Interim Budget indicated high political confidence in BJP’s tone: S&P Global Market Intelligence
New Delhi, Feb 1 - The announcement of the interim budget for fiscal year (FY) 2024–25 by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reflected the ruling BJP's mood for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, S&P Global Market Intelligence said in a report on Thursday.
Defence gets Rs 6.21 lakh crore in Interim Budget 2024-25
New Delhi, Feb 1 - The government on Thursday hiked the Defence Budget to Rs 6.21 lakh crore in the Interim Budget for 2024-25 -- 4.72 per cent higher than the previous year's allocation of Rs 5.94 lakh crore.
Interim Budget indicated high political confidence in BJP’s tone: S&P Global Market Intelligence
New Delhi, Feb 1 - The announcement of the interim budget for fiscal year (FY) 2024–25 by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reflected the ruling BJP's mood for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, S&P Global Market Intelligence said in a report on Thursday.
FM gives major thrust to boost farmers’ incomes, aims for self-reliance in oilseeds
New Delhi, Feb 1 - The Interim Budget, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Thursday gives a major thrust to stepping up value addition in the agricultural sector and boosting farmers’ incomes.
Establishing of corpus for research & innovation biggest interim budget takeaway: Tejasvi Surya
Bengaluru, Feb 1 - Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya on Thursday said that the biggest takeaway for Bengaluru from the Interim Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman was the establishment of a corpus for research and innovation.
Interim Budget: Space to get more, atomic power less
Chennai, Feb 1 - Out of the two strategic sectors – space and atomic power, a higher budgetary allocation has been proposed for one and lower for the other, as compared to previous year, in the Interim Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala
India Cements share price plunges over 6% after ED search
New Delhi, Feb 1 - The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out a search operation at the corporate office of India Cements in Chennai.
Indian-American pleads guilty to Bank Secrecy Act charges in $1bn scheme
New York, Feb 1 -An Indian-American man admitted that he failed to maintain an anti-money laundering programme in violation of the Bank Secrecy Act as part of a scheme to bring lucrative and high-risk international financial business to a small, unsophisticated credit union.
Wet spell over northwest India to continue for next 24 hours: IMD
New Delhi, Feb 1 - The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday said that a wet spell over northwest India is likely to continue during next 24 hours, and thereafter another spell is likely to affect the region on Saturday and February 5.
UP CM terms interim budget as a vision for ‘developed India’
Lucknow, Feb 1 - Lauding the interim union budget, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the financial statement is a vision for a 'Developed India' and the roadmap to make 'New India' the growth engine of the world.
Large section of small taxpayers to be benefit from move to withdraw old tax demands
New Delhi, Feb 1 - Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's announcement while presenting the Interim Budget on Thursday to do away with and withdraw old outstanding tax demands of up to Rs 25,000, which are still appearing in the government’s books as ‘outstanding tax
Blue Economy 2.0: Five integrated Aqua Parks to be set up
New Delhi, 1 Feb - In a bid to boost the fisheries sector, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that five integrated Aqua Parks will be set up in India.=
Rs 1 lakh cr corpus for tech-savvy youth to herald new innovation era: Industry
New Delhi, Feb 1 - The Rs 1 lakh crore corpus to provide long-term, interest-free financing for the youth in the technology sector is a positive measure as access to capital is a critical factor to support innovation and growth in sunrise industries
Finance Minister announces setting up of more medical colleges
New Delhi, 1 Feb - With focus on Yuva Shakti and marching towards the goal of a Viksit Bharat by 2047, Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman proposed setting up of more medical colleges in India, as she presented the Interim Budget 2024-25 in Parliament
Greek farmers continue protests demanding govt pledged aid without delay
Athens, Feb 1 - Greek farmers are planning protests across the country seeking sufficient financial aid pledged by the government with no delays.
It’s an inclusive & innovative budget: PM Modi
New Delhi, Feb 1 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the budget presented in Parliament on Thursday, saying that it is not merely an interim budget but an inclusive and innovative budget.
‘Rs 1 lakh crore fund should finance only India-registered parent companies in deep technology’
Chennai, Feb 1 - Welcoming Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's announcement on creation of a Rs 1 lakh crore corpus to fund technology companies, space sector officials are of the view the funding should be for deep tech companies.
YouTube, Facebook most used social media platform among US adults: Report
New York, Feb 1 -) Social media platforms YouTube and Facebook are the most used online platforms among US adults, according to a report on Thursday.
Apple releases vision OS 1.0.2 update fixing zero-day bug in its Vision Pro
San Francisco, Feb 1 - Apple has released visionOS 1.0.2, the software that runs on the Vision Pro, which includes a fix for a vulnerability in WebKit, the browser engine that powers Safari and other web applications.
Hackers likely used ChatGPT to create fake data breach
London, Feb 1 - Hackers have likely used ChatGPT to promote a fake data breach where they claimed a cache of stolen data from the rental car giant Europcar.