For long, the middle-class in Asia’s third-largest economy has chosen assets such as gold or bank deposits—often called fixed deposits—to park its funds.

As they involve a fair amount of risk, less than 2% of the savings in Indian households are exposed to equities, compared to 45% in the US.

However, this is slowly changing now. (more…)

Apple’s new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are clearly improvements on their predecessors — even if the biggest change is actually an omission (of the traditional headphone jack). But are they improved enough to justify an upgrade?

If you’re an iPhone user, it may depend on how long you’ve held onto your current iPhone. If you’re a proud owner of the iPhone 6S or its plus-sized cousin, you probably don’t need to rush out for the 7. But the 7 includes enough cumulative iPhone improvements from the past two years to tempt anyone still clinging to an older model.

For instance, the iPhone 7 is seriously water resistant; putting it under a faucet for a few minutes merely muffled the speakers and made the touch screen stop working until I dried it off. It’s got louder speakers, a brighter screen and, in the larger 7 Plus, a second camera lens — a low-powered but useful zoom. Add to that a sharper 12 megapixel camera introduced with the 6S. (more…)

Whether it’s a hangover from student days, or simply an innate thriftiness, many of us have a liberal attitude towards food sell-by dates and hygiene .

If it smells OK, it should be OK to eat?

Because most of us know when it’s genuinely unwise to eat something right?

That pink barbecue sausage, that funky-smelling egg, that grey meat etc. We can rely on our bodies and common sense to tell the difference between the bad stuff and the good stuff.

But one man in particular has made a distinction between dangerous ‘food poisoning’ foods, and items which he deems safe to eat – and some of them may come as a surprise. (more…)

The foot is one of the most overworked, under-appreciated parts of the human body. Think about it: In a single day, the average person takes 8000 to 10,000 steps. That works out to be four trips around the world over a lifetime. The foot may be humble, but its design is essential to how we walk upright, and hoofing it on two feet is a defining feature of humanity. Here are some fun—and a few funky—facts about the human foot.

Everybody wants to lose weight and people’s instinctive reaction in this situation is to eat less. But instead of consuming smaller portions, thus fewer calories, people decide to skip entire meals.

That’s a big mistake, Susan Engle, registered nutritionists at Nutrition Matters, says. It will eventually lead to overeating, and possibly weight gain, among other things. There are plenty of fulfilling foods that help you drop pounds.

Regardless of whether you have a big dinner ahead or a wedding, you can’t let your stomach growl. (more…)

Having kids doesn’t need to be the end of your travel adventures. With tour operators wising up to the fact that families want more than beaches and theme parks, here are 15 fantastic family adventures.

1. Slovenia

Have an adrenaline-filled escapade (more…)