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Indian stock market opens higher as US delays tariff hikes on Canada, Mexico

Mumbai: The NSE Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex snapped two-day fall on Tuesday after the US delayed tariff hikes on Canada and Mexico by a month. At 9.32 a.m., the Sensex gained…
Bill Gates explores making of his internal operating system in new memoir

Washington: As he prepares to turn 70 later this year, Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ new memoir explores how his childhood quirks, upbringing, friendships and experiences coalesced into shaping his internal operating system.…

FM Sitharaman to hold post-budget meeting with RBI top brass on Feb 8

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to address the Reserve Bank of India’s central board on February 8 in a post-budget meeting to coordinate the fiscal and monetary steps required…
Market fall creates opportunities for investors to get good entry points: Expert

New Delhi: There will be plenty of chances to invest in Indian stocks as market volatility can provide attractive entry points, a leading market expert said on Monday. However, investors to be…
Budget math looks realistic, economic growth to pick up pace: Morgan Stanley

New Delhi: The Union Budget has managed to meet the goals of boosting consumption though tax cuts, increasing capex through transfers to states, and maintaining the path of fiscal consolidation which is…
Govt may introduce new income tax bill on Feb 6

New Delhi: After the revision in tax slabs in the Union Budget 2025-26 to leave ‘enough money in the hands’ of taxpayers, the government is likely to unveil the much-anticipated draft of…
Government’s consumption growth estimated to improve in FY25

New Delhi: The government consumption growth is estimated to improve in FY25 given the increase in the revenue expenditures of both state and union governments, while private consumption growth is expected to…

Lok Sabha gets Rs 903 crore, Rajya Sabha Rs 413 crore in Budget

New Delhi: Lok Sabha has been allocated Rs 903 crore in the Union Budget, more than double the amount given to the Rajya Sabha. A sizeable allocation — Rs 558.81 crore of…
Won’t accept ‘Oh Rupee is weakening!’: Nirmala Sitharaman

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday rejected criticism over the slide of the Indian rupee, saying it has depreciated only against a strengthening US dollar but remained stable against all…
Customs duties rationalised in Budget to strengthen India’s economy: FM Sitharaman

New Delhi: The Centre has introduced customs duty rationalisation to ensure that the Indian economy becomes aatmanirbhar (self-reliant), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in a post-budget interview with NDTV. Sitharaman was responding…
Union Budget: 3 CoEs to help India position itself as a global powerhouse in AI

New Delhi: With artificial intelligence (AI) becoming an essential tool for a tech powered economy, it is heartening to see the introduction of Centres of Excellence (COE) for Artificial Intelligence in education,…
Budget is by the people, for the people: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

New Delhi: Paraphrasing Abraham Lincoln, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday described the Union Budget as “by the people, for the people, of the people”, and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was…
Hyundai’s US sales jump 15 pc YoY in January

Seoul: Hyundai Motor, South Korea’s top automaker, saw its sales in the United States climb 15 per cent from a year ago in January, marking its biggest sales for the month to…
‘Disappointing Budget’: Karnataka Industry Minister on Union Budget

Bengaluru: Karnataka’s Minister for Large and Medium Industries M.B. Patil said on Saturday that the Union government’s Budget is “highly disappointing”, adding that no special package has been announced for the development…
Mining sector reforms a major step toward Viksit Bharat: G. Kishan Reddy

New Delhi: The reforms in the mining sector, especially with respect to critical minerals, will mark a major step toward realising the vision of Viksit Bharat by 2047, Union Coal and Mines…