Health insurance is an excellent tax-saving instrument that can help you save taxes. Also, if you have a life insurance plan, you are eligible to enjoy tax-deductions. Having said that, tax-saving instruments aren't limited to insurance only.
With the tax season around the corner, everyone (especially salaried employees) wants to avail tax benefits.Salaried persons represent a major se Read more...
The Central Government through various ministries runs multiple programs for the welfare of senior citizens. Here is a snapshot of all such schemes.
Integrated Program for Older Persons (IPOP):
This program is run by The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Under this progr Read more...
Amidst the euphoria surrounding ISRO’s audacious achievements, few Indians pause to think about the legendary man who made it all possible. Here’s his inspiring story.
In the recent years, the audacious achievements of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) in the field of space technology have been frequently making headlines, giving the nation a sense of justifiable pride and inspiring many youngsters to r Read more...
57-year-old Dr MS Sunil distinctly recalls the day she visited her student Asha’s house. It was 2005, and the now-retired zoology teacher was then in-charge of National service scheme programme at Pathanamthitta Catholicate college.
In this middle of a purampokku land (piece of land common to all), stood a makeshift plastic shed that Asha called home.
After she lost her parents, her grandmother struggled Read more...
A train that has truly lived up to its name, the Lifeline Express continues to take medical aid to the doorstep of thousands of poor patients in India.
On July 16, 1991, the world’s first hospital on a train chugged out of Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus on its maiden journey. Twenty-six years later, the Lifeline Express (also called Jeevan Rekha Express) contin Read more...
