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trade war concerns. The benchmark BSE Sensex lost 213.12 points or 0.27% to close at 78,058.16, while the broader Nifty 50 index closed at 23,603.35, lower by 92.95 points or 0.39%.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: Big deals at information technology (IT) services companies guarantee big money annually. More so, if the deal value is over $1 billion.

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), spearheaded by Elon Musk, announced Wednesday that the Social Security Administration’s move to terminate a contract dealing with the “Gender X” marker on public-facing applications will save over $1 million in taxpayer funds, according to Fox News

Nifty formed a long negative candle on the daily chart on Thursday, which indicates an emergence of minor selling pressure from the highs. The index is currently placed at the overhead resistance of the down-sloping trend line around 23,800 levels. The bullish chart pattern like higher tops and bottoms is intact as per the daily timeframe chart and the present weakness could be in line with the new higher bottom of the pattern. The higher bottom reversal needs to be confirmed at the lows.

The regulatory clampdown, aimed at curbing excessive retail participation in derivatives, has led to sweeping changes, including higher Securities Transaction Tax (STT) rates, increased Market Infrastructure Institutions (MII) charges, and modifications in futures and options (F&O) trading rules. These measures have already triggered a sharp decline in F&O turnover, which fell from Rs 11,410 trillion in October 2024 to Rs 6,044 trillion by December 2024.

DeepSeek's latest AI model gained global attention in the last two weeks, but now the company is maintaining secrecy about its next moves.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Can tax relief for the urban middle class spark a consumption revival, and help accelerate an economy that has lately been grappling with a slowdown? The governemnt sure hopes so. In the Union budget presented on 1 February, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced raising the income tax exemption limit to ₹12 lakh from ₹7 lakh, which has been touted by many as a potential game-changer.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. DeepSeek’s moment of global glory is a double-edged sword, and it couldn’t have come at a more geopolitically fraught time. The upstart grabbed global attention with its latest models, shocking Silicon Valley and investors with their capabilities and efficiency.

Gold’s fresh lifetime high of Rs 84,894 per 10 grams on Wednesday marked an over 10% surge in yellow metal prices in 2025, so far. The rally has been fueled by fears of a likely tariff war between the US and the rest of the world, triggering a haven appeal for bullion. Investors have taken refuge in gold and silver, with the latter also delivering more than 10% returns on the year-to-date basis.

hold call on Bajaj Electricals Ltd. with a target price of Rs 760 (earlier Rs 900). The current market price of Bajaj Electricals Ltd. is Rs 720.05. Bajaj Electricals, incorporated in 1938, is a Mid Cap company with a market cap of Rs 8285.64 crore, operating in the Consumer Durables sector.

Rajat Sharma, Founder & CEO, Sana Securities, says he is looking at beaten down largecaps which have not been performing on account of difficulties they are facing in their sectors. Consumption and banking are the two sectors where he is focusing right now. In FMCG, one such stock is Asian Paints. Sharma has never liked the stock when it was trading at about a 100-105 odd price earnings multiple three-four years back, but right now is a very, very good time to buy this stock. Among banks, he likes HDFC Bank. A rate cut could be very good news for them. It has been quite a cheer in the last one or two weeks, the major event is already through in terms of Union Budget but the RBI policy is on its way. Help us with your reading on the markets as well as the sectors that you like at this point. Rajat Sharma: Both my reading on the markets and the sectors I like have a lot to do with the events, one, which has gone by and the other which you speak about – the monetary policy meet and the Union Budget. I have consistently maintained for the last few weeks that consumption as a sector was extremely undervalued and within consumption, consumer staples, FMCG stocks is what I have liked and with the way the income tax slab rates have been revised, obviously some value will emerge as the volume growth comes back.

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy in Kiev on Wednesday, where the two leaders discussed sanctions on Russia and the implementation of the 100-year partnership agreement between the two countries.

One person is dead and nine others were taken into the custody of the Canada Border Services Agency this week following two separate incursion incidents near Alberta’s border with the United States.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The ministries of commerce and agriculture are working on securing a globally accepted HSN (harmonized system of nomenclature) code for foxnuts to boost exports of the popular aquatic crop, two people aware of the matter told Mint. Makhana, as it is called in India, has gained global recognition for its nutritional value, but is currently exported as a “dry fruit", making it difficult for authorities to accurately track exports.

Canada’s mortgage market is reacting to fears this week that United States President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs could deliver a sharp blow to the Canadian economy.

RCMP has released video of an interception of migrants illegally entering Canada from the United States as Ottawa ramps up border security amid growing pressure from the new Trump administration.Aerial video first shared with Global News on Wednesday was taken from a surveillance aircraft as Mounties stopped the migrants near the Emerson border crossing in Manitoba last month.The video shows thermal imaging of six people who were arrested crossing the border illegally in the middle of the night on Jan. 14.The individuals are seen running into a wooded area, followed shortly afterward by RCMP officers who arrived in ground vehicles.“With the RCMP plane directing officers on the ground, all six were arrested without incident and transferred to the CBSA (Canada Border Services Agency),” RCMP Assistant Commissioner Lisa Moreland, the northwest regional commander of federal policing, said at a press conference in Edmonton on Wednesday.“To anyone who is thinking about crossing the border (illegally), don’t.

CIA) has actually initiated a buyout offer for its entire workforce as part of US President Donald Trump's broader strategy to reshape and downsize the federal government, reported Daily Mail.

Workday is cutting about 1,750 jobs, or 8.5% of its workforce

Liberal leadership contenders Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland want Canada to look beyond the United States to bolster its roster of trade partners amid ongoing tariff threats from President Donald Trump.