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Traditional insurance plans better for risk-averse investors, say experts

If you can stomach volatility, you can earn more from equity funds than the 5-6% these plans offer

Close-ended equity funds bet on economy reviving, now disappoint investors

Data shows 10 out of 17 close-ended schemes maturing before July have seen one-year returns between 34 and 40 per cent

Winners' curse: Top bosses at PSBs see their term ending much before time

Govt has appointed 14 EDs at public-sector banks; their performance will be reviewed after three years for a two-year extension

Commercial realty picks up but challenges remain amid Covid-19 pandemic

Companies are still working out their space needs post-pandemic before committing to rents and leases

Workplace visits close to pre-pandemic levels; Uttar Pradesh leads the pack

Workplace visits are between 80% and 95% of pre-pandemic levels, shows an analysis of Google mobility data.

India racing to outpace any surge in Covid-19 cases via inoculation drive

Second only to the US, India has administered more than 25 million doses, so far

Rotation to hot-desking, India Inc taking no chances with employee safety

Encouraged by the arrival of vaccines, companies are taking a technology-backed calibrated approach to speed up employees' return to the workplace while maintaining social distancing

With IDBI Bank out of PCA regime, other three may follow: Experts

On the liabilities side, these entities have made efforts to increase the share of low-cost money in current and savings accounts

45% of MLAs who switched parties between 2016 and 2020 joined BJP: Report

As many as 170 MLAs deserted the Congress during the elections held between 2016 and 2020, while only 18 BJP legislators switched parties to contest the polls

Number of industrial investment proposals at record low in 2020, shows data

The proposed investment in the industrial sector is worth Rs 4.29 trillion, down 36.8 per cent from the Rs 6.79 trillion the previous year (2019).

Mamata vs Suvendu: West Bengal prepares for battle royale in Nandigram

Banerjee's stronghold is the 71,000 minority votes. So the task is to cut into the remaining that the BJP is hoping to get a fair share of

With no PCA overhang, IDBI Bank expects to grow loans at 8%-10% in FY22

Corporate credit back on the lender's agenda; RBI to review the lender's performance each quarter for 1 year

Data privacy: Tension between big technology firms and govt boils over

Experts expect more regulatory action in India against these firms, and say this could have an impact on other parts of the world as well

Studio apartment supply falls as Covid makes people stay at home: Study

Average size of studio apartments was largest in the National Capital Region and smallest in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, finds Anarock

CEOs worldwide confident about growth reviving after pandemic: PwC survey

The pandemic coupled with other health crises remains the top threat for companies in 2021, say executives

Mahindra receives RBI approval to reduce stake in SsangYong Motor

The maker of XUV500 and Scorpio has got a nod from the country's central bank to reduce its stake in Ssangyong to 25 per cent from the current 75 per cent through capital reduction

Political game-changers in economics

Book review of Money and Power: The World Leaders Who Changed Economics

Bharat Biotech's Covaxin gets authorisation for emergency use: V K Paul

So far 1.9 million people in the country have been given Covaxin, of whom 311 showed some side effects

Customs duty on imported solar cells likely to hike power bill by 20%

There is a 14.5-per cent safeguard duty on imported solar gears from China and Malaysia.

The royal drama: All's not fair

Although the Duchess of Sussex, the former Meghan Markle, isn't battling a mother-in-law, in essence her fight is not very different from traditional India's saas-bahu tussle