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1700 Indian workers arrested or deported from Kuwait: Government

The minister said the government has already set up an Indian Workers Resource Centre in Dubai and will set up two more in Saudi Arabia and Malaysia.




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NRI body seeks rehabilitation package for returnees

The meeting also decided to explore possibilities of setting up an industrial complex in Maharashtra to rehabilitate returnees, Pallykandi said.




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Why children of H-1B workers may now have to leave America

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services receives about 1,00,000 green card applications from high-skilled applicants of Indian origin every year.




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Mahindra unveils online car buying platform

The company in its statement said that in 4 steps, a customer can avail of online exchange, finance and insurance, personalize & own their chosen Mahindra vehicle.




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Paytm Payments Bank crosses Rs 600 crore in fixed deposits

"During this period of volatility in other asset classes, a large number of PPB bank account holders are moving their savings into fixed deposits during the ongoing lockdown," stated Paytm Payments Bank.




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PMSes thrilled rich investors in April with up to 26% returns

Almost all the 147 PMSes delivered positive returns to investors during the month.




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10-year benchmark bond yields fall 14 bps more this week to hit levels last seen in 2009

A hike in taxes on fuels, which will add to government’s revenue, helped lift sentiment.




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​Debt, hybrid mutual funds see large outflows in April; advisors blame Franklin fiasco

The Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund fiasco seems to have hit the debt mutual fund space very hard. The data released by Association of Mutual Funds in India or Amfi reveals that most debt mutual fund categories have witnessed outflows in the last month.




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Union Bank of India cuts MCLR by up to 15 bps across all tenors

Union Bank of India announced reduction in its MCLR up to 15 basis points across all tenors, effective May 11. Overnight MCLR has been reduced by 15 bps to 7.15 per cent from 7.30 per cent and one-month MCLR by 10 bps to 7.25 per cent.




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PNB Housing Finance cuts retail lending rates by 15 bps for existing customers

"We have decided to take this initiative to help our customers to overcome this pandemic and drive growth in the housing sector. With this, over 2.35 lakh of our customers will be positively impacted irrespective of their base loan amount," PNB Housing Finance Managing Director and CEO Neeraj Vyas said.




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Lockdown period not to be counted for determining residency status of NRIs, foreign nationals: CBDT

India has allowed discounting of prolonged stay period for determining the residency status in relief for NRIs.




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Donations to Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra eligible for exemption from income tax

In a notification issued Friday, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) allowed tax exemption to donations under Section 80 G of the Income Tax Act, on the grounds that the structure would be a “place of historic importance and a place of public worship”.




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YES moratorium: Credit firms can retain ratings of borrowers who couldn’t pay in March

The non-state lender on its part is not reporting such customers to these institutions.




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Young working professionals to cut down expenses as post-Covid world brings uncertainty, job loss

Categories like essentials, at-home entertainment, health and insurance continue to show greater resiliency.




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Managing Tomorrow

“It is information,” he wrote, “that enables knowledge workers to do their job.” This is especially true for executives.




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Ashok Paranjpe joins LIC Mutual Fund Trustee as an independent director

Apart from Paranjpe, HN Motiwalla, Rammohan N Bhave and Thomas Panamthanath are other independent directors of the company while TC Suseel Kumar is a nominee director on the board of LIC Mutual Fund Trustee.




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Indian-American Ro Khanna appointed to White House COVID-19 advisory council

Khanna, 43, is the only Indian-American lawmaker to be named to the White House's Opening Up America Again Congressional Group which comprises Congressmen from both the Republican and the Democratic parties.




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COVID-19: Many Indian-American doctors in frontline make ultimate sacrifice

Indian-American Dr Madhvi Aya, who contracted the coronavirus in the line of duty in New York, the country's COVID-19 epicentre, could only exchange text messages with her husband and daughter from her hospital bed before she lost the battle to the deadly virus.




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Indians among worst COVID-19 affected ethnic groups in England

Figures released this week by the National Health Service England show that of the 13,918 patients who died in hospitals till April 17 after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, 16.2 per cent were of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background and those identifying with Indian ethnicity made up 3 per cent of that.




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Three Indian-Americans part of COVID-19 advisory board on New York's re-opening strategy

New York is the epicentre of the pandemic in the US and currently has 295,106 COVID-19 cases with over 17,000 deaths.On Tuesday, 337 people died of the disease in the state.




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Indians at greater risk from COVID-19 in UK's health sector: Report

"Indian men are 150 per cent more likely to work in health or social care roles than their white British counterparts," according to the report.




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Donald Trump taps Indian-American lawyer as US representative to World Bank's lending arm IBRD

Ashok Michael Pinto, who has worked as a Special Assistant and Associate Counsel to former president George W Bush, was on Monday nominated as US Alternate Executive Director of IBRD for a term of two years.




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COVID-19: Indian-American Senator appointed member of committee to address Washington's eco recovery

The committee will consist of four Democrat and three Republican senators. Democratic senators include David Frockt, Manka Dhingra, Christine Rolfes and Rebecca Saldana and Republicans include senators Randi Becker, Tim Sheldon, while one member is yet to be named.




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Analysis of 5 largest debt mutual funds across categories to see if investors should be worried

​​ET Wealth studies the quality of papers held by the five largest schemes of different debt fund categories to see if investors should be worried.




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5 ways investors are impacted by closure of mutual fund schemes

Investors will receive whatever amount the fund house is able to recover by liquidating the underlying investments in proportion of their holdings in the respective schemes.




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Lockdown forcing you to stop SIP in mutual funds? Try the pause option first

You should explore the `pause your SIP’ option offered by mutual funds before finalising to stop your mutual fund investments through SIPs.




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I am a new investor. Where should I invest right now to reap maximum benefits?

The current slump in the stock market presents an opportunity to accumulate more mutual fund units.




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Time to rebalance your portfolio, invest more in equity mutual funds

The global economy is already in recession. Travel and tourism, restaurants, movie theatres and scores of other businesses have suddenly come to a standstill.




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How to withdraw money from NPS account for treatment of coronavirus infection

The PFRDA, in a circular dated April 9, 2020, has declared coronavirus infection as a critical illness that is life-threatening in nature. Accordingly, partial withdrawal from NPS has been allowed for covering expenses related to the treatment of COVID-19.




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Credit risk funds underperform liquid funds. Why you should stay away from the category?

Credit risk funds have always been vulnerable to its investments of up to 65% (and more) in the lower-rated instruments. To earn higher returns than the rest of the debt categories, the fund manager buys high-yielding, low credit quality bonds.




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Best risk-protection tools for investors in a bear market

Knowing and following the fundamentals takes much of the risk out of investing.




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THE K FACTOR

The Kohli and Kumble partnership has played a crucial role in team’s recent success. But to become India’s best captain-coach combo ever, they need to pass tougher tests.




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Growth or Re-investment or Payout? Clear the confusion

Take a marathon for instance; while one runner may have a calculative approach, another might count on his unmatched stamina to run for miles together without stopping - but both could be champions in the same sport, just that their approach is different.




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Can football help you build your portfolio?

To talk about investments in parlance with football; an investment without a goal is like a game of football with one - it'll basically have no meaning.




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Gauge your mutual fund performance

The two primary forms of growth of a mutual fund scheme is either the growth of the Net Asset Value (NAV) or if the fund regularly declares dividends.




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Over 13,000 complaints received from Indians working abroad: MEA

Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan gave data according to which as many as 13,665 complaints were received in 2019 (till October 31), while 17,379 complaints were received in 2018.




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The Great Escape: 9 exploited in Yemen steal boat, set sail for India

Nine Indian fishermen who were allegedly harassed and not paid by their employer in Yemen for nearly a year have escaped that country by stealing their employer's boat and sailing for Kochi, a peril-filled voyage of than 3,000 km of open sea, according to the families of two of the fishermen.




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No last goodbye for Gulf migrant workers lost to pandemic

Millions of foreigners work in the United Arab Emirates and across the other wealthy Gulf nations, providing the backbone of the workforce in hospitals and banks, as well as on construction sites and in factories.




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COVID-19: Indian missions in UAE open online registration for its citizens who wish to fly home

"It is informed that the Embassy of India, Abu Dhabi and the Consulate General of India, Dubai, have started a database to register Indians wishing to travel back to India under COVID-19 situation. The details can be entered through the website of the Embassy by following the link 'Register in Database of Indians to Travel Back to India under COVID-19 situation'," India in Dubai tweeted.




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Coronavirus: Over 32,000 Indians in UAE register to return home

Within minutes, the site faced technical issues, prompting the missions to delete the tweet about it and repost it hours later. In a tweet posted in the wee hours of Thursday, the Indian Consulate asked applicants "to bear with it if it takes time for the page to load due to high traffic.




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Asymptomatic Indians cleared by UAE health authorities only to fly back home from Thursday: Embassy

The Indian nationals cleared by the UAE health authorities and found to be asymptomatic will only be allowed to fly back home in one of India's biggest ever repatriation exercises, the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi has said ahead of the first set of flights on Thursday.




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Force majeure clause won't apply to coronavirus death claims in life insurance policies

The Council also confirmed that the clause of ‘Force Majeure’ will not apply in case of COVID-19 death claims. This step was taken to reassure customers who had reached out to individual life insurance companies seeking clarity on this clause.




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How PhonePe's coronavirus insurance policy works

This coronavirus insurance policy is priced at just Rs 156 with an insurance cover of Rs 50,000 for a person aged under 55 years and the cover is applicable at any hospital offering Coronavirus treatment.




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Health insurance online sale spurts up to 30%, offline sales fall due to coronavirus impact

Generally, every year in March the health insurance industry witnesses a higher growth in the sale of health insurance policies. This is because people normally rush to buy policies before the end of the financial year to save tax.




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Should you buy a coronavirus-specific insurance policy? Here's a comparison of those available

Spurred by the insurance regulator to come up with Covid-specific products, several such plans have flooded the market in the past month or so from players such as Star Health & Allied Insurance, Bharti AXA Health Insurance, etc.




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Renewal date for health insurance policies extended but will you be insured in this period?

The policy does not stay in force unless renewed. This means any claim filed during the grace period is not considered by the insurer for the settlement. It is advisable to renew the policy before the renewal date is missed or the grace period starts




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Health insurers must decide coronavirus treatment requests within 2 hours: IRDAI

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has issued norms for general and health insurers for quick settlement of claims filed by policyholders for coronavirus (COVID-19) disease/infection.




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Family floater or individual insurance: Things to consider while choosing a health cover

An individual looking to buy health insurance cover has to make two decisions. The first is whether the entire family needs insurance and the second is about the type of health policy to buy.




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Post lockdown employers must mandatorily provide medical insurance to employees

Medical insurance should be typically taken for at least one year to cater to any health issue which could commence during the lockdown but extend beyond. However, insurers can also tailor health policies to suit the budgets of small enterprises.




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You may be allowed to pay health insurance premium in instalments amid coronavirus outbreak

You may now get the option from your insurer to pay your health insurance premiums on a monthly, quarterly or half-yearly basis in addition to the current option of paying premiums on an annual basis amid coronavirus outbreak.