As of 31 March, the total outstanding term deposits with banks in rural India contracted by 1.05% to ₹6.99 trillion from a year earlier. This is the first time in eight years that term deposits in rural India have contracted.

(Vivek Kaul writes)

https://www.livemint.com/economy/rural-term-deposits-fall-for-first-time-in-eight-years-11624265846577.html

Google confirmed it was replacing the Engineering Residency with a new initiative, saying it is "always evaluating programs to ensure they evolve and adapt over time to meet the needs of our employees."

https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/google-drops-engineering-residency-after-protests-over-inequities-11624357754031.html

Crisil said evidence from countries such as the US and the UK suggests that scaling up vaccination quickly can help jump-start the economy.

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/govt-should-give-policy-support-to-minimise-covid-impact-on-livelihood-crisil-11624360509588.html

#PersonalFinance | The major reason for why investing in real estate doesn’t make much sense, is that home prices continue to remain very high for those who want to buy a home to live in it

(Vivek Kaul writes)

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Not Bill Gates or Warren Buffett, but Indian industry's doyen Jamsetji Tata has emerged as the biggest philanthropist globally in the last 100 years by donating $102 billion, as per a list of top-50 givers prepared by Hurun Report and EdelGive Foundation.

Read more - https://bit.ly/3gQJK3e

Among the Indian varsities, IIT Ropar and IIT Indore were the best from India. While IIT Ropar was assigned global rank of 63 in the world, IIT Indore was placed at 76th positions.

Mahatma Gandhi University was ranked 142 in its debut and IIT Gandhi Nagar was ranked 155 in the world.

https://www.livemint.com/education/news/india-has-seven-varsities-among-world-s-200-best-young-universities-11624449551128.html

#MintLongStory | Another round of interminable delay in treatment, or limited treatment, could be catastrophic for those suffering from cancer, heart disease, and other neurological and renal ailments

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/the-cost-of-covid-s-long-shadow-on-india-11624461420844.html

Since the onset of the second wave about three months ago, one or more of the 10 states leading in new cases had been reporting an increase in weekly deaths.


Last week was the first time that all 10 states reported a decline in weekly deaths. On 23 June, the seven-day average of all-India reported deaths was 1,440.

This is down 68% from the peak of 4,529 on 18 May.

A week ago, this number was 2,329.


Read today's #MintPlainFacts - https://bit.ly/3zYFaaA

Here we list out top 5 banking equity mutual funds that have yielded more than 50% in the last one year

https://www.livemint.com/money/personal-finance/these-banking-equity-funds-have-delivered-more-than-50-in-last-1-year-11624870896521.html

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