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Oindrila Sarkar

How to save taxes on the sale of commercial or residential property

The exemption shall not be available on properties constructed outside India.

20 Mar 2017

Take a virtual tour of the house before buying

16 Mar 2017

Low-skill IT, BPO jobs to disappear soon

Work like data entry, reading an invoice etc doesn’t need a human, unless he or she is doing more intelligent checks.

14 Mar 2017

Health insurance: An attractive tax saver

Among the multiplicity of taxes, we pay a whopping amount on income tax every year.

13 Mar 2017

Engineer-GOLFER talks of his perfect tee-off

Eagleton — The Golf Village near Bengaluru is India’s first private golf course which was built with the vision of the late Ashok Kumar Meda.

13 Mar 2017

Building an ecosystem for mothers

When a lot of her friends were turning parents, Naiyya Saggi, co-founder of Babychakra found that would-be mothers had a lot of questions which in the age of nuclear families were left unanswered.

09 Mar 2017

Lack of women mentors, advisors holding back the rise of women entrepreneurs

Despite more and more women breaking the glass ceiling in entrepreneurship, their representation remains skewed in the start-up ecosystem.

08 Mar 2017

Your favourite food just a click away

Craving for banana chips and plum cakes from Malabar Chips and Omana Paul cakes, or aromatic saffron from Kashmir, or Roopak masala from Delhi’s Karol Bagh?

23 Feb 2017

Your favourite food, just a click away

Cakes from Flurys, tea from Palanoor or gajak from Indore - this portal delivers food from across the country at your doorstep

23 Feb 2017

Favourite food from across India, just a click away

Craving for banana chips and plum cakes from Malabar Chips, or aromatic saffron from Kashmir or Roopak masala from Delhi’s Karol Bagh, www.placeoforigin.in is where you will find these and several oth

23 Feb 2017

Bill seeks to cap wedding spend

An unusual Bill that Parliament is likely to take in the next session has sent India’s `1 lakh-crore wedding industry into a tizzy.

19 Feb 2017

Modi’s pet project has many takers, but no givers

The amount disbursed under the Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency scheme saw a steep decline this year.

12 Feb 2017

Real estate to get a facelift under new law

Real estate companies, both residential and commercial, expect the sector to grow significantly after the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA) takes effect.

12 Feb 2017

Distressed railway porters look up to Budget 2017 with cautious optimism

Railway sahayaks are pessimistic about coming under the ambit of social security and are looking at the upcoming Budget with mixed hopes.

31 Jan 2017

Infra sector pins hopes on fiscal stimulus

With the de-legalisation of high-denomination currency crippling growth, the infrastructure sector would need a fresh round of fiscal stimulus to put growth back on track.

30 Jan 2017

India’s investment abroad soars, but still behind China

India’s outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) rose 32 percent in December 2016 to $2,488.14 million from 1,887.21 million in the same period in the previous year.

27 Jan 2017

Saving firms from tech-savvy millennials

A rise in cases of insider trading, hacking, violation of privacy and stealing of data for private and commercial use makes Forcepoint a very important point of reference for companies who want to red

26 Jan 2017

IT sector looks up to budget 2017 to show the way forward

The $143-billion IT/IT-enabled services sector is going through a paradigm shift on the back of increased commoditisation of traditional services and adoption of digital technologies.

24 Jan 2017