Well then, what did DeMo achieve? As predicted by most economists, the volume of transactions fell, economic activity was adversely impacted, and some sectors (which were more dependent on cash transactions) witnessed greater disruption than others, says Rahul Khullar.
Brazil's national Olympic committee (COB) and its head Carlos Nuzman were provisionally suspended by the International Olympic Committee on Friday, a day after the 75-year-old was arrested in Rio de Janeiro in connection with a corruption investigation.
The high court remained unconvinced by Mallya's claim that he has been a non-resident Indian since 1988 and has lived in England since 1992, a country where he has indefinite leave to remain
Tsipras asked to keep a discount on value added tax for Greek islands, stretch out defence spending cuts and delay the phasing out of an income supplement to poorer pensioners
'If such inflows materialise, what will be the effect on the rupee's value -- and therefore on exports growth, the only sustainable path to recovery?', asks Mihir S Sharma.
With cyber criminals becoming savvier by the day, learning how to safeguard yourself is imperative.
Individual tax-payers could get notices in case of a loan or a cash gift from a relative.
Expressing serious concerns over the current account deficit touching a record 4.8 per cent in 2012-13, India Inc on Thursday asked the government to take all policy measures, including boosting exports and foreign exchange inflows to bring down CAD.
For investment bankers, a Brexit vote is more than just about volatile prices on a screen but also about where they may end up working and living.
Kalanithi Maran, the former promoter of Spicejet, has moved the Delhi High Court against the airline.
The move to ban Rs 500 and 1000 notes may not curb the root cause of black money.
The intra-city cable leasing deal will give RCom Rs 1,200 crore, which will be used to clear some of its debt.
The court order could put SpiceJet's revival plan under stress.
'Villages are much better prepared than towns as far as COVID-19 is concerned.'
The council also cut GST rates on affordable housing to 1 per cent from the current 8 per cent.
All evidence suggests that the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates soon.
The NCLT said the new board must hold its meeting by October 8 and come out with a road map before the next hearing on October 31
In an online chat with readers, Investment Advisor Harsh Roongta answered their queries on the ban on Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes.
Calculate his monthly expenses, health care spending, how much funds will he need once he retires, and whether his current savings and investments will enable him to manage his lifestyle through retirement, suggests Ashok Kumar E R, CEO and co-founder, Scripbox.
Amit Jain tells Shyamal Majumdar about his dream to make Uber the 'safest place in the city'
India may be hit if stalemate in Washington persists over two weeks.
He may have failed at his first attempt, but 27-year-old Dinup Kalleril, an engineering dropout, is following his passion relentlessly.
Irdai's push will make insurance cheaper for consumers and enable a consolidated view of all policies.
Urimai Kural, part of the Gram Vaani community radio station that spans 15 states, serves as a much-needed helpline for harassed garment factory workers.
This was among the few times that TCS had to deploy rapid application development mode, which means changes in the application happen on-the-go.
'India should today tell China to provide proper facilities in Minsar for Indian yatris visiting Mt Kailash,' says Claude Arpi.
For the baning sector, 2018 was a 'Year of Exits' - borrowers fled from the country as loans went kaput and many bank CEOs were forced to leave
LIC is on board after tying up with all five insurance repositories; 1,50,000 e-Insurance Accounts opened across India till date.
Despite the rating agency CARE withdrawing the ratings assigned to the bank facilities of FIPL "with immediate effect" following the receipt of a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the banks, Modi's company received uninterrupted letters of undertaking (LoUs) from PNB, which were honoured by other banks until a few weeks ago.
