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Budget 2026-27 restores big funding for rural water and sanitation after steep cuts, but delivery gaps from last year persist

India, Feb. 4 -- Budget 2026-27 sharply increases allocations for rural drinking water and sanitation after deep cuts in last year's revised estimates Nearly Rs 50,000 crore earmarked for Jal Jeevan ... Read More


Opposition slams Bihar Budget as anti-people and directionless

Patna, Feb. 4 -- Opposition parties in Bihar have termed the state government's Budget 2026-27 as anti-people, directionless, and entirely based on manipulation of figures. The Opposition leaders sai... Read More


Timex Group hits the floor after Q3 PAT slumps 89% QoQ to Rs 3 cr

Mumbai, Feb. 4 -- On year on year (YoY) basis, the company's consolidated net profit and revenue from operations jumped 64.95% and 25.71%, respectively in Q3 FY26. Profit before exceptional items and... Read More


India-US trade deal could accelerate capital formation: Sebi chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey

New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- The easing of trade and regulatory uncertainty following the India-US trade deal could spur capital formation in the Indian stock market, Securities and Exchange Board of India (S... Read More


Ensuring energy security of 1.4 billion Indians Govt's supreme priority: Piyush Goyal on India-US trade deal

New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said in the Parliament that "ensuring the energy security of 1.4 billion Indians is the supreme priority of the gove... Read More


Bhel gains after receiving LoI from Hindalco

Mumbai, Feb. 4 -- The LOI, received on 3 February 2026, is for the design, engineering, manufacture, supply, installation, commissioning and performance acceptance testing of a 2 x 150 MW boiler-turbi... Read More


"As I said, PM Modi is scared, doesn't want to face truth": Rahul Gandhi after Modi avoids parliament over memoir row

New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being "scared" and avoiding Parliament, saying he does not want to face the truth ... Read More


YEIDA emerges as a new hub of medical device manufacturing, land allotted to 101 units

Lucknow, Feb. 4 -- Under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh is rapidly moving forward in the direction of becoming a hub for medical device manufacturing. The Medical Dev... Read More


Budget reforms need industry as equal partner for effective implementation: Revenue Secy

New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- India's post-Budget tax and process reforms will succeed only if industry acts as an equal partner in implementation, not merely as a cooperating stakeholder, and the government w... Read More


How Indians keep overpaying abroad even after buying 'zero forex' cards

New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- Earlier this year, I was in Dubai-a city Indians now treat like the third long weekend of every quarter. I was travelling with a friend who had proudly picked up a "zero forex" tr... Read More