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Business updates

Budget 2026: Income Tax Dept clarifies on changes in ‘buyback tax’

The buyback tax has been simplified for the benefit of the small shareholders, Income Tax Dept says. The liability on promoters will largely remain similar.>

India's focus should be growth, not stock market volatility: Ex-NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Budget

Kant said the budget prioritises manufacturing, infrastructure, and cutting-edge technologies, enabling India to "technologically leapfrog" in key areas.>

Budget 2026: Sensex, Nifty 50 record worst budget-day trading in at least six years

Budget 2026: The Sensex and Nifty 50 have registered losses in 8 out of 15 budget days since 2014, when the Narendra Modi govt first came to power.>

Proposed telecom outlay raised 38% to ₹73,990 crore, BSNL gets ₹28,473 crore

The increased allocation is for various projects, including BharatNet, capital requirement of BSNL, including cost of spectrum, network rollout, and more.>

Budget 2026: STT hike on F&O trading – What that means for your ₹10 lakh

The intent of the STT hike in Union Budget 2026 is to moderate the “unchecked explosion” of retail gambling in the stock market.>

'Holy moly!': Bengaluru CEO reacts to Budget 2026 announcement on Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGB)

Budget 2026 reactions: Capitalmind CEO Deepak Shenoy shared a thread on X, with his take on various announcements made by Nirmala Sitharaman.>

Bitcoin’s fall below $80,000: A confidence crisis or something far deeper?

Bitcoin has failed to respond to geopolitical stress, dollar weakness, or risk rallies. Even during gold and silver’s violent swings, crypto saw no rotation.>

Nirmala Sitharaman proposes a ₹100 crore incentive for single bond issuance of more than 1000 crore

Nirmala Sitaraman said that the incentive has been proposed to encourage the issuance of municipal bonds of higher value by larger cities>

Budget 2026 proposes ₹10,000 crore push to strengthen India’s biopharma sector

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed a ₹10,000 crore investment to enhance India's biopharmaceutical sector.>

Sensex crashes after Nirmala Sitharaman's derivative announcement in Budget 2026

The development came shortly after Sitharaman ended her much-anticipated Union Budget speech in Parliament.>

Credits : HTimes