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ICICI Bank reduces home loan rates to 6.7% effective immediately

However, customers can only avail of this benefit up to the end of this month (March 31, 2021)

Interest on EPF taxable, partial withdrawal not allowed after retirement

Subscribers can withdraw the entire EPF corpus when they retire or when they have been unemployed for over two months

FDI hike in insurance sector likely to see mixed response, say experts

No fresh capital will come in, unless the foreign partner decides to infuse funds after raising its stake.

Gold is down 11% so far in 2021; time to exit Muthoot Fin, Manappuram Fin?

While gold experts remain bullish on the yellow metal, analysts tracking the two non-bank finance companies (NBFCs) believe near-term headwinds continue to dampen outlook for the stocks

We've done heavy pruning in crop portfolio: GIC Re chairman & MD Srivastava

We will be looking to prune our portfolio to make GIC Re a healthier entity, said MD Srivastava

Financial sector growth has been slow: CEA Krishnamurthy Subramanian

He said the Budget has made a significant push towards reforming the financial sector and adding vitality to it

How will a ministry of loneliness help?

Loneliness, as a societal malaise, is rarely acknowledged

Perspectives on Partition

How would our understanding of history change if we learnt from the stories and perspectives of marginalised caste, linguistic and racial identities?

A peek into start-up incubation drive of India's next-rung campuses

Many enterprises with formidable products have come from the country's deeper regions and have received parenting at lesser-known institutes

Vijayan has a sporting chance

Can the Left Democratic Front (LDF) break the political tradition in Kerala: That the Congress- and CPI(M)-led alliances take turns in running the state?

Multiplex major PVR plans mega release, set to launch 40 screens in FY22

The move comes as film producers line up big releases between April and December

Shekhar Gupta: Missing in opposition

We can complain about undermining of institutions, misuse of agencies, discriminatory laws, use of sedition, rail-roading of legislation. But, on all key issues, Congress is MIA

Outside of US, India one of the most critical markets for Zoom: Sameer Raje

With India being one of the most critical markets for Zoom outside of the US, Raje tells Samreen Ahmad the company has a continued focus on expansion

A bitter pill: Domestic pharma market growth slides to 1.1% in February

Recovery slow, top drug firms post muted growth in February

India Inc goes slow on local bonds as rates rise, investors turn sceptical

CFOs say they are looking at other avenues for raising funds in the coming months as dollar bond rates are lower in the range of 100 to 250 basis points

Love beyond a boundary

Book review of Hamid: The Story of My Captivity, Survival and Freedom

Real estate, travel and tourism blues hit India's consumption story

Experts say despite the revival in the sales of essential goods, several sectors are continuing to drag private consumption down.

DRDO joins exclusive club after long-range air-to-air missile test

Technology available 'only with a handful of countries', says defence ministry

Different contract types can ease LNG price volatility: Shell Asia's Shah

Shell India bullish on Indian LNG and natural gas demand

Video streaming giants, Bollywood worried about backlash in India

Amazon has decided to delay streaming a new season of a popular Hindi spy thriller, The Family Man, which was to release last month