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Presenting the Budget for 2025-26, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said there are over 1 crore registered MSMEs, employing 7.5 crore people, and generating 36% of our manufacturing. These MSMEs have positioned India as a global manufacturing hub, with 45% of our exports coming from them. In a bid to gain access to credit, the Finance…

Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed lower for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday (December 18, 2025) amid a muted trend in global markets and uncertainty over a trade deal with the U.S. Falling for the fourth day, the 30-share BSE Sensex shed 77.84 points or 0.09% to settle at 84,481.81 in a volatile…

Ahead of the Budget, there was an expectation that the government would provide some relief for the middle class, which has been stuck in a rut lately. FM Nirmala Sitharaman delivered a big announcement for this class — in her Budget speech, she announced that there would be no income tax for incomes up…

Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty jumped in early trade on Friday (December 19, 2025) after four days of decline amid a rally in global markets as a lower-than-expected US consumer price inflation data for November reinforced expectations of further interest rate cuts by…