The Hindu Is PPF still attractive?

You can renew PPF account till retirement and each renewal will be a block of five years after an initial period of 15 years. This makes PPF an optimal investment for retirement portfolio.

The Hindu Morning Digest: Maha Kumbh set to begin in Prayagraj with Shahi Snan; Ramesh Bidhuri refutes AAP’s claims on being BJP’s CM face, and more

Here is a select list of stories to start the day.

The Hindu Companies look to localise data storage, telecom tech

Moving away from China, firms are pushing for producing networking equipment in India; data storage within the country is slowly picking up pace as local servers and data centres come up

The Hindu All about the utility of hybrid mutual funds

If you want to maintain equity exposure at a certain level, you may pick a hybrid fund; SEBI has set ranges and within these, there is tracking/rebalancing by the fund manager

The Hindu BC Association for 42% local body reservations

The Declaration promises, among various measures for the development of the umbrella community, an “increase in BC reservations in local bodies to 42% from the present 23% within six months of assuming power”.

The Hindu An unlikely mystery: studies shed new light on how genes are made

In 1970, Japanese-American biologist Susumu Ohno proposed that the main source of new genes is gene duplication. When the body’s genome has two copies of the same gene, one copy can continue to provide the original function while the other is free to mutate and acquire new functions

The Hindu Myanmar junta air strike kills 15 civilians: ethnic rebel group

The junta has been accused of carrying out multiple attacks on civilian targets as it struggles to quell resistance to its 2021 coup.

The Hindu Lohri, harbinger of inner light

The Hindu Govt. sponsoring attacks on rival parties’ leaders, offices: BRS

They alleged that the Chief Minister was creating teams in every constituency to attack the rival parties’ leaders and offices.

The Hindu Revanth Reddy govt. not containing attacks on minorities as he has RSS roots: Kavitha

She said violence against the minorities had increased in Telangana since the Chief Minister, who also holds the portfolio of Home, was “acting as a mute spectator”.

The Hindu Special investigation team to intensify probe into abuse of minor Dalit girl

The number of arrests in the case has risen to 27, including four minors

The Hindu A hundred years ago | New invention in telegraphy

The Hindu Fifty years ago | Idol made plaintiff in Sivapuram Nataraja case

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The Hindu Telangana incurring huge expenditure on interest payments of ₹17,080 crore by Nov-end

This is 96.34% of ₹17,729 crore projected for the current fiscal

The Hindu Saudi Arabia urges Syria sanctions relief at talks with regional, EU diplomats

The Gulf kingdom, the region's biggest economy, is seeking to increase its influence in Syria after Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad last month, analysts say.