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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2025-26 on Saturday. The Budget presents a chance for the government to show its intent on some of the burning issues of our times. In this four-part series, we use charts to illustrate how the Budget performed on 15 key concerns. Part 3 looks at defence spending, trade, and India's Olympics dreams. Each topic has a pair of charts—one presenting the context the Budget faced, and the other showing what Sitharaman delivered. Also read Part 1 and Part 2. Defence priorities: India has the world’s fourth-largest military spending, and the defence ministry is one of the top ministries in terms of budget allocations.

tax collected at source (TCS). Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday increased the threshold to collect tax at source (TCS) on remittances under RBI’s Liberalized Remittance Scheme (LRS) from Rs 7 lakh to Rs 10 lakh. She also proposed to remove TCS on remittances for education purposes, where the remittance is out of a loan taken from a specified financial institution.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Hamas militants stood guard Saturday ahead of a hostage handover in Khan Younis, Gaza. Hamas released two more Israeli hostages in a relatively subdued procession Saturday, after a chaotic handover earlier in the week sparked an outcry that threatened to snarl the Gaza cease-fire deal.

cryptocurrency was a niche technological experiment, but today, it has dramatically advanced into a dominant financial force worldwide and influences US politics. With each election cycle, the influence of crypto continues to grow. It shapes legislation, public opinion, and campaign strategies. The political events of 2024 exemplified this hot trend in which digital currencies and political agendas intersected in transformative ways.

A medical transport jet with a child patient and five others aboard crashed into a Philadelphia neighbourhood shortly after takeoff Friday evening, exploding in a fireball that engulfed several homes.Jet Rescue Air Ambulance said the patient and another passenger were on board along with four crew members.“We cannot confirm any survivors,” the company said in a statement. “Our immediate concern is for the patient’s family, our personnel, their families and other victims that may have been hurt on the ground.”Mayor Cherelle Parker said Wednesday night at a news conference that information on fatalities wasn’t immediately known but several homes and vehicles had been damaged.“This is still an active scene under investigation,” she said.The crash came just two days after the deadliest U.S.

Taber, three hours southeast of Calgary.She was married, had a family, worked as a realtor and died three years ago at the age of 81.It was only after her death on January 21, 2022 that her secret life and her real name was made public.Glabus was in fact a fugitive killer and prison escapee named Sharon Kinne in a case that began in the 1960s and stretched from Missouri to Mexico to Canada.Kinne, who married at 16, was living in a ranch home in the Independence, Missouri, area in March 1960 when her 25-year-old husband, James Kinne, was shot in the back of the head while napping. Independence is just outside of Kansas City.The mother of two told police she had heard her 2-year-old daughter ask, “How does this thing work, daddy?” Then there was a gunshot.Sharon Kinne said she ran into the bedroom and found the toddler holding her husband’s .22-caliber semiautomatic pistol.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Shane Smith has helped make the country’s largest pork producer into a grunting, rooting, squealing marvel of efficiency. The chief executive of Smithfield Foods took the company public this past week and is ready to invest in it to confront his biggest challenge: getting us to eat more pork.

silver March futures contracts were trading slightly higher at Rs 93,453/kg, up by 0.13% or Rs 125. Ahead of the Union Budget 2025, due to be presented later today, gold, on MCX, made yet another new all-time high of Rs 82,600/ 10 g on Friday and has surged by Rs 1,550/10 gram in this week alone. Meanwhile, silver prices have gone up by Rs 1,850/kg.

McDonald’s said Friday it is changing a scholarship program for Latino students after it was sued by a group that opposes affirmative action

The 25% tax that President Donald Trump plans to slap as soon as Saturday on imports from Canada and Mexico could drive up the price of everything from gasoline to pickup trucks to the guacamole dip that features so prominently at American Super Bowl p...

markets rallied for four days in the lead up to the Budget in anticipation of a pro-growth and fiscally prudent policy announcements. Now, all the focus will turn to Nirmala Sitharaman, where the finance minister will present a record eighth Budget. «Market expects reductions in individual tax and job generation to boost consumption. By cutting the fiscal deficit but continuing to boost infrastructure spending, the government may set the tone for a potential recovery in the consolidating market,» said Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Financial Services.

Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

Trump said on Friday he would impose hefty new tariffs of 25% on goods from Mexico and Canada and 10% on imports from China, and nothing could be done by the three countries to forestall them.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced some intense and severe scrutiny during his confirmation hearings for the important position of Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) quite recently, reported The Mirror US.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly discussed imposing tariffs, both on the campaign trail and since taking office — and the first tranche, on goods from Canada, China and Mexico will take effect Feb. 1, the White House confirmed on Friday.

Pokemon fans while requiring keen observation and extreme knowledge of the original 151 Pokemon, reported The Mirror US.

DeepSeek AI's recent launch of its chatbots. American companies like Microsoft and OpenAI are claiming that they have evidence DeepSeek used their technology and reverse-engineered it to develop their AI models, while China is accusing US hackers of trying to break into DeepSeek's servers throughout January.

asteroid which is being designated as 2024 YR4 eventually poses a potential risk of impacting Earth on the date of December 22 of the year 2032 with renowned scientists estimating a 1.2% chance of collision, reported The Mirror US.

WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump will implement 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports on Saturday as promised, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Friday.