Credit risk funds underperform liquid funds. Why you should stay away from the category?
Credit risk funds have always been vulnerable to its investments of up to 65% (and more) in the lower-rated instruments. To earn higher returns than the rest of the debt categories, the fund manager buys high-yielding, low credit quality bonds.
How to withdraw money from NPS account for treatment of coronavirus infection
The PFRDA, in a circular dated April 9, 2020, has declared coronavirus infection as a critical illness that is life-threatening in nature. Accordingly, partial withdrawal from NPS has been allowed for covering expenses related to the treatment of COVID-19.
Knocked down by lockdown? Here is how you can sail through
Events such as losses, layoffs, unpaid leaves and salary cuts also affect us mentally, particularly in case of business shutdown. Layoffs or unpaid leaves for a long time can leave us extremely demotivated. This is where our self-belief matters the most; our belief in our self, our attitude and our capabilities.
COVID-19: Indian-American Senator appointed member of committee to address Washington's eco recovery
The committee will consist of four Democrat and three Republican senators. Democratic senators include David Frockt, Manka Dhingra, Christine Rolfes and Rebecca Saldana and Republicans include senators Randi Becker, Tim Sheldon, while one member is yet to be named.
Stay home, reflect and be part of something bigger: Sunita Williams to Indian students stuck in US
Indian-American NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has advised Indian students stranded in the US due to the coronavirus-linked global travel restrictions to use the occasion to think how they could be a productive and positive addition to the society.
Donald Trump taps Indian-American lawyer as US representative to World Bank's lending arm IBRD
Ashok Michael Pinto, who has worked as a Special Assistant and Associate Counsel to former president George W Bush, was on Monday nominated as US Alternate Executive Director of IBRD for a term of two years.
150000 Indians register to be repatriated from UAE
The Indian embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Indian Consulate in Dubai started e-registrations on Wednesday night to form a database of those wanting to return to India. Over 50% of the applicants are from Kerala. Malayalees comprise more than 1 million of the 3.4 million Indians in the UAE.
Indians among worst COVID-19 affected ethnic groups in England
Figures released this week by the National Health Service England show that of the 13,918 patients who died in hospitals till April 17 after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, 16.2 per cent were of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background and those identifying with Indian ethnicity made up 3 per cent of that.
Trump's plan to suspend immigration would affect Indians waiting to migrate to US
Trump's plan to temporarily suspend immigration in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and to protect American jobs, has shocked Indian IT companies and technology professionals. As they anxiously await how the restrictions will pan out, New York-based immigration lawyer Cyrus D Mehta explained its likely impact.
COVID-19: Many Indian-American doctors in frontline make ultimate sacrifice
Indian-American Dr Madhvi Aya, who contracted the coronavirus in the line of duty in New York, the country's COVID-19 epicentre, could only exchange text messages with her husband and daughter from her hospital bed before she lost the battle to the deadly virus.
Canadian permanent residents stranded in India as special flights are only accommodating citizens
In official emails to permanent residents who have enquired about the availability of these flights, the high commission has indicated that at this point, the flights are available only to Canadian citizens and their immediate family members who are permanent residents and accompanying them on the flights.
On Social Change
It’s incumbent upon every married woman to quickly bear a son.… She could be dismissed as a dokhtar zai, or ‘she who only brings daughters’.
Managing Complexity
Architectural capabilities are an important subset of dynamic capabilities that enable managers to see a complex technical system in an abstract way.
The Power of Ideas
Most of us are a lot like those monkeys. On the upside, we learn from one another, we don’t let down our mates, and we get along.
Managing Tomorrow
“It is information,” he wrote, “that enables knowledge workers to do their job.” This is especially true for executives.
Smarter Gadgets
Despite all the interest in eye-catching designs, cognitive science suggests most opportunities for the IoT will arise by creating useful offerings.
On Smart Strategy
The smart, connected products — made possible by vast improvements in processing power and device miniaturisation and by the network benefits of ubiquitous wireless connectivity — have unleashed a new era of competition.
Managing Talent
Great managers know and value the unique abilities and even the eccentricities of their employees.
Managing data sets
Global enterprises will be able to use big data sets to generate business hypotheses around innovation and new value creation.
On Tax Design
The first step to implementing a better system is to out the stateless income gamers, whether US or foreign-based.
Patient Issues
The brain gives us two ways to evaluate experiences like suffering — how we apprehend such experiences in the moment and how we look at them afterward.
Changing Tra
A second general lesson is that critical mistakes in any phase can have a devastating impact, slowing momentum and negating hard-won gains.
Market Trends
Major shifts in the composition of the S&P 500 since the mid-1990s have led to a higher aggregate profit margin for the index.
Political Praxis
If rulers can change the law to suit themselves, the rule of law does not exist, even if the laws are applied uniformly to the rest of society.
Donations to Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra eligible for exemption from income tax
In a notification issued Friday, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) allowed tax exemption to donations under Section 80 G of the Income Tax Act, on the grounds that the structure would be a “place of historic importance and a place of public worship”.
