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How to Earn Mutual Fund-Like Growth With Savings Account Flexibility
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2: When it comes to managing personal finances, many people face a familiar dilemma of the safety and convenience of a Savings Account versus the higher returns of Mutual Funds. Traditionally, Savings Accounts have been seen as secure but modest in growth, while M
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"What is govt doing about it?": Chidambaram slams Union Budget 2026, flags
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday raised concerns over the Union Budget 2026, questioning the government's approach on trade, investment, and defence expenditure.
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Geopolitical tensions raise emerging market credit risks in 2026: Fitch Ra
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Heightened geopolitical risks are set to elevate credit pressures for emerging-market sovereigns and issuers in 2026, global credit rating agency Fitch Ratings said in a new report published on Friday.
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Budget should bring safe harbour for off-market listed share deals to ease
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"Today, if a purchaser pays a price below the tax fair market value, the difference is taxed in the hands of the purchaser as ordinary income. In listed shares, the fair market value is pegged to the stock exchange price, and in off-market deals, parties have no control over price movements
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Venezuela passes sweeping oil law reform to open doors for foreign firms
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Venezuela's National Assembly approved major changes to oil laws, giving foreign companies more control and allowing lower royalties. The reforms reverse parts of earlier nationalisation, follow eased US sanctions, and aim to revive the oil sector, though critics warn of long-term risks.
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Economic Survey pegs India's potential growth between 6.8-7.2% in FY27, ou
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
India's economic growth remains resilient with strong domestic demand acting as the main anchor, even as the global environment continues to remain fragile, according to the Economic Survey of India tabled in Parliament on Thursday.
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US urges citizens to reconsider travel to Pakistan; cites security reasons
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According to an updated travel advisory issued on January 26, Pakistan has been placed under "Level 3: Reconsider Travel", indicating a high risk to travellers.
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Trump-appointed acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive files to public vers
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The acting head of US cybersecurity agency CISA uploaded sensitive "for official use only" documents to ChatGPT, triggering security alerts. DHS launched a review as officials examined potential risks. CISA said the access was approved briefly, but the incident has added to controversies
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Cases of Taiwanese detained or missing in China quadruple in one year, Tai
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In the past year, 221 Taiwanese who travelled to China were reported as missing, detained and interrogated, or otherwise subjected to limits on their personal liberty, up from 55 cases the year before, the council said.
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India, EU build two safeguards into FTA to counter future regulatory barri
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The provisions -- a Rapid Response Mechanism and a Non-Violation Complaints (NVCs) clause -- are aimed at addressing the risks posed by the EU's expanding regulatory framework, which Indian exporters and service providers have increasingly flagged as a source of uncertainty and compliance
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War is not off the table, Trump delayed strikes on Iran because US didn't
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Middle East expert Trita Parsi has warned that a potential US military confrontation with Iran remains a real possibility amid escalated tensions between the two countries, noting that while war is not "off the table", any such conflict would come at a high political and domestic cost for
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IIT Guwahati develops framework to identify High-Risk areas for Glacial La
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Research from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati have developed a predictive framework to identify the locations where glacial lakes are likely to form in the Eastern Himalayan mountains.
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