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Borrowing is set at ₹11.5 lakh crore, ensuring that fiscal discipline is maintained without hampering growth. After a fiscal deficit peaking at 9.2% in FY21, it has steadily declined to 4.8% in FY24, driven by strong growth and fiscal discipline.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Retail investors who had been strategically accumulating stocks during the market's 7.3% decline in the December quarter, betting on a rebound, were rewarded with the unveiling of the Union budget. A Mint analysis of 1,957 companies shows that individual investors (holding nominal share capital up to ₹ 2 lakhs) increased their ownership in approximately 51% of these companies between the September and December quarters.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Put aside the claims that can’t be confirmed. What kind of presumably second-rate chips did it use? How little did it spend training its derivative large language model? Likewise, if analysts at Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies are correct, DeepSeek trained itself on information illicitly gleaned as an enterprise client of America’s pioneering OpenAI.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The Union Budget 2025 laid out a host of key pointers to make India’s technology economy self-reliant.

nuclear energy ambitions, the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced plans to amend the Atomic Energy Act and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, while presenting the Union Budget 2025.

Kaveri Seed Company, Mangalam Seed, Godrej Agrovet and Dhanuka Agritech surged up to 11% after Finance Minister Nirama Sitharaman announced a slew of measures to enhance pulses production in the country on Saturday during her budget speech and seed. Among the measures, Sitharaman announced a 6-year mission for self-reliance in pulses which aims to achieve self-reliance in pulses, with a particular focus on tur and masoor.

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.

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.

Exxon Mobil’s fourth-quarter adjusted profit managed to beat Wall Street’s expectations, as the oil and gas company increased production in Permian and Guyana

In the first serious fallout from President Donald Trump’s early actions against offshore wind power, oil and gas giant Shell is walking away from a major project off the coast of New Jersey

DeepSeek upending American AI power and cost assumptions is a wake-up call. Among India's strengths is its capacity for jugaad, which has resulted in several high-quality outputs that meet global standards at low cost. The pharma sector and India's frugal space programme are two examples.

DeepSeek, the free new chatbot from China powered by artificial intelligence, know this: The answers it gives you will largely reflect the worldview of the Chinese Communist Party.

Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Economic Survey for FY25 ahead of the Union Budget for FY26. The benchmark BSE Sensex gained 740.76 points or 0.97% to close at 77,500.57, while the broader Nifty 50 index closed at 23,508.40, higher by 258.90 points or 1.11%.

capital on Friday, driven by robust domestic demand and strong global cues, according to the All India Sarafa Association. The precious metal of 99.9 per cent purity continued its ascent for the third straight session, jumping by Rs 1,100 to hit a new peak of Rs 84,900 per 10 grams. The yellow metal has rallied by Rs 5,510 or 7 per cent since January 1 when the metal traded at Rs 79,390 per 10 grams in the local market.

Madhu Kela, Market Veteran, says turn market volatility into your ally. This year, returns are expected to be quite modest. To achieve those returns, you need to be highly skilled at spotting strong bottom-up investment ideas. Volatility can provide you with an advantage and opportunities, as stocks often don’t have time to recover. Many solid companies can see their prices drop by 40% or 50% in just a few trading sessions or within a month. Kela says in a bull market, one can make money even if you are not on the ball, which was the case for the last three years. In this kind of market, one has to be really on top of the game to be able to make money. This Budget, he will be looking at the commentary on the fiscal path beyond 2026 and the capex situation. What is the state of the market and what sort of return can be expected? Madhu Kela: In the last three-four years, phenomenal returns have been generated by individual investors and markets have been very kind. One thing which I have been consistently maintaining is not to extrapolate these returns even in your mind because you cannot just keep compounding at 30-35% year after year.

Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) shares began trading on an ex-bonus basis, priced at Rs 199.20 as of 9:50 AM today. “This follows our previous letters dated December 10, 2024, and January 16, 2025, notifying shareholders of the approval for the issuance of bonus shares in a 1:1 ratio. We would like to inform that the Bonus Issue Committee has fixed Friday, January 31, 2025, as the 'Record Date' to determine shareholder eligibility for the bonus,” the company had announced in an earlier exchange filing.

The Nifty futures closed positive with gains of 0.44%, reaching 23,249 levels on Thursday. India VIX fell more than 6% to close at 17.39 in the previous trading session.

Hedge fund Citadel is no stranger to running competitions for students, or to hiring students who've won competitions like Olympiads. Its latest competition, open only to students in America, is usually pertinent, though: it wants people to help devise US monetary policy.

Bankers and brokers said a chunk of these shares could flood the market as various investors would look to book profits with the stock market precariously perched.

Reliance Industries. However, a decline in Tata Motors capped gains on the benchmarks. The benchmark BSE Sensex gained 226.85 points or 0.30% to close at 76,759.81, while the broader Nifty 50 index closed at 23,249.50, higher by 86.40 points or 0.37%.