JOHANNESBURG: India may enter into a comprehensive trade and investment agreement with South Africa to bolster bilateral trade that has grown strongly despite the global slowdown. “We are going to examine a comprehensive economic co-operation agreement with South Africa as it is now our strategic partner,” commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma said at an ’India Show’ organised by industry bo ..... MORE >>>

NEW DELHI: While senior citizens will continue to enjoy greater tax exemption, women tax payers will lose their special status under the proposed Direct Taxes Code. The Bill proposes to raise the tax exemption limit for senior citizens above 65 years to Rs 2.5 lakh per annum from Rs 2.4 lakh at present. The income tax exemption limit for general tax payers has been proposed at Rs 2 lakh, up from R ..... MORE >>>

Personal loan may rescue you in an hour of need, but are you aware there exist not only better options but also more secured ones to get money quickly. Financial planners profess a personal loan should be the last item on your menu when shopping for money even if your requirement is immediate. Personal loans and loan on credit cards are responsible for today millions of people under debt trap. Yet ..... MORE >>>

The domestic stock markets seem to be oblivious to the dire predictions surrounding them about double-dip recession, Hindenburg Omen, and other major predictions of doom. The decibel levels of these predictions increased last week, particularly after an unrelenting parade of bad news on the economy - notably on jobs and housing emanating from the US. Globally, expectations of a sustained economic ..... MORE >>>

NEW DELHI: Amid reports that an Indian Army general was denied a visa to visit China, the country's envoy Zhang Yan visited South Block Friday afternoon to meet officials of the ministry of external affairs, sources said. They said Zhang was holding meetings with senior officials of the ministry. The Chinese envoy's South Block sojourn follows a media report that Lt. Gen. B.S. Jaswal, who heads th ..... MORE >>>