Thursday, Jun 30, 2022
Jan 13, 2022 Meghna Maiti Saving and investing towards a down-payment for a house depends on amount needed, time horizon and need for safety of the corpus. Here’s how to go about it.
Dec 06, 2021 Harsh Kumar Taking a home loan has costs beyond just the interest rates. One also needs to look at the processing fee, conversion charges and stamp duty. Some of these are negotiable.
Fintech firms may ask you for less documentation on personal loans. Know what's required and the risks to keep in mind
Mar 26, 2021 Outlook Web Bureau This will be implemented under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana to promote the participation of private/public institutions for construction, operation and maintenance of rental housing complexes for urban migrants/poor
The credit-linked subsidy scheme for the middle income group with an annual income of Rs 6 lakh to Rs 18 lakh was operationalised from May 2017 and extended up to March 2021.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also said the interest rate on housing building advance will be lowered and linked to the 10-year G-sec yields.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union budget on Friday and said the NDA government had set the ball rolling for a "new India" in its first term, saying there is a lot to cheer about for the middle class.
Now, loans for upto Rs.30 lakh, the new rate will be 8.4%, up 5 bps, while for those between Rs.30 lakh and Rs.75 lakh, the new rate will be 8.60%, up 20 bps.
Around 32,000 homebuyers of as many as 27 Jaypee projects are left in lurch after the NCLT admitted a plea of the IDBI Bank for initiating insolvency proceedings against the debt-ridden company for defaulting on Rs 526-crore loan.
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
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A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
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Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Jan 15, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Jan 08, 2022 Rakhi Bose 
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
Jan 01, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.
Dec 28, 2021 Tanvir Aeijaz 
