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By Howard Levitt and Kathryn Marshall

NPS vs PPF vs EPF: Selecting the right investment vehicle is essential when planning for retirement. In India, three popular options with distinct advantages and features are the Public Provident Fund (PPF), National Pension System (NPS), and Employees' Provident Fund (EPF). However, there is no one-size-fits-all strategy. Choosing between the NPS, PPF, and EPF depends on the individual's financial goals and risk tolerance. Financial experts recommend starting retirement investments at a young age—the earlier, the better—to experience the power of compounding.

A new law strengthening protections for pregnant workers has been a lifeline to many low-wage women seeking accommodations from employers who might otherwise have forced them into unpaid leave

«Today also I am feeling the same thing that there is a froth in this market, there is a froth in SME, there is a froth in IPO and of course many stocks. The retailer investors, as you say are innocent people, so they should be careful,» says Vijay Kedia, MD, Kedia Securities. What is your view on the market? You have been ever bullish on the markets we know that. But what are the big themes that you are looking forward to because this is the event that we are having after the new government that has been formed, so the kind of themes that are emerging out to the market, is there anything new theme that you are looking forward to? Vijay Kedia: I do not know. I am still following the old themes of infrastructure and manufacturing.

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to offer 15 road projects worth Rs 44,000 crore, covering 900 km, for bids under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) mode in FY25. If successful, this could mark the comeback of public-private-partnership projects in highways. The government earlier this year amended the model concession agreement to make it attractive for the private sector to invest in road construction. The 15 projects for this fiscal year are a part of the government’s plan to offer 53 projects worth over `. 2.2 lakh crore, covering route length of 5,200 km, under BOT mode over the next three to five years. Capitalising on Interest:

The federal judge presiding over the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers against the NFL voiced frustrations with the way the plaintiffs’ attorneys have handled their side of the case

In the panel session ‘Challenges and benefits of CBDCs, tokenised deposits, and stablecoin adoption’, speakers David Cunningham, head of strategy and partnerships for digital assets, treasury, and trade solutions at Citi; Manuel Klein, market management payments and digital currencies, cash management at Deutsche Bank; Alessandro Roveda, head of network services solutions at Nexi Group; Gilbert Verdian, founder and CEO of Quant; and Phoebe Zhou, head of emerging payments, GPS Europe at HSBC, discussed how various countries manage public and private money.

Farming and biofuels organizations are hopeful that ethanol could be used to power passenger jets, but making that dream a reality hasn’t been easy

Voters who don’t expect to be able to cast ballots themselves are scrambling to make their voices heard in France’s high-stakes legislative election

ALSO READ: Babar Azam deserves no place in Pakistan's T20 cricket team: Virender Sehwag says, 'I may sound harsh, but...'According to a report by The Express Tribune, some players are even considering playing in local leagues in the United Kingdom, while others plan to spend time with friends and family in London.In the meantime, head coach Gary Kirsten and assistant coach Azhar Mahmood will head to their respective homes.ALSO READ: 'There's no unity in Pakistan's team': Head coach Gary Kirsten lashes out after dismal performance in T20 World CupGary Kirsten appeared deeply disappointed and frustrated with Pakistan's dismal performance and eve stated that there is 'no unity' within the Pakistan team."There's no unity in Pakistan's team. They call it a team, but it isn't a team.

Collins on Tuesday cautioned against getting carried away with recent inflation data that suggested price pressures may again be retreating back to the U.S. central bank's goal. «It is too soon to determine whether inflation is durably on a path back to the 2% target,» Collins said in the text of a speech to a group in Lawrence, Massachusetts. «We should not over-react to a month or two of promising news, just as it was not appropriate to take too much (of a) signal from the disappointing data at the beginning of this year,» she said.

A new law strengthening protections for pregnant workers has been a lifeline to many low-wage women seeking accommodations from employers who might otherwise have forced them into unpaid leave

New York City warehouse workers who are part of the Amazon Labor Union have overwhelmingly voted to align themselves with the Teamsters as they try to get a contract from the online retailer

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₹18,000 crore in a follow-on public offer in April.In a note to clients, JP Morgan said that the company expects to have adequate cash to repay annual government dues starting FY28.“Vodafone Idea believes that post moratorium-end next year and spectrum payments restarting, it will need government support in FY26/27 and after that it believes its cash generation should be sufficient to repay annual government dues," analysts at the brokerage said in the note seen by Mint.The Aditya Birla Group-promoted telecom services provider owes the government $24.5 billion or more than ₹2 trillion for spectrum bought in prior auctions as well as dues from adjusted gross revenues or AGR, that it needs to start repaying. In FY26, it must pay $3.5 billion, then $4 billion each year from FY27 to FY31.“Given its cash crunch, it is in favour of converting the deferred amount ($3.5 billion) of this debt into equity from FY26, which we assume happens at ₹10 per share, driving dilution," the analysts added.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reiterated during testimony in federal court Monday that the league’s “Sunday Ticket” package, the subject of a class-action lawsuit, is a premium product while also defending the league’s broadcast model

Dozens of protesters have been arrested in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, in ongoing protests against proposed tax hikes in a finance bill that is due to be tabled in parliament

EVM and used to generate an 'unlocking' OTP. This incident has intensified calls from various political figures in India to replace EVMs with traditional ballot papers. Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has been vocal in his criticism of EVMs.

study abroad to demonstrate their readiness for academic success in English-speaking environments. Almost all universities in popular overseas education countries such as the US, UK, Australia & Canada, and even in emerging destination markets such as Germany, France, Singapore, Dubai among others requires an English Proficiency Test and accepts TOEFL iBT test scores for the same. The fear of taking an English proficiency test is often higher in aspirants who have studied in vernacular languages, as opposed to those who have had their education with English as a medium of instruction. However, with the right preparation and learning resources, aspiring Indian students can easily get the requisite scores for TOEFL test. The TOEFL iBT test is a crucial step for Indian students aiming to study in any domain across undergraduate, graduate or post graduate programs in English-speaking countries or enroll in English-taught programs globally. The test evaluates proficiency in English and the learner’s ability to understand and use it in an academic context. The TOEFL iBT assesses your English language proficiency across reading, listening, speaking, and writing.

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Many of us didn’t notice that the world’s biggest and second-biggest democratic exercises took place back to back, as our Lok Sabha election was followed by the just-concluded European Union (EU) elections during 6-9 June, with an electorate of nearly 400 million people. Indeed, 2024 is an electorally significant year, marked by the scheduled participation of about half of the world’s eligible voters across 60 different countries. Voters in the EU’s 27 member states cast their ballots to choose 720 representatives to the European Parliament in Brussels.