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It is that time of the financial year! Now is when you need to make sure that you have paid your due taxes and if not then you need to do it over the next 2 months. Here’s how taxation works for people with more than one property.

How does tax work if you have more than one property? Spurred by rising income and soaring aspirations, more and more people these days are looking for investment options which could fetch them handsome returns. And for those with sufficient...

Investing in gold is neither good for you nor the economy. Invest in property instead.

P Chidambaram says restriction on gold imports helped control current account deficit - The... Finance minister P Chidambaram has identified quantitative curbs and enhanced tariffs on gold imports as an important factor in bringing India’s current account deficit (CAD) under control this year.

Pre-2005 currency note withdrawal not to get black money or prevent tax evasion,but to reduce counterfeiting: RBI

Look at the long-term wealth creation opportunities which the tax savings products offer.

Don’t buy wrong plans in a hurry to save taxes - The Times of India January-February-March , which in the industry parlance are referred to as JFM months, is that time of the year when a lot of people suddenly wake up to the fact that they have just a few weeks to either invest or buy an insurance to save on tax outgo for the current financial year.

Burgernomics/The Big Mac index: A light hearted way to examine the purchasing power parity between nations, using the cost of a Big Mac as the benchmark.

Burgernomics: Which country has the cheapest Big Mac? The "Big Mac index" compares the price of the McDonald's hamburger around the world to determine whether a currency is overvalued.

January is almost over. How are you performing on the goals you set for yourselves?

The cities in not such a distant future could have ‘highrise farms’. Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut’s 132-floor "urban farm" is designed for the estimated 6 billion people that are likely to live in cities by then.
‘Callebaut's solution is the 'Dragonfly' - a design for a massive, twin-towered, "vertical farm" on New York's Roosevelt Island. From each tower springs a large, glass-and-steel wing, so that the edifice resembles the insect after which it was named. The draft structure includes areas for meat, dairy and egg production, orchards, meadows and rice fields along with offices and flats, gardens and public recreation spaces.’-- TOI

Idea of 'highrise farms' for future cities takes root - The Times of India It is the design of Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut for a 132-floor "urban farm" - the answer, he believes, to a healthier future for the estimated six billion people who will live in cities by 2050.

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Currency notes issued prior to 2005 to be withdrawn to curb black money.

RBI to withdraw all currency notes issued before 2005 - Business Today The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday decided to withdraw all currency notes issued prior to 2005, including Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations, after March 31 in a move apparently aimed at curbing black money and fake currencies."After March 31, 2014, it (RBI) will completely withdraw from ci...

Here’s some entertainment to start your Wednesday on a fun note..

Davis & White perform their Indian OD Meryl Davis & Charlie White perform their Indian folk dance OD at the national figure skating championships gala. They are the winners of this event for the ...