India Budget 2026 Expectations LIVE Updates: The Union Budget 2026 is going to be presented by India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in less than a week, on 1 February 2026. Amid this, there is high expectations from the finance minister’s ninth consecutive Budget speech in Parliament. Notably, this is also the first time that the…
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a signed resolution, as he attends a charter announcement for his Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts, alongside the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland on January 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters During a closed-door meeting at Davos, Somaliland president, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi…
Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: K.K. Mustafah India’s national power transmission network has scaled past 5 lakh circuit kilometres (ckm) of transmission lines of 220 kilovolt (kV) and above, the Power Ministry informed on Thursday (January 22, 2026). Additionally, it stated that the country has instituted 1,407 giga volt ampere (GVA) of…
With only a couple of weeks left before the Finance Minister tables the next Union Budget, the aggregate markers of macroeconomic comfort in India’s growth story may appear to be in place, where average economic growth remains strong in relative comparison to global standards, even amid the heightened uncertainty afflicting most other nations. Yet this…
Indian gold and silver exchange-traded funds (ETFs) plunged on Thursday as investors unwound their positions following US President Donald Trump’s softened stance against his NATO allies in Europe on the Greenland issue. Industry sources said silver, in particular, had soared on speculation that there would be a hike in import duty on the white precious…
Gold is up nearly 5% for the week, with geopolitical tensions fuelling the continuation of a blistering rally that has seen bullion smash successive records over the past year. Gold shook off an early decline as tensions over Greenland cooled, with Goldman Sachs Group Inc adding $500 to its year-end price target on rising competition…
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded on Thursday (January 22, 2026) after three sessions of losses, tracking gains in global markets after U.S. President Donald Trump struck a conciliatory tone on Greenland. In a volatile session, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 397.74 points, or 0.49%, to close at 82,307.37. During the day, the benchmark…
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee rebounded marginally from its all-time low levels and gained 3 paise to close at 91.62 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Thursday (January 22, 2026), on suspected RBI intervention and a positive trend in domestic equities. Follow the World Economic Forum LIVE Forex traders said…
Gold exchange-traded funds corrected sharply by up to 21% on Thursday, even as spot gold saw a relatively modest decline, driven largely by profit-booking and unwinding of speculative positions. | Photo Credit: iStockphoto Gold exchange-traded funds witnessed sharp corrections of up to 21 per cent on Thursday, even as spot prices corrected modestly, in what…
Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The amount of money sent or spent abroad by Indians fell to a two-year low of $1.94 billion in November 2025, pulled down in large part by a sharp dip in the amount spent on foreign studies, which fell to its lowest level since…
