As per the circular, EPF members can now correct the date of birth up to plus or minus three years instead of one year earlier. This would make the linking of Universal Account Number (UAN) with Aadhaar easier.

The recent cut in the interest rate on savings accounts by leading banks has led to higher negative real returns on the accounts balances.

The RBI announced a host of measures today aimed at increasing liquidity in the economy.

To get the benefit of the voice banking offering, customers need to download the Alexa / Google Assistant and link their ICICI Bank account through a secure two-factor authentication process.

Apart from small finance banks, certain private banks are also offering higher interest rate on savings accounts. Banks offering higher interest rates on savings account comes with certain conditions.

He’s also reasonably pleasant looking like herself. Petronella goes to live with him in his castle, leaving the prince stunned.

Others run eateries, work as tourist guides or practice medicine, law, etc, doing all the stuff we usually do to make a living, but chilled out. What’s the secret?

The tax and revenue department in Washington DC has added a 5.75% sales tax on all clubs, centres or gyms run for the purpose of physical exercise.

Applying this to financial markets helps investors to determine their chances of success in a fixed number of attempts (or trials). Another application of binomial distribution is to find out the probability of a company reporting positive growth in the EPS.

Liquidating assets to pay off debts is recommended only if you find it difficult to pay EMIs.

In India, the total number of jobs likely to be impacted is 136 million, as per the NSS.

Back home, the workers are looking to start afresh. Their best bet seems to be rehabilitation packages.

Punjab Minister for NRI Affairs Bikram Singh Majithia said they were being set up keeping in view the demand for more such police stations by the NRI community.

Asked whether Indians are being targeted abroad, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said, "One cannot make such a general statement."

The number of Indians who left during the grace period till October-end is 1,34,281, the Indian Embassy here said in a statement.

There were about 10,000 Indians before the start of the serious strife between government troops and Sunni militants backed by al Qaeda in Iraq.

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

V K Singh said presently, a section of Indian workers facing difficulties in two major Saudi companies -- Saudi Oger and the Saad Group -- are being brought back to India.

Around 1,500 blue collar workers from Tamil Nadu are among those who are using the amnesty to come back to the country.

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

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.

"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.

The fund house claimed that media outlets quoted its CEO Jenny Johnson out of context.

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

Amfi data released on Friday showed SIP inflows fell 3 per cent to Rs 8376.11 in April.

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.

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.

"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.

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

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”.

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

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

BR Shetty landed in Abu Dhabi with $8 in 1973 and turned his sweat into a personal fortune worth billions.

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.

The Indian embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Indian Consulate in Dubai started e-registrations on Wednesday night to form a database of those wanting to return to India. Over 50% of the applicants are from Kerala. Malayalees comprise more than 1 million of the 3.4 million Indians in the UAE.

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.

Indian-American NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has advised Indian students stranded in the US due to the coronavirus-linked global travel restrictions to use the occasion to think how they could be a productive and positive addition to the society.

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.

​​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.

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.

Events such as losses, layoffs, unpaid leaves and salary cuts also affect us mentally, particularly in case of business shutdown. Layoffs or unpaid leaves for a long time can leave us extremely demotivated. This is where our self-belief matters the most; our belief in our self, our attitude and our capabilities.

While investing a debt mutual fund, one should make sure the category suits your time frame.

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

It is important that your correct bank account with IFSC is linked to your Universal Account Number (UAN) to receive the credit of EPF funds timely.

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

Investors and advisors alike have been very unkind to this Thirteen Lakh Crore category of Mutual Funds, because of one of its sub categories: Credit Risk Funds, managed by Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund.

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

From buying mobile phones to placing orders for grocery items Indians are getting hooked on online shopping in a big way.

Premium paid towards health insurance for self, family and parents not only provides financial help in case of medical emergencies but also reduces tax liability.

For complete protection from rising medical costs, one needs both indemnity as well as defined-benefit type of health plans.