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04.02 / 01:51
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Three stocks to watch as crude oil prices increase
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Crude oil prices have been rallying in the last few days, putting oil and gas companies in focus. A key reason for the recent crude price surge is escalating geopolitical risk, particularly around Iran and the possibility of conflict.
04.02 / 01:21
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Stocks to buy: Raja Venkatraman's recommends three stocks for 4 February
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: Indian stock markets rallied on Tuesday, 3 February, after India and the US confirmed the long-awaited trade deal. US President Donald Trump said that reciprocal tariffs on Indian goods would be reduced to 18%, from 50%.
04.02 / 00:21
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RBI likely to pause on rates in February policy as liquidity takes centre stage
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is likely to keep policy rates unchanged at its meeting on Friday, signalling a prolonged pause after aggressive front-loaded easing over the past year, even as liquidity conditions remain tight and bond yields elevated. A Mint poll of 10 economists shows nine expecting a pause at 5.25%, while one anticipates a 25-basis-points (bps) cut to 5.00%.
03.02 / 17:15
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Nominal GDP may get a boost from India-US trade deal: Secretary Thakur
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India’s nominal GDP growth for FY27, pegged at 10% in the Union Budget, could turn out higher if the proposed India-US trade deal goes through, which is expected to boost domestic manufacturing, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) secretary Anuradha Thakur said. Nominal gross domestic product (GDP) measures economic output at current market prices, without adjusting for inflation, and is crucial for tax revenues because taxes are collected on current prices and incomes, not inflation-adjusted values.
03.02 / 04:41
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Rathin Roy: Why the budget lacks the coherence needed to tackle India’s real economic challenges
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. This budget has been commendably prudent and tries to alleviate the harassment that marks India’s exploitative and litigious tax system. It does little else.
03.02 / 00:17
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Stocks to buy: Raja Venkatraman recommends top picks for 3 February
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The market remains in a volatile, range-bound phase following the Budget 2026 announcements. Investors should maintain a cautious stance this week, as a sustainable recovery depends on upcoming global data and clarity on domestic fiscal triggers.
02.02 / 16:57
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Budget 2026 seeks to make tax regime less adversarial, more predictable: official
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : The fiscal year 2027 (FY27) Union budget signals a broader reset in India’s tax policy, combining efforts to reduce disputes and ease compliance for domestic taxpayers with targeted measures to offer greater certainty to global investors in strategic sectors.
02.02 / 14:57
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Mint Explainer | AI mentioned 11 times, but budget cut: Decoding India's evolving stance on artificial intelligence
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On 29 January, the 2026 Economic Survey flagged the need for India to take a cautious approach in developing artificial intelligence. On Sunday, the outlay proposed for the India AI Mission in the Union Budget was halved.
02.02 / 07:57
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Lessons from the frontiers of AI adoption
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It is becoming ever more common for bosses to talk up their artificial-intelligence efforts while wielding the axe. Last month Enrique Lores, chief executive of hP, said that the computer manufacturer would cut around 5,000 jobs within three years as it embeds “AI in everything we do".
02.02 / 04:15
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The only Budget analysis you'll need: The government's tight fiscal math, explained in 8 charts
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. If 2025 was about putting money in the hands of the common people through large-scale and much-celebrated cuts in both direct and indirect taxes, the new year appears to be about its after-effects—on the government’s fiscal math, not so much on consumption-led growth wheels. Several figures point towards a lack of optimism in the economy.
02.02 / 02:29
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India’s budget doubles down on a tried and tested formula—with debt reduction as a distant target
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India kept calm and carried on this fiscal year, with a GST spur for retail offtake, an urgency for foreign trade deals and a few tariff tweaks for factory-cost relief making up the bulk of our response to trade adversity. That spirit prevails in India’s budget for 2026-27 too.
02.02 / 02:29
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Budget 2026 decoded: Where the money goes, where the risks remain
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Despite tighter fiscal headroom, the government has largely stayed the course on public spending, leaning on targeted interventions rather than across-the-board expansion. The Budget prioritises capital expenditure, manufacturing, healthcare and MSMEs, while pushing a larger share of investment responsibility to states and betting on reforms and asset sales to support growth.
01.02 / 09:49
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Budget 2026: How robust non-tax revenues help the Centre salvage tax shortfall, in charts
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Union Budget presented on Sunday confirms a trend that has been building through FY26: the government is contending with a sizeable tax shortfall in the current fiscal year, as collections fall short of budgeted expectations. Slower nominal GDP growth in FY26, coupled with revenue foregone from earlier cuts in income tax and the goods and services tax (GST), has squeezed receipts.
01.02 / 09:49
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Union Budget 2026-27: How India's fiscal math works under the new debt rule, in charts
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Union Budget 2026-27 marks a fundamental shift in India’s fiscal framework. Starting next fiscal, the government has adopted the debt-to-GDP (gross domestic product) ratio as its main fiscal anchor, marking a strategic departure from the traditional focus on fiscal deficit.
01.02 / 00:59
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Budget 2026: Raja Venkatraman shares top stock picks for 1 February
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: The Indian stock markets closed lower on Friday, 30 January, as various factors led to widespread selling across different sectors. The Sensex dropped approximately 0.35% to finish close to 82,269, while the Nifty 50 fell 0.40% to 25,320.
31.01 / 06:15
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High-profile arrests spark exodus of scam workers in Cambodia
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The arrests of two alleged ringleaders of transnational scam networks in Cambodia have led to thousands of workers—many of them trafficked—being let go from compounds across the country, one of the biggest shake-ups to date of the so-called pig-butchering industry. But the government’s actions fall short of what experts say is needed to eradicate an illicit industry that has become deeply rooted in Cambodia and has stolen billions of dollars from Americans in recent years.
31.01 / 01:49
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Architect of chaos: Harshad Mehta and the price of reform
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In July 1991, India dismantled the four-decade-old Licence Raj and embraced economic liberalization. Over the next few months, as unprecedented foreign capital poured in, a peculiar euphoria gripped the nation.
31.01 / 01:49
30.01 / 08:03
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Powell exudes confidence about the economy. The Fed can wait to cut rates.
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As Jerome Powell’s term winds down as chair of the Federal Reserve, America’s central banker believes he is leaving the economy on “a firm footing." That suggests a lengthy pause in interest-rate cuts. As Powell explained at a press conference Wednesday, which followed the Jan.
30.01 / 05:37
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IndiGo, Air India, Akasa to add 240 aircraft in two years
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Hyderabad: India's top airlines IndiGo, Air India and Akasa Air may together add 240 aircraft in the next two years, expanding their fleet size by a combined 30%. Currently, the three carriers have a combined strength of 804, a number which may swell to 1,044 by the end of 2027.
30.01 / 00:35
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Mergers, headwinds, missed bets: How L&T missed growth targets for IT units set five years ago
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T) next outlines its five-year growth plans, the conglomerate will have enough to mull over on what went wrong with an ambitious expansion plan for its IT companies, among the top 10 tech services businesses in India today, set in 2021. The group’s IT twins, LTI Mindtree Ltd and L&T Technology Services or LTTS, together, look set to fall short of the parent’s stated aspirations from five years ago.
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