Centre amends Electoral Bond scheme to open a fresh one-week window for sales of such bonds starting Nov. 9

Centre amends Electoral Bond scheme to open a fresh one-week window for sales of such bonds starting Nov. 9

Weeks ahead of the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh polls, the Centre on November 7, 2022 amended the Electoral Bond Scheme to grant itself the power to spell out an extra fortnight of electoral bond sales in years when States and Union Territories with a legislature have polls, and used the power to open a fresh … Read more

Why S&P BSE 500 ETF can be a good starting point for new investors

Why S&P BSE 500 ETF can be a good starting point for new investors

The year 2021 acted as a comeback of sorts as businesses and schools started reopening and people slowly but surely tried to inch back to normal life. The stock markets continued with their spectacular run and saw increasing participation by retail investors as exemplified by the growth in mutual fund Assets Under Management (AUM) and … Read more

Starting a Family When You Have HIV

Starting a Family When You Have HIV

If you’re living with HIV and are thinking about having kids – you can. With the right care and medication, people living with HIV can have healthy pregnancies and children, without transmitting HIV to a partner or child. “We’ve come to a place where we have really wonderful medications and medical advances that advocates of … Read more

‘People are starting to see light at the end of the tunnel’

‘People are starting to see light at the end of the tunnel’

Senior doctors at a hospital in Wales have described the mounting pressure to help patients who’ve suffered delayed treatment during the pandemic. Clinicians say many staff are burnt out and they’re highlighting a mountain of work ahead of them but they’re also “starting to see light at the end of the tunnel”. BBC News spent … Read more