With COVID-19 wearing out healthcare system of India thin, is India equipped to deal with the COVID-19 baby boom? Can it contain the impact it will have on women's mental and physical healthcare as well as India's deplorable child mortality rate?

Tesla boss Elon Musk and his partner Claire Grimes Boucher welcomed their first baby on May 4 and baffled everyone with the choice of the name.

Kohli, who has been actively doing his bit to help during the coronavirus lockdown along with wife Anushka Sharma, posted a couple of pictures with his mother on social media.

In the top-10 list, only Reliance Industries Ltd and Bharti Airtel managed to close the trading week with gains.

The Dubai state carrier made 1 billion dirhams ($287.5 million) in the 12 months to March 31, compared to 871 million dirhams a year earlier.

Before we head on to answer your queries on your investments in mutual fund schemes, here we clarify that last evening after the amc company Franklin Templeton was left with no option on barely any new subscription and other liquidity issues,

In light of the COVID-19 lockdown situation, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) issued a notification on Friday allowing some insurance companies to provide the Aadhaar-based authentication to complete KYC procedure to provide insurance services. "To facilitate

Akshaya Tritiya is an auspicious day in the Hindu Calendar that is believed to bring good fortune and prosperity with the purchase of gold. In 2020, this day falls on 26 April, amid the nationwide lockdown. Apart from the tradition, gold

While we are already facing an unprecedented situation with the outbreak of Covid 19 and to overcome it lockdown has been in place for quite a while now, the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya that falls on April 26, 2020 can

‘Savings are the income of future', and there is no better time than our current situations to realize and address the above fact. With businesses being halted, and cash flow slowing down; having a source of income which helps you maintain

We are living in unprecedented times. Businesses are getting impacted rapidly, interest rates are falling and a bank like Yes Bank, had to be bailed out. Even as interest rates are low, it is time to look at deposits from non

Like life insurance policies which can be paid in monthly, quarterly, bi-yearly modes, soon you will be able to pay health insurance premiums similarly. This has come amid Covid 19 outbreak after IRDAI's call on the issue, when people have been

Highly leveraged companies may find the going tough in the next few months, as rapid rise in covid-19 infections, make business prospects highly unpredictable. Even if infections abate in the next three months or so, companies that have high levels

Charlie Munger, the vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathway, the investment company controlled by billionaire Warren Buffet, is not looking at making investments amid the COVID-19 crisis. In a recent telephonic interview with the Wall Street Journal, Munger was asked if his investment

After extreme volatility recently seen the stock markets and mutual fund investments, you may be looking at more stable options to put your savings aside for the long term. One such conservative investment tool is the EPF (Employees' Provident Fund) that

As the time passes so quickly, another fiscal year is turning to an end soon, and most of the tax payers must be in the state of panic about keeping the things in order. They might also be planning to approach

There is bad news everywhere amid Covid 19 crisis which has led most employed to fret about job loss or salary cuts. Various industries hit the most including aviation has announced no pay-outs for April, May month. At the same time,

Maharashtra's Health Minister Rajesh Tope announced that all citizens of the state will be given a free health insurance scheme and will also become the first state in India to provide free cashless insurance to all its citizens. The announcement was

The ongoing COVID-19 crisis brings to light the need to have health and life insurance covers to face unforeseen emergencies. You can take now take advantage of the relaxed rules and options to either purchase a new policy or increase your

The last few months have seen share prices fall like nine pins, interest rates on fixed deposits collapse and even moratorium being placed on withdrawals of a particular bank. At such times, it is very important to look for safety and

Indian currency rupee against the dollar has tumbled to a historic low of 76.91 per US dollar on April 22, 2020 and as per reports it may touch levels of 80 as the pandemic Covid 19 brings with it a lot

On Monday, banks and NBFCs (non-banking finance companies) were among the biggest losers on the Indian stock exchanges. ICICI Bank ended 10.56 percent lower, HDFC 9.98 percent down, HDFC Bank 7.89 percent lower, SBI was down 5.88 percent and NSE's banking

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the retirement fund body Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has granted provision to allow withdrawal of funds from the fund balance to tackle liquidity crunch. Nonetheless, while the institution has received many such withdrawal request there has

At this grim hour, when paying rent can be dentful task HDFC's payment app PayZapp has tied up with NoBroker for offering cashback or rewards on rent payment. NoBroker is the brokerage free real estate portal. And the facility can be

Given the fact that digital KYC or know your customer has been in place for long but no institutions followed similar standards, the government as well as the SEBI have come forth amid the pandemic-led lockdown and instructed to move to

State Bank of India (SBI) has initiated an emergency loan scheme for its customers amid the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. It allows bank account holders of the nation's largest bank to apply for the loan on its

On Thursday, the State Bank of India (SBI) introduced a new scheme for senior citizens called "SBI Wecare Deposit" for senior citizens in its retail term deposit segment. The scheme aims at safeguarding the interest of senior citizens in fixed deposits

Brokerage firm, Motilal Oswal is bullish on the stock of Larsen & Toubro and has set a price target of Rs 1,200 on the stock, as against its current market price of Rs 825.

The contagion of COVID-19 has adversely affected every walk of life, businesses have gone back to the drawing boards to chalk out sustainable plans. The government and financial bodies are constantly working on developing plans for different sectors to be able

On Friday, the Income Tax Department informed that for NRIs/foreign visitors whose stay in India was prolonged due to lockdown, the prolonged stay would not be considered for residential status calculations for income tax purposes for the financial year 2019-20.

Recently, amid falling interest rates, SBI as an incentive to attract senior citizens launched a special retail deposit scheme called ‘SBI Wecare Deposit' with a marginally higher premium of 30 bps. Usually senior citizen investor community on FDs is provided a

On Friday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a notification on the issue price of the latest tranche of the SGB scheme that will open on 11 May. It will be Series II of the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2020-21

The Indian realty sector and its current condition is going to have a profound impact on the country's economy. This is because of a large number of individuals and businesses depend on the sector as it alone contributes 7-8% to the

Brokerage firm, Motilal Oswal is bullish on the stock of Jindal Steel and Power and says there could be an upside of as much as 75 per cent on the stock. Here are a few highlights from the Motilal Oswal report.

EPFO's retirement fund EPF apart from a reasonable return provides a handful of other benefits which most of the subscribers are not aware of such as the EDLI scheme that offers insurance up to Rs. 6 lakh, pension etc. Also, there

Google explained that its latest doodle was inspired by a surge in searches for 'Homemade Mother’s Day card' and similar searches for 'virtual' gifts and ideas for the holiday.

Corrective measures are finally in place. At least the repairs will be free, after users have struggled to get the repairs done over the past few months. And if you have already paid for a repair for this issue, you can get a reimbursement.

Spectra is competing with the likes of Reliance JioFiber, Airtel Xstream broadband and ACT Fibernet, to name a few. And the company has some rather unique plans, in terms of what is bundled, depending on the duration you choose to pay for in one go.

There is no right or wrong, With the combination of hardware and software as well as subscriptions that work for you, you'll not get sidetracked every now and then by annoying eccentricities. Things need to simply work and work well.

The deadline for payment of electricity bills for March-April has been extended till May 30, the state government took the decision on Saturday. This is for power customers of all electricity distribution companies in the state.

While speaking to reporters this Saturday, Gujarat DGP Shivanand Jha said once again that the administration will deal most strictly with those who attack police and Covid frontline warriors.

Thanks to the unseasonal rain around Diwali, the extended monsoon and growing debt of farmers, non-performing assets (NPAs) among crop loans in Gujarat rose marginally by 3.2% in the third quarter of 2019-20.