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The microfinance system within self-help groups is meant to help the poorest and marginalised section of society. There are around 700 such groups run by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), and they have recorded a 100% recovery of loans taken in the ...

New Delhi: 'Padmaavat', the Sanjay Leela Bhansali magnum opus, which released today, has been embroiled into a controversy since its inception. While various Hindu and Rajput fringe outfits have raised objections over the epic drama, the Supreme Court has ...

'The childhood urge to amass wealth may account for one's inexplicable urge to stockpile change, for there is nothing more gratifying than to lift a box heavy with one's treasure, more satisfying somehow than all the zeroes the Kochhars, Modis and Mallyas appear to have allegedly scammed our banks over,' says Kishore Singh.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com My nest egg consists of nothing more than a few containers of coins amassed for pleasure and not intended as a hedge against inflation.

FinTech platform Kaleidofin announced that it has raised USD 2.8 million in a seed round of investments to accelerate customer acquisition pan-India, expand the company's network of strategic partners, and enable deep investments in technology and analytics.

My dear countrymen, Namaskar. Today is the holy day of Ram Navami. My heartiest greetings to countrymen on this pious, festive occasion. We have seen how closely the power of ‘Ram Naam’, the chant of Lord Ram’s name, permeated every moment ...

'Modi is the first BJP leader to try to include Dalits in its fold.''But the rank and file of his party is backward and want to bash up Muslims and Dalits whenever they have a chance.' In Raisina Model: Indian Democracy at 70, his new book, the British economist and peer Meghnad Desai discusses the journey the country he was born in has taken so far. Like many former British colonies, Lord Desai notes, India adopted the Westminster Model, but it 'Indianised it into the Raisina Model'.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday registered a case on a complaint from Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) against a private sugar company based at Simbhaoli in Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh for defaulting loan.The case is registered against ...

The rising popularity of Heritage Walks is uncovering forgotten historic sites all over India.Sadiya Upade reports. Don't miss: These forgotten forts in Mumbai are worth your timePhotograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com.   'If you go back to the 16th century, the Portuguese had complete monopoly over the sea trade route to India from Europe,' begins Alisha Sadikot, who runs the Inheritage Project in Mumbai. 'Jan Huygen van Linschoten, a name largely forgotten, changed all that. An ...

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s first rural mart has been set up in Anantnag district to promote and market the handicraft products manufactured by the women self help groups (SHGs) in the state, a NABARD official said today. The National Bank for ...