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A New Fund Offer (NFO) is the first-time subscription launch of a mutual fund scheme by an asset management company (AMC). Many investors are drawn to NFOs because they believe joining early offers special advantages or lower costs. But is investing in an NFO always...

New Delhi: The free trade agreement between India and the four-nation European bloc EFTA will be implemented from October 1, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Saturday. The two sides signed the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) March 10, 2024. Under the pact,...

Washington: President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch Friday, a day after the newspaper published a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. The move came shortly after the Justice Department...

New Delhi: Calling recent media reports on Air India Ahmedabad crash “premature and speculative,” the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has urged the media and public to wait for the final report from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), which is leading the inquiry...

New Delhi: India and the US teams have concluded the fifth round of talks for the proposed bilateral trade agreement (BTA) in Washington July 17, an official said. The negotiations were held for four days (July 14-17) in Washington. "The Indian team is coming back,"...

Lahore: Pakistan has extended the closure of its airspace for flights operated by Indian airlines by another month till August 24, the Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) said. No aircraft operated by Indian airlines, or military and civilian flights that are Indian-owned or leased, will be...

New Delhi: Hours after the European Union (EU) agreed upon an 18th round of sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, India Friday said that it does not subscribe to any unilateral sanction measures and that there should be no "double standards", especially when...

Mumbai: Pilots' association ALPA India Friday called for including its representatives as observers in the ongoing probe into the Air India plane crash that killed 260 people last month, and welcomed the AAIB's appeal asking everyone to refrain from speculations. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau...

New Delhi: India's most valuable company Reliance Industries Friday reported its highest-ever quarterly profit of Rs 26,994 crore for the April-June quarter, reflecting a growth of 78.3 per cent over the year-ago period, driven by consumer businesses and investment sales. The oil-to-retail-to-telecom conglomerate's consolidated net...

India's water issue has long put rural livelihoods, agricultural sustainability, and environmental health at risk. There has never been a more pressing need for scalable, community-driven water conservation solutions due to unpredictable weather patterns, groundwater depletion, and irregular monsoons. One organisation leading the charge is...