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EPF or Employees' Provident Fund claim's status can also be checked via Umang app.

EPF or Employees' Provident Fund is a mandatory contribution from the salary of an individual that every organisation with more than 20 employees has to deduct. EPFO (Employees' Provident Fund Organisation), which comes under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, is
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The rupee is down about 6 per cent against the US dollar so far this year

The rupee weakened further against the US dollar today. The rupee touched 68.15 against the greenback in morning. Continued strength in the US dollar against a basket of currencies and rising crude oil prices continue to put pressure

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Technical charts showed the National Stock Exchange's (NSE) Nifty50 in a downtrend.

Spike in crude oil prices, falling Indian rupee against the US dollar and BJP losing out to Congress-JD (S) alliance in the Karnataka State assembly polls, are expected
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Airtel's Rs 558 plan directly counters Vodafone's Rs 549 prepaid plan.

Indian telecom industry is currently in a highly-competitive mode, steered by the data war initiated by Reliance Jio. Other telecom incumbents like Bharti Airtel and Vodafone are
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The interns will receive a stipend of Rs 10,000 a month to be paid at the end of internship

The government of India's ministry of electronics and information technology (MeIT) is currently offering two-month long digital India internships to the engineering students. The internship is extendable by one more month.
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Telecom incumbents can be seen frequently coming up with new plans.

To take on Reliance Jio's Rs 509 prepaid recharge plan, Bharti Airtel recently launched a new pack priced at Rs 558. Airtel's Rs 558 prepaid plan offers 3GBs of per day data for a
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A selloff witnessed in pharma, metal, auto and realty shares dragged the key indices lower

The stock markets extended losses to a fifth straight session, with BSE benchmark index Sensex closing 232 points lower on Monday. While the 30-scrip Sensex settled at 34,616, the NSE Nifty ended 79 points lower at

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Mondays revision marks an eighth consecutive hike in petrol and diesel prices in the four metros

Petrol and diesel prices today were increased in the range of 33-34 paise per litre and 25-27 paise per litre across Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai. That marked fresh all-time highs of petrol and diesel

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The validity of these add-on packs depends on the user's existing plan.

Idea Cellular has announced two new prepaid recharge plans priced at Rs 53 and Rs 92, as mentioned on the official website of the telecom operator. These plans offered by Idea are
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Gold prices declined by Rs 75 in Delhi on Monday

Gold prices today dropped below Rs 31,900 per 10 grams mark in Delhi. Gold prices today slipped by Rs 75 to Rs 31,875 per 10 grams at the bullion market today, news agency Press Trust of India reported. Muted demand from local jewellers and weakness in

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The sbicard.com enables you to calculate the benefits on the IRCTC SBI platinum card

Indian Railways' ticketing arm (IRCTC: Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corporation) offers a platinum card in collaboration with the country's largest lender (State Bank of India: SBI) that enables you to save while booking the
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The cheapest petrol is available in Panjim where a litre comes for Rs 70.26.

New Delhi:Petrol price today touched a record high of Rs 76.24 per litre and diesel climbed to its highest ever level of Rs 67.57 as the oil PSUs passed on four weeks of relentless rise in international oil prices to consumers. Petrol price today increased by 33 paisa a
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In February, PNB disclosed it had discovered some fraudulent transactions amounting to Rs 11,390 crore.

New Delhi: Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Punjab National Bank's rating citing the impact of recent fraud on its capital as well as weak internal controls. However, the outlook to the rating has been retained as stable which reflects
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The sbicard.com enables you to calculate the benefits on the IRCTC SBI platinum card

Indian Railways' ticketing arm (IRCTC: Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corporation) offers a platinum card in collaboration with the country's largest lender (State Bank of India: SBI) that enables you to save while booking the
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Loan against property can also be called an all-purpose loan.

State Bank of India (SBI) offers loans against property under its personal finance portfolio. SBI's loans against property give cash requirements against the individual's asset (or
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ICICI Bank Travel Card offers Rs 10,000 cashback to customers on international spends.

ICICI Bank is offering Rs 10,000 as cashback on purchases via ICICI Bank Travel Card, the bank said on Monday. ICICI Bank, India's largest private sector bank by
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There is a mountain train journey that commences from Kallar, near Mettupalayam to Ooty

IRCTC Tourism offers a five-day long trip to Ooty from Chennai starting at Rs 6,400. Ooty is known as the queen of hill stations and the capital of Nilgiris district. Nilgiris means blue mountains. It is a land of picturesque
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NPS subscriber can choose between the active choice and auto choice asset allocation

To secure an individual and their family's future, it is often advised to take a pension savings plan. Among several such pension savings plans in the market, the National Pension System (NPS) is considered credible and safe as it's
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Fortis Healthcare operates about 45 healthcare facilities in India, Dubai, Mauritius.

Three directors of Fortis Healthcare have quit ahead of a shareholder vote on Tuesday to decide their future, the company said, the latest twist in a prolonged
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There is no need to carry multiple documents for passport services now.

UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India)'s Aadhaar card has made passport application and renewal easier, said an official tweet posted by UIDAI's official account. There
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Bank of India has an exposure of Rs 1,993 crore to Bhushan Steel (now acquired by Tata Steel Friday)

Kolkata: Bank of India (BOI) is anticipating its business to grow at the rate of 8 to 10 per cent in the fiscal 2019, said an official on Saturday. The state-run bank managed to recover Rs 9,000 crore in the fourth quarter on account of its
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Travel period on AirAsia'a offer starts on November 1, 2018.

AirAsia India has come up with a discount scheme and is offering domestic flight tickets starting at Rs. 999. Under its offer, AirAsia India is offering flights from a host of cities such as Bhubaneswar, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Ranchi, Kochi and Guwahati, according to the airline's website -
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The State Bank of India (SBI), like other financial institutions, offers personal loans for the needs that range from travel expenses (domestic or foreign), medical treatment of self or family member, financial liability such as marriage of son or
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As brent crude oil prices hit $80 per barrel for the first time since late 2014 on looming US sanctions on Iran, the impact on India is not far away since it imports nearly 80 percent of its oil consumption from abroad. Other factors that contributed
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Prices at the pump have surged on the back of rallying international markets for crude oil

New Delhi: The government is looking at ways to keep rising fuel prices in check, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday, with retail rates for diesel and petrol touching record highs in Delhi and Mumbai.

Prices at the pump have surged on the back of

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Since its launch in 2014, e-tourist visa scheme has filled the coffers of Indian government by around Rs 1,400 crore. The government offers e-visa to the citizens of 163 countries. The popular visa service has been availed by nearly 19 lakh tourists
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Nirav Modi, his sister Purvi Mehta, her husband Mayank Mehta may not have been found by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Rs 13,000-crore worth PNB (Punjab National Bank) fraud, but the investigative agency is inching towards
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The stock markets started Monday's session on a choppy note, with the key indices see-sawing between gains and losses. Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark index Sensex traded in the range of 34,973-34,758 in morning deals. The Sensex had closed 300 points lower at 34,848 on Friday, declining for a fourth

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Indian Railways' Deen Dayalu coaches have provision of cushioned luggage rakes.

700 modern unreserved 'Deen Dayalu' coaches will be added to Indian Railways trains by the end of 2018, informed Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways in a tweet posted by his
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Jio's prepaid recharge plan priced at Rs 799 offers 140GBs of 4G high speed data.

The launch of Reliance Jio in 2016 led to a price war in the telecom market. Jio simply stormed into the market offering free voice-calls and low-cost data plans, further
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