MUMBAI: Domestic financial markets, including stock exchanges and the forex market, will remain closed on Thursday for Mahavir Jayanti and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti. On Wednesday, equity indices gave up early gains to close in the red for the third session on the trot, weighed by selling in banking and finance counters amid inflationary pressures…Continue Reading

NEW DELHI: The Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) on Wednesday approved financial assistance of Rs 33.18 lakh for its Target Olympics Podium Scheme’s (TOPS) development archers. The beneficiaries include Parth Salunkhe, Aditya Choudhary, Dipti Kumari, Simranjeet Kaur, Neeraj Chauhan, Ridhi, Madhu Vedwan, Sudhanshu Bisht, Divyansh Kumar, and Tisha Punia. Each archer…Continue Reading

One-time financial assistance of Rs 50,000 given to 21,235 families of Covid victims: Delhi minister

The Delhi government has provided a one-time financial assistance of Rs 50,000 to 21,235 families that lost their near ones to COVID-19, Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said on Monday. Separately, 9,484 of the 12,668 applications received have been approved for a monthly pension of Rs 2,500, he said at a press conference. Under…Continue Reading

Taking a home loan? Make sure your financial plan isn’t hit, ask yourself these 5 questions

Updated: 30 Oct 2021, 02:48 PM IST1/6​Can you afford to take a home loan?You, like many others, too may be tempted to bag those decade-low interest rates on home loans and make the most of slashed real estate prices before things starting recovering and going back to normal. As much as these external factors seem…Continue Reading