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Budget 2026: A Win For Tim Cook In India's Response To Donald Trump's Tariffs
The Budget also lowered input costs in high-priority sectors such as clean energy, defence, and logistics.
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Budget 2026 Opens India's Market As Trump Closes America's Doors
Raising the seafood duty-free input cap to 3 percent directly offsets the squeeze from higher foreign tariffs.
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Budget 2026 To Focus On Defence, Capex, Infrastructure, Fiscal Discipline
As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gears up to table the Union Budget 2026-27 in Parliament on February 1, economists say the emphasis this year will be on defence, infrastructure, capex, power.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Defence As Rupee At Record Low
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the rupee has "held back very well" when compared to other currencies against the US Dollar.
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"Height Of Wall Is Height Of Cash": Nirmala Sitharaman On Mega UP Raid
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the nearly Rs 200 crore cash recovered in a raid in Uttar Pradesh is "not BJP money", as she offered the most full-throated defence yet of the action and denied it was a case of mistaken identi
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Auditor's Report On Defence Offset In Next Parliament Session: Finance Minister
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the CAG report on defence offset performance will be tabled in the forthcoming session of parliament. The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on offset performance was scheduled to be tabled in the last session of parliament, but could not be done as the session had to be...
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Piyush Goyal Clarifies As "Einstein Discovered Gravity" Remark Goes Viral
Union minister Piyush Goyal's defence of the economy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government led to an inadvertent error on the "discovery" of gravity today, setting Twitter buzzing. Jokes and memes flooded the social media platform as some users pointed to Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman's comment on millennials -- while explaining the a...
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In Budget Speech, Nirmala Sitharaman Announces Creation Of 'Gandhipedia'
Ms Sitharaman, who served as the defence minister in the first government led by PM Modi, presents her first budget at a time when India has lost its top spot as the world's fastest-growing major economy
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Nirmala Sitharaman, Glass Ceiling Breaker, Can Change Much More
As the new cabinet gets down to work, the appointment of Nirmala Sitharaman as the country's Finance Minister has invited special attention, as it should. As the country's first woman Finance Minister, (except for the short stint when Indira Gandhi held the portfolio as Prime Minister) Nirmala Sitharaman has broken a hitherto iron barrier, just the...
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Who Gets What: Cabinet Portfolios Announced. Full List Here
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has picked his closest aide Amit Shah as Home Minister in the new government. Rajnath Singh will be Defence Minister and Nitin Gadkari will be Minister of Road Transport and Highways. Nirmala Sitharaman will be Finance Minister and Minister of Corporate Affairs
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Nirmala Sitharaman, First Full-Time Woman Defence Minister, Takes Oath
Nirmala Sitharaman today took oath as a Union minister at the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Ms Sitharaman was the first woman to be appointed full-time Defence Minister of India in September 2017.
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Nirmala Sitharaman, 59, Calls Sunny Deol, 62, Young Actor. Twitter ROFLs
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman welcomed actor Sunny Deol into the Bharatiya Janata Party today by addressing him with flattering adjectives such as a "firebrand" and "young actor". While all the praises can go without an objection, many on Twitter say "young" is a faux pas as the popular actor is 62-years-old, three years senior to Ms Sitharam...
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Talking About Political Will, Not Politicising Army: Nirmala Sitharaman
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday said neither Prime Minister Narendra Modi nor any other NDA leader wanted to politicise armed forces and there was nothing wrong in talking about the political will giving freedom to the forces to take action as they deem fit.
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Poll Body Looked Other Way: Nirmala Sitharaman On Rahul Gandhi "Untruths"
The Election Commission is ignoring complaints against Rahul Gandhi, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman alleged on Friday as she accused the Congress president of saying "untrue" things against Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.
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"Contempt Of Court" BJP's Fresh Accusation Against Rahul Gandhi On Rafale
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hit back at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today over his comments hailing the Supreme Court order on Rafale deal that's seen as a setback to the government.
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Budget 2026: A Win For Tim Cook In India's Response To Donald Trump's Tariffs
The Budget also lowered input costs in high-priority sectors such as clean energy, defence, and logistics.
-
Budget 2026 Opens India's Market As Trump Closes America's Doors
Raising the seafood duty-free input cap to 3 percent directly offsets the squeeze from higher foreign tariffs.
-
Budget 2026 To Focus On Defence, Capex, Infrastructure, Fiscal Discipline
As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gears up to table the Union Budget 2026-27 in Parliament on February 1, economists say the emphasis this year will be on defence, infrastructure, capex, power.
-
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Defence As Rupee At Record Low
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the rupee has "held back very well" when compared to other currencies against the US Dollar.
-
"Height Of Wall Is Height Of Cash": Nirmala Sitharaman On Mega UP Raid
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the nearly Rs 200 crore cash recovered in a raid in Uttar Pradesh is "not BJP money", as she offered the most full-throated defence yet of the action and denied it was a case of mistaken identi
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Auditor's Report On Defence Offset In Next Parliament Session: Finance Minister
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the CAG report on defence offset performance will be tabled in the forthcoming session of parliament. The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on offset performance was scheduled to be tabled in the last session of parliament, but could not be done as the session had to be...
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Piyush Goyal Clarifies As "Einstein Discovered Gravity" Remark Goes Viral
Union minister Piyush Goyal's defence of the economy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government led to an inadvertent error on the "discovery" of gravity today, setting Twitter buzzing. Jokes and memes flooded the social media platform as some users pointed to Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman's comment on millennials -- while explaining the a...
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In Budget Speech, Nirmala Sitharaman Announces Creation Of 'Gandhipedia'
Ms Sitharaman, who served as the defence minister in the first government led by PM Modi, presents her first budget at a time when India has lost its top spot as the world's fastest-growing major economy
-
Nirmala Sitharaman, Glass Ceiling Breaker, Can Change Much More
As the new cabinet gets down to work, the appointment of Nirmala Sitharaman as the country's Finance Minister has invited special attention, as it should. As the country's first woman Finance Minister, (except for the short stint when Indira Gandhi held the portfolio as Prime Minister) Nirmala Sitharaman has broken a hitherto iron barrier, just the...
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Who Gets What: Cabinet Portfolios Announced. Full List Here
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has picked his closest aide Amit Shah as Home Minister in the new government. Rajnath Singh will be Defence Minister and Nitin Gadkari will be Minister of Road Transport and Highways. Nirmala Sitharaman will be Finance Minister and Minister of Corporate Affairs
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Nirmala Sitharaman, First Full-Time Woman Defence Minister, Takes Oath
Nirmala Sitharaman today took oath as a Union minister at the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Ms Sitharaman was the first woman to be appointed full-time Defence Minister of India in September 2017.
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Nirmala Sitharaman, 59, Calls Sunny Deol, 62, Young Actor. Twitter ROFLs
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman welcomed actor Sunny Deol into the Bharatiya Janata Party today by addressing him with flattering adjectives such as a "firebrand" and "young actor". While all the praises can go without an objection, many on Twitter say "young" is a faux pas as the popular actor is 62-years-old, three years senior to Ms Sitharam...
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Talking About Political Will, Not Politicising Army: Nirmala Sitharaman
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday said neither Prime Minister Narendra Modi nor any other NDA leader wanted to politicise armed forces and there was nothing wrong in talking about the political will giving freedom to the forces to take action as they deem fit.
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Poll Body Looked Other Way: Nirmala Sitharaman On Rahul Gandhi "Untruths"
The Election Commission is ignoring complaints against Rahul Gandhi, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman alleged on Friday as she accused the Congress president of saying "untrue" things against Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.
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"Contempt Of Court" BJP's Fresh Accusation Against Rahul Gandhi On Rafale
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hit back at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today over his comments hailing the Supreme Court order on Rafale deal that's seen as a setback to the government.
