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By Meghna Mittal, New Delhi, (IANS) : With a slew of reforms and push from the government, affordable housing — so far the poor second-cousin of real estate — is emerging as the preferred segment for housing finance institutions and ...

Mumbai, (IANS) : The key Indian equity indices on Monday were trading lower in the morning session. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading at 122.78 points or 0.40 per cent lower soon after opening. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of ...

By Rohit Vaid, Mumbai, (IANS) : Macro-economic data points, along with quarterly results and a decision on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) sub-rates on gold, will form the major themes for the Indian stock markets during the upcoming week, ...

By Sakshi Srivastava, New Delhi, (IANS) : The demand for fancy foreign luxury cars is witnessing a steep rise, with buyers, including from faraway northeast, picking up Lamborghinis, Maseratis and Range Rovers that cost up to Rs 1.5 crore apiece ...

By Ashish Mishra, Bundu (Jharkhand), (IANS) : In a country where millions of degree holders struggle for employment, Dayanidhi Pradhan, 23, a Class 8 dropout in Jharkhand, dreams of an overseas job. And achieving that aspiration is a real possibility ...

Mumbai, (IANS) : Indian firms’ external commercial borrowings (ECBs) in April went up more than three-fold to $1.30 billion, while ECBs were at $304.57 million in the same month of 2016, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said. According ...

New Delhi, (IANS) : The subscriber base of the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) that aims at old age income security for the working poor from mostly the unorganised sector has reached 53 lakh, the Finance Ministry said on Friday. Over ...

New Delhi, (IANS) : The Income Tax Department on Friday said that entities/people who have received cash above Rs 2 lakh in 2016-17 fiscal for sale of goods and services need to file Statement of Financial Transaction (SFT) in Form ...

New Delhi, (IANS) : The Union Environment Ministry on Friday modified the animal cruelty rules, making it mandatory to ensure the cattle are not bought or sold with a purpose of slaughtering. As the ministry notified the Prevention of Cruelty ...

By Vishal Gulati, New Delhi, (IANS) : The state-owned conglomerate NTPC Ltd — long associated with coal-fired power generation — is poised to facilitate India’s bid to achieve its ambitious national renewable energy targets. This, at a time overseas investors ...