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Budget 2026: Sitharaman announces 'tax holiday' for foreign companies setting up data centres in India

India, Feb. 1 -- While presenting the Union Budget 2026 on Sunday, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a 'tax holiday' for foreign companies in order to boost the setting up of data cent... Read More


Overseas investors can now buy equities in listed Indian firms, but there's a catch

India, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday expanded investment opportunities in India for overseas investors, providing them with a new route to purchase Indian stocks. In a bid t... Read More


Sitharaman raises tax on Futures and Options transactions. Check full details

India, Feb. 1 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced hike in STT (Securities Transaction Tax) on Futures and Options, a move likely to impact derivatives trading costs. Sensex and ... Read More


In big move, Sitharaman raises tax on Futures and Options trading; stock market crashes. Check full details

India, Feb. 1 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced a hike in STT (Securities Transaction Tax) on Futures and Options, a move likely to impact derivatives trading costs. Sensex an... Read More


Piyush Goyal on India-US trade deal 'moving towards closure', and how Modi govt negotiates | Key points

India, Jan. 31 -- India's commerce minister Piyush Goyal has said the trade deal with the US will soon be "moving towards closure", and spoke also about how the recent Free Trade Agreement with the Eu... Read More


US deal 'moving towards closure', Piyush Goyal explains how Modi govt negotiates | Key points from HT interview

India, Jan. 31 -- India's commerce minister Piyush Goyal has said the trade deal with the US will soon be "moving towards closure", and spoke also about how the recent Free Trade Agreement with the Eu... Read More


IMD predicts light rain in Delhi on Sunday, minimum temperature to drop

India, Jan. 31 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted a fall in maximum temperature on Sunday, along with the possibility of light rain and thunderstorms across Delhi. The minimum ... Read More


'Don't know if there's haste': Sharad Pawar ahead of Sunetra Pawar's oath-taking today

India, Jan. 31 -- Ajit Pawar's uncle and chief of Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) said that he was not aware whether his nephew's wife, Sunetra Pawar, was taking oath on Saturday as d... Read More


Gaza conflict widely shared priority, in focus of international community: Jaishankar

India, Jan. 31 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said the conflict in Gaza is a widely shared priority today and has been in the focus of the international community. Jaishankar m... Read More


'Trashy ruminations': India rubbishes PM Modi's Israel trip mention in Epstein Files

India, Jan. 31 -- The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Saturday rubbished an email from the Epstein Files that mentioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his 2017 state visit to Israel, calling i... Read More