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Stocks that were in focus include names like Indian Hotels, which gained 0.79%, JSW Steel, which rose 0.61%, and BPCL, whose shares declined 0.73% on Tuesday.

«While the overall sentiment remains positive without signs of weakness, the market appears overbought by various measures. Therefore, we advise against aggressive long positions,» said Rajesh Bhosale, Equity Technical Analyst, Angel One.

Mint earlier reported that the budget may introduce digital cards for farmers with geo-tagging, containing their land details. These actions will facilitate credit flow and other agricultural services, as per the finance minister's budget speech. The linking of land and farmer registries to help credit flow into agriculture aligns with the suggestions made by chief economic advisor V.

₹16.13 trillion (4.9 % of GDP), is lower than the 5.1 % of GDP targeted in the interim budget. The latest GDP estimate for 2024-25 of ₹326.37 trillion is close to that used in the interim budget. Even so, the absolute reduction in the FD budgeted, by ₹72,000 crore, is more informative than in terms of percentages of GDP.

BBC director-general Tim Davie on Tuesday revealed all details pertaining to the show's future.

West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose sought a report from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on her comment that she would offer «shelter» to helpless people from violence-hit Bangladesh, the Raj Bhavan said. In a post on X, the Raj Bhavan Media Cell said it is the Centre's prerogative to handle anything that is part of external affairs.

Indian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi is scheduled to visit Mumbai today to review the situation after warship INS Brahmaputra got severely damaged in a fire incident.

Union Budget, volatility is expected to remain high on Tuesday. «We thus maintain a cautious stance and recommend a hedged approach. Traders should seek buying opportunities in low-beta counters, especially in the defensive sectors, and remain selective in other areas,» said Ajit Mishra – SVP, Research, Religare Broking.

China’s central bank has cut key interest rates in a surprise move aimed at injecting pep into the economy, while the ruling Communist Party released a 50-page roadmap addressing long-term challenges

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says a “significant number” of the millions of computers that crashed on Friday, causing global disruptions, are back in operation as its customers and regulators await a more detailed explanation of what went wrong

Greenland police say they have apprehended veteran environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan

Economic Survey 2023-24 said there is a need for nearer-term goals for human welfare, rather than just one larger, longer-term target for global climate management. It has also suggested a diversified approach for energy transition with the integration of renewables, alongside exploring nuclear energy and biofuels, wherein thermal power would provide the base-load to support largescale deployment of renewables.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez celebrated their second wedding anniversary on different coasts, indicating a considerable difference in their relationship. According to reports, despite Lopez's best efforts to keep the relationship going, they do not want to get back together. Lopez and Affleck, according to sources, do not currently plan to make a public announcement of their separation, as per the reports of Microsoft Start news.

Paris Olympics 2024 that is beginning on July 26 this year. United States have always been clear favorites at international-level basketball ever since the game was introduced at the Summer Games, back in 1936. As long as Olympic history goes back, USA have always secured a medal from this sport, except one particular year (1980), when they were boycotting the Olympics.

Madhu Kela is supportive of a government/regulatory action on the growing speculative trading in the derivatives market arguing that irrespective of the overwhelming investor traction, there is a lack of understanding as to what they are getting into. He said he was hopeful of a collective action among the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the government on this. Citing an «alarming incident» that he came across, Kela said, «A friend of mine was saying that his mother asked me about F&O. She is 82-year-old and this friend asked her what have you got to do with F&O and what do you want to do? She said that I have nothing to do with F&O. In our house there is housework going on and three carpenters are working. They do not work between 9:15 and 3:30 because they are doing F&O trading and our work has slowed down,» Kela said.

Telugu movies, irrespective of their genre, are known for giving viewers a spectacular cinematic experience.

A coalition of seven U.S. states has come together to challenge the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) regulation of cryptocurrency.

Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Janata Dal (United) on Sunday asked the party's national president Nitish Kumar to reconsider the alliance with the BJP at the Centre. «The actions of the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir has forced us to appeal to our national leader Nitish Kumar to reconsider our participation in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA),» JD(U) state general secretary Vivek Bali said here.

Apple is likely to offer the same vertical camera layout on the SE 4 as on the iPhone 16. In particular, the upcoming iPhone 16 model is likely to feature a vertical camera layout, reminiscent of the iPhone X or iPhone 12 models, to potentially capture spatial video.The iPhone SE 4 is likely to be released next year, unlike the iPhone 16 series, which is expected to be launched in September this year.

US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has appointed a bipartisan, independent panel to review this month's assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, officials said Sunday. The panel members will have «extensive law enforcement and security experience to conduct a 45-day independent review of the planning for and actions taken by the US Secret Service and state and local authorities before, during, and after the rally, and the US Secret Service governing policies and procedures,» the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement. The first people named to the panel are former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano; Frances Townsend, former Homeland Security adviser to President George W. Bush; Mark Filip, a former federal judge and deputy attorney general to President George W. Bush; and David Mitchell, former Secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Homeland Security for the state of Delaware. Additional experts could be asked to join the group in the coming days, the statement said.