It is that time of the year when many of us would be anxious to meet advance tax payment obligations and see if we can minimize our tax outgo. Although Finance Act 2021 has sought to simplify tax computation by, among other things, reducing the tax rates for those opting to forgo exemptions/deductions under various…

That change is the only constant over time may sound a bit trite to most of us. Yet the rate of change is changing so rapidly that we sometimes have to hark back to poets to make sense of the turmoil that is overtaking our lives. Following memorable lines from T. S. Eliot might be…

That change is the only constant over time may sound a bit trite to most of us. Yet the rate of change is changing so rapidly that we sometimes have to hark back to poets to make sense of the turmoil that is overtaking our lives. Following memorable lines from T. S. Eliot might be…

Deposit Insurance: Now that the Deposit Insurance & Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC), Amendment Bill 2021 has been promulgated, DICGC becomes liable to pay bank depositors when any direction, order or scheme is passed which prohibits the depositors of the insured bank from accessing their deposits. DICGC is required to pay the depositors the insured amount…

After hogging headlines for over two weeks, the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Glasgow, where almost 200 countries came together to find ways to prevent global temperature rising beyond the critical threshold, has concluded. In terms of outcome, however, it is a case of mountains labouring…

Recently I was checking the prices of shares of some of the iconic companies in the US stock exchanges. Amazon Inc was going at $ 3500 while Alphabet (Google’s parent) was at $ 2450, which in rupee terms would be over 1.8 lacs. And if you wanted a share of Berkshire Hathaway, it would cost...

When the current crop of senior citizens were toddlers, their grandparents presumably, would herd them into a familiar corner of the corridor and as the evening shadows lengthened, conjure up a rich humid world of spirits and dreams made real by buzzing mosquitoes, prehistoric reptiles (which even Steven Spielberg wouldn’t have dreamed of), marsh rabbits...

Software driven platforms have come to increasingly rule our lives and now we have the flying horse, not from Greek mythology, but AI-enhanced cryptographic software Pegasus from Israel. It truly is a season of flying horses, start-ups and IPOs. IPOs are essential to provide fresh,high powered capital that drives investments and provides depth and diversity...

During early 2000s, economies of China and Brazil were growing at breakneck speed. Between 2003 to 2013, China's GDP per person grew by more than five times, from $1,288 to $7,050. Brazil's GDP per person also quadrupled during the same period, from $3,070 to $12,300. But by 2019, while China recorded a per capita GDP...

It has the lowest density of all metals. It reacts vigorously with water. Though not as rare as precious metals like gold, silver, and platinum, it's set to have a dominant industrial usage in an increasingly electronic world. No wonder, lithium is being called the 21st century oil!Australia, Chile, China and Argentina are the top lithium...