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Topic: Union Budget

What Modi said at NDA parliamentary party meet: India-US trade deal, Budget to Nishikant’s diligence

Neelam Pandey -
The PM, it is learnt, also said that the biggest realignment since World War II is now underway and it is bringing India to the centre stage.

Seafood industry welcomes Budget’s fisheries push. ‘Lays groundwork for becoming global player’

Deepika Amirapu -
Exporters said the Budget’s proposals to increase duty-free import limits on processing, create 500 reservoirs and support fisheries startups will boost the marine industry.

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

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

The Global Big Cat Summit is the only win for conservation in Budget 2026

Akanksha Mishra -
The biggest decrease was in the budget for the Indian Institute of Forest Management, which went from Rs 10 crore in 2025-26 to Rs 3 lakh in 2026-27.

Bad news for F&O traders: Markets wobble as FM Sitharaman announces STT hikes of up to 150%

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Second major increase in two years sees markets tumble; analysts say move aims to moderate excessive trading activity in derivatives segment.

Union Budget 2026-27: What it really says about India’s economy

Bidisha Bhattacharya -
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Budget in the Parliament Sunday. There are no shocks in it.

No Budget allocation for Chabahar Port as India withdraws from Iran amid US ‘maximum pressure’

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Port is seen as a strategic outlet to Central Asia bypassing Pakistan. Last month reports indicated India transferred $120 mn to Tehran, as it withdraws exposure to US sanctions.

‘Reform Express well on its way’—full text of Finance Minister Sitharaman’s Union Budget speech

ThePrint Team -
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents her record ninth budget, lays down vision and ‘3 kartavya’ of government in speech.

Budget 2026 HIGHLIGHTS: Boost for IB, CAPF; RSS affiliates say Budget failed farmers, labourers

ThePrint Team -
This is the second full-year budget of Modi 3.0, and Sitharaman's ninth. FM's speech lasted 83 minutes.

Govt panel proposes sharp cut in share of food prices used for calculating retail inflation

Anup Roy -
A committee proposed cutting food and beverages’ weight in the consumer price index to 36.75 from 45.86 and rejigging categories.
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Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

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Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

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Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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