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India Post - which has a network of over 1.5 lakh post offices across the country - provides a range of financial and retail services, other than its mailing operations. It offers a regular savings account, as part of its small savings schemes portfo

Domestic equity benchmarks fell for second straight day in a highly volatile session as tensions between India and Pakistan escalated. In intraday deals today, the S-P BSE Sensex fell as much as 636 points from day's highest point, before closing 68 points

Domestic stock markets started Wednesday's session on a strong note, tracking advances in Asian peers. The Sensex rose as much as 327.27 points to touch  36,300.98 in morning trade, while the Nifty rose to 10,921.60, up 86.3 points from the previous close. Buying in banking, auto and metal stocks stocks pushed the markets higher. However, weakness

The Income Tax Department has urged the income tax assessees to link their PAN (Permanent Account Number) with their bank accounts. "Get your refund directly, swiftly and securely in your bank account," the taxman said in an infographic on its

Fixed deposit (FD) is a financial instrument that offers guaranteed returns. In a fixed deposit account, money is deposited for a specific time, which varies from 7 days to ten years. Some FDs come with a premature withdrawal facility while some require a compulsory lock-in

Petrol and diesel prices took a pause on Wednesday, after six consecutive days of hikes. Data from Indian Oil Corporation - the country's largest fuel retailer - showed that fuel prices in Delhi and Mumbai, among other metros, were kept

Shares of debt-ridden Jet Airways fell more than 6 per cent on Thursday, a day after the Mumbai-based airline said it had grounded seven more aircraft. Jet Airways shares fell as much as 6.15 per cent to Rs 211 on the BSE, and 6.30 per cent to Rs 210.15 on the Na

Finnish telecommunication giant Nokia on Wednesday said Bharti Airtel would deploy solution from Nokia's Nuage Networks to upgrade its data centres.

Nuage Networks is a Nokia venture focused on software-defined networking solution.

Airtel

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked businessmen Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh to be present in court on March 14 in connection with a plea by Japanese drug maker Daiichi Sankyo seeking Rs 3,500 crore from them.

"The Court would like to have the personal

Domestic stock markets started Thursday's session on a higher note, ahead of release of economic growth data for the December quarter. The Sensex rose as much as 180.42 points to 36,085.85 in early trade, and the Nifty moved to 10,865.70, up 59.05 points from the previous close. Advances in pharma, FMCG and energy stocks supported the markets. At

GoAir is offering domestic and international flight tickets at a starting all-inclusive price of Rs. 2,499 and Rs. 5,099 respectively in a limited-period sale. Bookings under the sale offer can be made till March 1, 2019, according to the carrier's website - goair.in. The sale is

Indian Railways has certain luggage carrying rules under which each passenger is allowed a free allowance up to which he/she can carry luggage in the compartment. The free allowance varies for different classes of travel, said Indian Railways on

Around 33 per cent of young professionals in the country feel technology is a major hindrance to work and family commitments, said a Monster.com survey, here on Wednesday.

Other hindrances were meetings, calls and trainings after office hours (18 per cent) and

Domestic equity benchmarks were witnessing wild swings in a highly volatile trading session after geo-political tensions between India and Pakistan escalated. The S-P BSE Sensex swung in the range of 636 points while the Nifty 50 index touched high of 10,939.70 and low of 10,751.20. Geo-political tensions escalated after India denied Pakistani

Government has once again delayed implementation of higher tariffs on some goods imported from the United States to April 1, according to a government order issued on Tuesday.

The new tariff structure was to come into force from March 2.

Angered by Washington's refusal to exempt it from

Jet Airways said on Wednesday it grounded seven more aircraft as the carrier failed to make payments to its lessors, taking the tally of planes hamstrung by the defaults to 13. Jet is "actively engaged" with all its aircraft lessors, the airline said,

State Bank of India or SBI provides a range of fixed deposit maturities from seven days to 10 years. SBI, the country's largest lender, provides interest rates to the tune of 5.75-6.85 per cent to the general public on fixed deposit (FD) up to Rs 2 crore, according to its website,

Retirement fund body Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) allows subscribers to withdraw money from Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) for certain special purposes. EPF is a mandatory contribution that every company, which has more than 20 employees, has to deduct from the

SpiceJet has announced the introduction of new domestic flights at a starting all-inclusive price of Rs 2,560. The daily direct flights introduced by the airline will be operated on the Jharsuguda-Delhi-Jharsuguda, Jharsuguda-Hyderabad-Jharsuguda and Jharsuguda-Kolkata-Jharsuguda routes, starting from March 31, 2019, the Gurugram-based airline

Adani Enterprises' latest winning of bids for government-run airports from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has put the company squarely in competition with GM Rao's GMR Group and GV Krishna Reddy's conglomerate GVK.

In a bidding process that concluded Tuesday, Adani Enterprises clinched six airports, located in Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow,

The rupee on Tuesday snapped its gains of previous two sessions and closed 10 paise lower at 71.07 to the US dollar amid fears of escalation in geo-political tensions following Indian fighter jets' air strikes on Pakistan-based terror camps. Besides, weakening investor sentiments in domestic equity market and rising global crude oil prices

INR Vs USD: On Tuesday, the rupee had ended 10 paise lower at 71.07 against the dollar.

Domestic equity benchmarks erased gains after heavyweights HDFC, HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Infosys came under selling pressure. The S-P BSE Sensex fell as much as 636 points from intraday high levels and Nifty 50 index plunged 189 points from the day's highest point. The sudden selling pressure in the markets followed escalation of

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lifted regulatory constraints on three banks on Tuesday after they received a capital injection from the government. The RBI had imposed lending curbs on 11 state banks over the past few years after their capital ratios fell below

India Post, under the Department of Posts, offers a variety of banking and remittance services, besides delivering mails. Among the nine savings schemes that India Post provides, regular savings account offers an interest rate of 4 per cent per annum, according to India Post's official

Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani has become the first Indian to enter the global top 10 richest billionaire list compiled by Hurun Research.

According to the Hurun Global Rich List 2019 released on Tuesday, Mr Ambani broke into the

Over the next 12 months, Reliance Jio is expected to reach the top position on both subscriber and service revenue metrics and it expects to surpass Vodafone Idea service revenues in FY 19-20, according to a report by Bernstein.

But the report also warns

Gold prices rose by Rs 120 to Rs 34,650 per 10 grams at the bullion market on Wednesday following increased buying by local jewellers and retailers, reported news agency Press Trust of India (PTI) quoting the All India Sarafa Association. Silver followed suit and

The rupee strengthened by 6 paise to 71.01 against the dollar in early trade on Wednesday at the forex market on some selling of the greenback by exporters and banks amid sustained foreign fund inflows. A positive opening for the stock markets also boosted the domestic

Leading telecom operators such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio are offering a number of postpaid plans with multiple benefits to attract customers. Besides the regular unlimited calling and data benefits, telecom companies are also offering