• Post Office India: Four saving schemes you need to know

    India Post is largely synonymous with postal services across the country. However, it also offers many savings schemes. Some of the saving schemes offered by India Post under Post Office Saving Schemes are very customer-friendly. One can open a bank account with India Post by visiting the nearest post office branch. The minimum amount required […]

    Noopur PraveenJanuary 27, 2021/1:06 PM IST
  • Budget 2021: All eyes on FM Nirmala Sitharaman as economy needs a strong push

    With the pandemic taking a toll on many businesses and many salaried employees losing their jobs, all eyes are on the upcoming budget. The list of expectations is huge considering that many sectors have fallen prey to the pandemic. However, below are some of them that I believe should be addressed on priority: 1) With […]

    Aarti KhannaJanuary 27, 2021/1:00 PM IST
  • Reopening of schools a relief in rural areas of Maharashtra, feel teachers

    Shrimant Jadhav, Headmaster, Zilla Parishad School, Dighol Deshpande village, said online education was an alternative option but the mode has failed in rural areas.

    Press Trust of IndiaJanuary 26, 2021/11:51 PM IST
  • Delhi-NCR has maximum stuck housing units at 1.9 lakh worth nearly Rs 1.2 lakh cr: Report

    New Delhi: The Delhi-NCR property market has maximum stuck housing units at 1.9 lakh, worth nearly Rs 1.2 lakh crore, that were delayed by at least seven years, according to property consultant Anarock. A total of 1,90,120 housing units, worth Rs 1,19,291 crore, were stuck in the Delhi-NCR as of 2020-end. These flats were launched […]

    Press Trust of IndiaJanuary 26, 2021/12:36 PM IST
  • A look at how this Bihar-based businessman managed to stave off coronavirus-induced crisis

    With Covid-19 induced lockdown, many small businessmen lost their daily bread. People were confined to their homes and the sales of many non-essential businesses came to a standstill. In such a situation, when someone executes out of the box ideas to survive, it becomes an inspiration for everyone One such small businessman is Rakesh Mandal […]

    Hemanshi TewariJanuary 26, 2021/11:53 AM IST
  • Broke at the end of every month? Here’s how you can avoid month-end money crunch

    Your salary has been credited — This text message is enough to make us smile for the initial 20 days of the month. But, how’s life after that? As the month-end comes near, we start restricting our expenses because perhaps till then, we have exceeded our spending limit. Month-end money crunch is a reality which […]

    Hemanshi TewariJanuary 26, 2021/11:24 AM IST
  • Here’s how a Kanpur-based chemist bounced back post-lockdown

    Who knew that suddenly there will be a worldwide shortage of toilet papers, people will start making memes on World War 3, Pentagon will release UFO videos, and Kim Jong-Un will disappear for days leaving everyone paranoid? The world came into a halt and Elon Musk’s choice of his baby name perplexed everyone. The world […]

    Hemanshi TewariJanuary 26, 2021/11:21 AM IST
  • Nine things you should remember to keep your ATM card transactions safe

    ‘Digital India’ mission had already seen a rise in card transactions and post-pandemic, imagining our life without ATM cards is almost impossible. There have been numerous reports of many ATM card-related frauds. Here are nine things you should remember in order to safeguard your transactions. Make sure you keep changing the PIN from time to […]

    Hemanshi TewariJanuary 26, 2021/10:22 AM IST
  • Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik urges ministers, High Court judges to adopt schools

    Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday urged Orissa High Court judges, two Union ministers from the state and all ministers, MLAs and MPs of Odisha to adopt government schools under the ‘Mo School’ initiative. In a letter to the elected representatives and judges, Patnaik advised them to adopt the schools in which they had studied […]

    Press Trust of IndiaJanuary 26, 2021/9:12 AM IST