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Claiming advance EPF is easy, but withdraw it only if you are in dire need
There is no income-tax on the advance, but withdraw only in dire need
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BofA Securities pegs PSBs recap requirement at Rs 52,990 cr - Rs 113,550 cr
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Nifty PSU Bank index hits lowest level since July 2006; SBI at 52-week low
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ICICI Lombard Q4 results: There's no insurance cover against slowdown
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Marico shares jump 6% as Q4 earnings meet estimates, margin expands
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AU Small Finance hits 5% lower circuit for 2nd straight day post Q4 results
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ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, SBI: Will Tuesday's recovery in bank stocks sustain?
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MARKETS: Sensex erases gains, ends 262 pts lower; banks, metals, FMCG drag
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Rallis extends rally ahead of Q4 results; stock zooms 83% from March low
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Bharti Airtel up 4%, nears record high; reclaims Rs 3 trillion m-cap mark
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Aarti Industries jumps 9%, hits new high; stock rallies 31% in 8 days
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Oil & gas index surges nearly 3% amid a rally in oil prices; ONGC climbs 6%
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Redeemed your MF investment? Here's what you pay to the taxman
OPINION
COLUMNISTS
A better world after Covid?
It is time to shrug off the ideological shackles about the way we work, play and live
The pandemic pivot to low-touch business
There are sectors that are looking beyond the pandemic to pivot from being a high-touch business to a low-touch one
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Economy & Policy
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Centre owes Rs 3 trillion to states and industry amid Covid-19 outbreak
Assocham President Niranjan Hiranandani said his talks with government officials showed dues to industry and states were pending ...
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Govt may soon allow firms to delay EPF contributions or pay in installments
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Traffic on highways picks up pace as states ease Covid-19 lockdown curbs
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Icra expects GDP to contract by 20% in June quarter, 2% fall in FY21
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Covid-19 smashes Asia's factories; activity hits historic lows all over
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COMPANIES
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Flipkart, Snapdeal leverage technology to reach red, orange, green zones
At the e-commerce giant Flipkart, the teams first prioritised the areas and regions as per essential delivery guidelines by the ...
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ITC, workers' unions face-off over work, pay cuts during Covid-19: Report
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Mumbai docs try Biocon and Roche's biologic drugs on critical Covid cases
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ICICI Lombard Q4 results: There's no insurance cover against slowdown
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India offers land twice Luxembourg's size to companies leaving China
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Coronavirus
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Central teams conclude West Bengal has highest Covid-19 mortality rate
The revelation comes at a time when the national average for the mortality rate is 3.2 per cent - the lowest in the world
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Migrant, who returned home in first special train recounts his journey
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Covid-19 crisis: Indians stranded abroad will be brought home from May 7
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Covid-19: Hospitals brace for a new normal, see 50% occupancy by May-end
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Covid-19 makes investment mavens miss annual rite as Buffett goes online
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FINANCE
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Ind-AS increases provisioning pain for NBFCs amid Covid-19 pandemic
Covid-19 has led to lot of uncertainties including those pertaining to the income level of borrowers and hence, their loan ...
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Covid-19 crisis: SBI's 10% term loan customers opt for moratorium on EMIs
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Covid-19 impact: Motor, health segments see decline in March premiums
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Allow restructuring of loans, ask raters not to downgrade: NBFCs to RBI
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Current Affairs
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Delhi govt imposes 70% 'special corona fee' on liquor to boost revenue
The move will boost the government revenue, which has been hit hard due to the coronavirus-forced lockdown
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India lodges protest with Islamabad over Pak SC's order on Gilgit-Baltistan
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Vijay Mallya files appeal against extradition to India in loan fraud case
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Lockdown easing: Surat textile units in fix as Guj govt runs contra to MHA
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Sports
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Shane Warne suggests 'weighted' ball to avoid saliva and tampering
Warne feels it can help fast bowlers generate swing even on flat wickets and permanently eradicate ball-tampering
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England board cancels players contract for inaugural edition of The Hundred
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T20 WC: Australia sees managing crowds, not logistics, as main challenge
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Covid-19: Kookaburra develops wax applicator to shine ball without saliva
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PEOPLE
Coronavirus claims have not moved up significantly: Bajaj Allianz's CEO
Tapan Singhel, managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO), Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, in an interview with Subrata Panda, ...
Both debtors & creditors will be wary of using IBC in short term: M S Sahoo
As the banking system gears up to support businesses in face of defaults due to Covid 19, resolution of stressed assets could be the next big ...
Won't cut flat price after lockdown is lifted: Godrej Properties MD
In a Q&A, Mohit Malhotra says his firm used technology to boost sales during lockdown and explains how consolidation in the industry will help ...
Separate infra needed for Covid-19 patients with other ailments: Fortis CEO
The hospital has chosen not to cut salaries of frontline health workers even as its looks to implement cost saving measures
We were prepared for Covid crisis when it hit Europe: CEO of MTR Foods
In a Q&A, Sanjay Sharma dwells on the initiatives his firm took to cope with the lockdown and why he believes it will hit the Rs 1,000-crore ...
Axis deal should boost our growth target and margin: Max Life's Tripathy
In a Q&A, the MD and CEO of Max Life says as a shareholder, Axis will now focus more on pushing high-margin products such as protection, which ...
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TAKE TWO
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Struggling before lockdown, copper manufacturers stare at meltdown
The anticipated economic slump is likely to weaken their prospects
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Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, a simple man with astute political acumen
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Farm-to-fork fails to take off as dependence on mandis continues
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DATA STORIES
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Statsguru: Key indicators point to grim economic outlook amid lockdown
PMI's services did contract, with trade, hospitality coming to a grinding halt, though the pace of fall in the index was not as steep as ...
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Statsguru: Why crude oil went berserk last week and is it just a blip?
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Statsguru: The trail of Covid-19 destruction and a resulting recession
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FINANCIAL X-RAY
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Higher dependence on hair oil segment puts Marico on slippery slope
Saffola volume surges by a fourth, but 8-11% volume fall in hair oil pulls down top line by 7%
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ICICI Lombard Q4 results: There's no insurance cover against slowdown
Premium income (excluding crop biz) lagged industry growth in Q4
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PERSONAL FINANCE
Claiming advance EPF is easy, but withdraw it only if you are in dire need
There is no income-tax on the advance, but withdraw only in dire need
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PhonePe launches Super Funds to help users in long-term wealth creation
The Super Fund identifies and invests in top funds across various categories and asset management companies
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Essel Large Cap to Quant Mid Cap: Here're funds that beat their benchmarks
The stock market may have turned around, but schemes didn't do remarkably well
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Audio books: Reinventing the art of story-telling in the time of lockdown
Audio books score over kindle and e-books as they permit passive listening and allow you to soak in the stories even as you multi-task at home
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INTERNATIONAL
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Coronavirus deals a body blow to China's grand global influence plans
The Belt and Road Initiative is aimed at building infrastructure and boosting Beijing's influence around the world
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Elon Musk plans to get multiplayer games working on Tesla cars: Know more
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Singapore Airlines commits to Vistara, no obligation to Virgin Australia
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Covid-19: US to begin treating seriously ill patients with Remdesivir drug
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BUSINESS LAW
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$5.7 bn Jio-FB deal to become test case for regulatory, security concerns
Already some trader bodies have raised concerns over sharing the customer data with the Reliance group, which also runs modern ...
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Don't eulogise GST for what it isn't
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Coronavirus and the ripple effects of force majeure on contracts globally
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Force majeure to ban on transport of minerals, here're the key court orders
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STRATEGY
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Voltas Beko betting on product development to tide over Covid-19 lockdown
A 50:50 joint venture between the Tata-group-owned Voltas and Arcelik, a Turkey-based home appliances company, Voltas Beko offers ...
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How brands are adopting creative ways to communicate amid Covid-19 lockdown
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Companies shift focus on reskilling workforce for post-Covid world
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How tech firms are helping build robust local supply chains amid Covid-19
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Technology
Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch gets Magic Keyboard, Intel 10th-gen SoC, and more
Price starting at Rs 1,22,990, the new lineup of MacBook Pro will be available soon in the country
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Google blocked 2.7 bn 'bad ads' in 2019, suspended nearly 1 mn advertisers
The tech giant also noted that there has been a sharp spike in fraudulent ads for in-demand products like face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic ...
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Samsung starts taking online pre-orders for TVs, ACs, and other electronics
Consumers pre-booking on Samsung Shop will get 15 per cent cashback when paying with HDFC cards
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Zoom video app logins were put on sale on the dark web, says report
The logins were put up for sale at 1 pence (1.25 cents) each and were discovered and bought by cybersecurity intelligence company Cyble, the ...


