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Budget 2026 allocates Rs 1,000 crore for IndiaAI Mission, pushes data centres and AI upskilling

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed AI integration in several sectors, from agriculture to the manufacture of assistive devices for Divyangjan or people with disabilities.

Roads, rail, waterways: Capex push in Budget keeps infra engine running

Reinforcing infrastructure as a growth pillar, Budget 2026-27 raised capital spending and announced new dedicated freight corridors, seven high speed rail corridors and 20 new national waterways.

Confident politics, anxious geopolitics. Modi govt’s Budget is an exercise in contrast

The Budget has indeed woken up the sleeping markets, just not the way the government’s fans would have expected.

Andhra Pradesh posts highest-ever January GST collections, outpaces national growth

Vijayawada, Feb 1 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh recorded its highest-ever January GST collections since the rollout of the tax in 2017, with net GST revenue...

STT hike on Futures dampen stock market sentiment; Sensex, Nifty crash nearly 2 pc

Mumbai, Feb 1 (PTI) Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty dived sharply by nearly 2 per cent on Sunday, logging their worst decline in...

Sitharaman increases tax on F&O trades in the Union Budget 2026. ‘Undesirable move’

As per a SEBI report, about 90% of F&O traders lose money because of market illiteracy. More than 75% of loss-makers kept trading even after losing money for two consecutive years.

Sitharaman announces integrated textile programme. What it means for businesses, artisans

The programme has five sub-parts, including the National Fibre Scheme for self-reliance in natural fibres, man-made fibres, and new-age fibres.

‘Blind’ Budget: Congress says Centre ignored jobs, growth and Economic Survey

'If the government had read the Economic Survey, it appears to have chosen to ignore it and fall back on its favourite pastime of throwing words, usually acronyms, at people,” Chidambaram said.

Skilling push for Orange Economy in Budget 2026-27, Karnataka to gain with 20% share in AVGC-XR

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed setting up AVGC Content Creator Labs in 15,000 secondary schools and 500 colleges across India.

Union Budget: Cancer drugs & solar panels set to get cheaper; seafood exporters to benefit

Rather than broad-based consumer price changes, the Budget reflects targeted industrial and financial market signalling—a snapshot by ThePrint.

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India-EU FTA gives template for shared governance. It will rewire a market worth €27 trillion

The most obvious impact will be trade liberalisation, but the architecture of the agreement goes far beyond tariffs.

India spooks investors instead of calming them

Union Budget brings home to markets the unpleasant reality of fiscal dominance where RBI ends up prioritising deficit financing over its primary function of inflation control.

10X Budget beef-up for Intelligence Bureau capex, after Pahalgam & Red Fort terror attacks

After lapses exposed by terror attacks at Pahalgam and Delhi's Red Fort, Centre has hiked Intelligence Bureau's expenditure for investments in long-term assets from Rs 257 cr to Rs 2,549 cr. 

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.