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India-US trade deal opens zero-duty window for exports worth $44 bn in first phase of pact

New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- India is set to gain zero-duty access for goods worth around $44 billion, nearly half of its merchandise exports to the US, under the first phase of the India-US bilateral trade a... Read More


Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities to become the growth engine of Bharat: Rijiju

Patna, Feb. 7 -- union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said the union Budget has introduced new policy concepts aimed at transforming tier-2 and tier-3 cities into growth engin... Read More


UP Deputy CM Keshav Maurya lauds framework on India-US Trade deal

Lucknow, Feb. 7 -- Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has hailed the announcement of a framework of the India-US bilateral trade agreement, stating that the deal is "very hearten... Read More


End of Thackeray-era; BJP's Ritu Tawde set to become Mumbai Mayor

Mumbai, Feb. 7 -- BJP's Ritu Tawde is all set to become the Mayor of Mumbai and the party's first in four decades after Shiv Sena (UBT) decided against fielding a challenger, making the contest unoppo... Read More


Climate Change and You: The Himalaya is on the verge of an ecosystem collapse that will affect 600 million Indians

New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- Climate Change and You is a fortnightly newsletter written by Bibek Bhattacharya and Sayantan Bera. Subscribe to the newsletter to get it directly in your inbox. There was much e... Read More


HC seeks affidavit from Punjab chief secy on training of revenue officers

Chandigarh, Feb. 7 -- The high court on Friday directed the Punjab chief secretary to file an affidavit explaining whether officers, particularly in the revenue department, were actually imparted trai... Read More


TN Interim Budget on Feb 17, no full live streaming of proceedings: Speaker Appavu

Chennai, Feb. 7 -- With Assembly elections round the corner, the Budget session of the Tamil Nadu Assembly will begin onFebruary 17, when Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu will present the interim b... Read More


Mint Money Compass: A quiet budget that eases your life

New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- The Budget 2026 didn't make any headlines for taxpayers. It didn't roll out populist measures or tweak tax rates to put more money in your hands. But that doesn't mean nothing hap... Read More


Does your AI assistant annoy you daily?

New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- For all the PhD-level intelligence they're supposed to have, our AI assistants can be maddeningly bad at fulfilling requests smoothly. The productive time lost in trying to figure... Read More


The week in charts: India-US trade deal, Internship outlay slump, PMI trends

New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- From India and the US finalizing the much-awaited trade deal, to low budgetary allocation for the Prime Minister's Internship scheme in the Budget, richer states seeing an uptick ... Read More