The announcement came after a phone call between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Trump

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The Nifty 50 index is up about 9.7 per cent in the last 12 months despite sustained selling from FPIs whose net sales add up to over ₹1.6 trillion over this period

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with her team of officials in New Delhi on Feb 1 | Photo: PTI

The white metal recorded its biggest ever intraday decline in the previous session

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Schemes may see 30-50 bps impact but won't go out of favour

STT collection estimates: Building castles in the air on shifting sands

The Budget allocation is up about 9 per cent in nominal terms and, given grant-in-aid, it would push effective capex for FY27 to Rs 17.1 trillion

Cement

Known as CMLNs, these networks laundered $16.1 billion via cryptocurrency in 2025 and accounted for nearly 20 per cent of the global illicit crypto market last year

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The government, along with the regulator, is carefully watching the rupee, which has slipped below the 90 mark against the US dollar, and may take measures once the situation becomes uncomfortable, Economic Affairs Secretary Anuradha Thakur said on Monday.
"Anything above 90, everyone starts talking about it. Even, we start watching it carefully. It is a question of flows, and we are impacted by that," he told PTI in an interview.
However, she said, a depreciating rupee does have a certain value in terms of export competitiveness whenever it happens.
"We are watching together with regulators and other stakeholders. We will see how to handle it if a situation more than uncomfortable happens," she said.
According to the Economic Survey 2025-26, the rupee depreciated by around 6.5 per cent between 1 April 2025 and January 22, 2026, making it one of the weakest-performing currencies in this period.
Its fall was comparable to that of the Japanese yen, which lost about 5.5 per cent, and

Indian Rupee, Rupee down

According to the Economic Survey 2025-26, the rupee depreciated by around 6.5 per cent between 1 April 2025 and January 22, 2026, making it one of the weakest-performing currencies in this period

Press Trust of India

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries expects pressure on its US generics business to ease as compliance improves, while focusing growth efforts on innovation-led therapies

Beyond the US, the company’s medium-term innovation strategy is supported by a growing clinical pipeline

Beyond the US, the company's medium-term innovation strategy is supported by a growing clinical pipeline

Delhi HC allows govt to file appeal against single-judge Bench order

Delhi High Court

Following the announcement, shares of the two entities surged up to 6% on Sunday's special trading session

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Coal India has reported lower production and offtake in April-January FY26, with analysts linking decline to reduced coal consumption by thermal power plants amid muted power demand, rising renewables

Coal India

PB Fintech's Q3 FY26 profit jumps 165% to ₹189 crore on strong insurance premium growth; board to consider QIP fundraise on Feb 5

PB Fintech

Tighter reporting norms bring crypto closer to mainstream financial standards: Experts

Cryptocurrency

Jefferies' industry discussions indicate up to 5 per cent volume impact, and estimate a 5 per cent decline in ADTO/orders for BSE/GROWW could result in 4 per cent earnings impact

Budget 2026

New regime typically wins unless deductions are high enough to tilt the calculation toward old, says expert

Dearness allowance hiked to 28% for govt staff, 10 million to benefit

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They offer the sweet spot of reasonably attractive yields without excessive interest-rate risk

Bond market, Bond Yield

FM Sitharaman announced a tax holiday until 2047 for foreign companies providing global cloud services from India, provided services to Indian customers are routed via an Indian reseller

India has finalised eight free trade agreements (FTAs), covering 37 developed countries in the last few years, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said.
He also said that India is in active dialogue for similar pacts with several countries, including Chile, Peru and Canada.
Trade negotiations with Chile, he said, are almost at conclusion, where India has interests in critical minerals.
"We've done eight free trade agreements covering 37 developed countries in the last few years under the Modi-government," the minister told PTI.
Since 2014, India has finalised eight trade pacts -- Mauritius (April 2021 implemented), Australia (December 2022 implemented), UAE (May 2022 implemented), Oman (signed in December 2025), UK (signed in July 2025), EFTA (implemented in October 2025 - Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway), New Zealand (talks concluded in December 2025), and the European Union (27-nation bloc).
Goyal added that talks for a trade pact have started with the ..

Piyush Goyal, Piyush

Goyal added that talks for a trade pact have started with the Mercosur group of countries to expand the existing PTA (preferential trade agreement)

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