In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
India needs a National Trade Policy Council, chaired by a minister who reports directly to the PM, says Jayanta Roy, former economic advisor to the Union commerce ministry.
Despite the 3 per cent gain in September 2019, the FPI sell-off during the quarter has seen the benchmark indices - the S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty 50 register negative returns in Q3CY19.
With auditing under the scanner and two of the Big Four firms stopping non-audit services for audit clients, auditors will now be subjected to a more stringent standard of reporting.
The proposal to increase public float, hike income tax surcharge, move to tax share buybacks and lack of stimulus to shore up economic growth has hurt investor sentiment.
What is killing the risk appetite of the bond buyers is the inconsistency in the central bank's approach. It needs to allow the yield to find its own level, gradually. To ensure that, the RBI may adopt a similar approach with which it handles a slipping rupee, asserts Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
How Raipur's District Collector Om Prakash Choudhary ensures that poor children study at good schools.
'One of his favourite slogans was, "Show, don't tell".' 'His entire life is a metaphor for that belief.' Kiran Khalap, MD and co-founder, chlorophyll, salutes a mentor and legend.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
'The real lifting of the economy will happen only if this momentum sustains in the coming months.'
The Budget would have been the perfect vehicle to introduce some bold initiatives.
That opportunity has been lost through this Budget, observes Shreekant Sambrani.
Several companies and technology heavyweights including Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce are working to create a digital vaccination passport or health passport app in the hope that governments and airlines will require travellers to upload details of their Covid-19 tests and immunisation. The vaccine passport will effectively create digital credentials that could be the key to attending crowded events or even visiting countries.
'Without bold action to deal with our banking crisis, count on the economy's doldrums to continue for much longer than most of us anticipate,' says Rahul Jacob.
'But India, increasingly, is not that far behind, which is a story I never expected to tell.'
Stressed MSME borrowers would be eligible for restructuring of debt, if their accounts were classified standard.
It is easy to invest in exotic products but difficult to exit them. Think carefully before investing rather than being blown away by expected returns alone, suggests Mrin Agarwal, founder, Finsafe India.
Sanjay Kumar Singh suggests key factors investors need to keep an eye on while choosing the direct investment route.
Various online platforms let you invest in direct mutual funds.
Investors not stop their SIPs or STPs due to election-related uncertainty.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
'People know if inflation is not within the tolerance band, then action will be taken so they do not expect inflation to rise above that.'
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
'If an investor is ready to stay put for the next five years, one can consider investing in mid- and small-cap funds, but through SIPs.'
'We fought back with and whatever little we were given -- little time, infrastructure, oxygen, medicines and people; and with whatever we had -- determination, common sense, experience and prayers!' 'Some of us lost our lives doing so.' Dr Sanjeeth Peter tells us in the final part of a fascinating diary of a Covid Warrior.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
The panel suggests the government be authorised to raise the thresholds, which trigger applicability of Corporate Social Responsibility provisions.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
A single format and simpler, uniform rules would have kept the service going. In other parts of the world including in the US, managing demand and capacities along with ensuring preventive measures were an issue, but there was hardly any administrative hurdle anywhere.
'India's march towards being a $5 trillion economy continues, notwithstanding momentary setbacks.' 'India is at an inflexion point and most economists believe this growth super-cycle will extend for over four decades.'
'We want to connect unique skills that students have with the unique jobs being created.'
With Muthappa Rai's death ended a life that highlighted the dark side of Bengaluru's often delirious growth to become India's IT capital
Dr Mitra called the Pandara Road crowd a 'cheerful collective of young dreamers,' united in its 'love and pride for the newly Independent India,' despite 'sharp disparities in background, temperament and attitude.' Dr Shreekant Sambrani recalls his encounters with the legendary economist who passed into the ages.
Fund houses have conducted investor camps and awareness programmes in more than 400 cities. Also, the popular 'Mutual fund sahi hai' campaign has helped bring in a lot of new investors into the MF fold from underpenetrated regions.
Mr Tata said a letter had arrived in his office from a young woman who had applied for the graduate engineering programme of TELCO Pune and been turned down. 'I wouldn't interfere with your selection process, Maira,' he said. 'However, I am calling you because this lady says that her rejection letter says that though she is very well qualified for the programme, TELCO Pune cannot select her because she is a woman.' 'Why are you discriminating against women?' he asked. A must read excerpt from Arun Maira's The Learning Factory: How The Leaders Of Tata Became Nation Builders.
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As per the mega consolidation plan, Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India will merge into Punjab National Bank (PNB); Syndicate Bank into Canara Bank; Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank into Union Bank of India; and Allahabad Bank into Indian Bank. Following this merger, PNB will become second largest after the SBI, Canara Bank fourth, Union Bank of India fifth and Indian Bank seventh biggest public sector lender.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
Young professionals who lost their jobs tell Rediff.com's Divya Nair how they reclaimed their lives.
The ICICI board is looking to the retired petroleum secretary to provide 'maturity and sagacity'.
