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File photo of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday (February 2, 2026) said the Union Budget for FY27 has focussed on investment as a priority tool for boosting consumption, and the trajectory of fiscal deficit shows that the government’s priority is growth. Interacting with the…

 Infosys. File picture | Photo Credit: The Hindu IT stocks tumbled on Wednesday (February 4, 2026), with Infosys slumping over 7%, in line with a heavy selloff in tech companies in the U.S.. Shares of Infosys plunged 7.19%, Tata Consultancy Services tanked 6.95%, LTIMindtree dropped 5.51%, and Hexaware Technologies tumbled 4.98% on the BSE. The…

How eco-friendly is the Union Budget? If you listened to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech 2026-27, you would have encountered precisely three references of the word “environment”: one is in the context of trade and multilateralism; environmentally sustainable movement of cargo; and environmentally sustainable passenger systems (where seven high-speed rail corridors will be established…

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended marginally higher on Wednesday (February 4, 2026) as a sharp decline in IT blue-chip stocks restricted the rally in the markets. After a remarkable rally in the previous trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex ended 78.56 points or 0.09% higher at 83,817.69. During the day, it hit a high of…