As Budget 2026 approaches, there’s a renewed debate over whether India should raise taxes on the super-rich to shore up government finances.

India’s first space mission of 2026 began with power and promise, but ended in uncertainty.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Ahmedabad during the latter’s first official visit to India.

Security forces detected suspected drone activity along the International Border and the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba, Rajouri and Poonch districts on Sunday evening.

Says both nations remain 'actively' engaged, next call scheduled on Jan 13

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Business Standard

Stock Market Highlights, January 12: US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, said the US and India will hold trade talks on Tuesday. Additionally, the Union Budget will be presented on Sunday, February 1.

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TCS Q3FY26 results: Revenue from operations grew 4.9 per cent at ₹67,087 crore year-on-year (Y-o-Y) from ₹63,973 crore in Q3FY25. Sequentially, revenue was up 2 per cent ₹65,799 crore

A new national security strategy enables the United States to have a flexible global role, analysts say

US President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting with US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on December 2, 2025 (Photo: Reuters)

As Trump's second-term worldview hardens around "America First" and civilizational realism, India finds itself indispensable to US strategy yet increasingly constrained

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters upon his return to Washington at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US on November 9, 2025 (Photo: Reuters)

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Markets look calm, but five forces-rising debt, slowing revenues, weak savings, geopolitics and populism-signal a tougher growth phase for India

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With the UK, EFTA deals already in the bag, EU on the way, almost every member of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade

Trump Tariffs, Tariffs, Indian export, trade

Tightening US immigration policies and visa uncertainty are driving Indian professionals, including senior executives, to return home as job opportunities expand across India's fast-growing economy

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The trilateral defense talks come in the wake of a cease-fire between Pakistan and India that ended a four-day military clash between the nuclear-armed neighbors in May

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Bloomberg

India faces the second highest economic burden due to diabetes of USD 11.4 trillion -- the United States bears the highest costs at USD 16.5 trillion, and China the third at USD 11 trillion, a new study has estimated.
Researchers, including those from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and the Vienna University of Economics and Business in Austria, calculated the economic impact of diabetes across 204 countries from 2020 to 2050.
Global costs amount to around USD 10 trillion, excluding informal care provided by family members -- about 0.2 per cent of the world's annual gross domestic product (GDP), findings published in the journal Nature Medicine show.
Factoring in informal care amounts to up to USD 152 trillion, or 1.7 per cent of the world's yearly GDP, the study estimates.
"Caregivers often drop out of the labour market, at least partially, which creates additional economic costs," author Klaus Prettner, professor of macroeconomics and digitalisation at th

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Press Trust of India

A solar park spread over 82.94 acres with a capacity of 51,966 megawatt-hours and electric vehicle (EV) charging facilities across 20 per cent of the parking area will anchor the green infrastructure of the upcoming Noida International Airport at Jewar, the Uttar Pradesh government said on Monday.
According to an official statement, the airport will operate with extensive use of renewable energy and electric mobility, with all vehicles deployed for airside operations to be 100 per cent electric and supported by multiple charging points installed at different locations on the campus.
The state government said the Jewar airport is being developed on a net-zero concept in collaboration with Zurich Airport Group and has already achieved the distinction of becoming India's first IGBC (Indian Green Building Council) Green Campus-certified airport.
According to the statement, the terminal building has been specially designed to ensure minimal consumption of energy, water and resources.
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