Markets Today Crash Highlights:Broader markets also mirrored the benchmarks as the Nifty Smallcap100 and Nifty Midcap100 indices ended down by 3.84 per cent and 2.75 per cent, respectively

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Why are markets falling: A sustained selling by foreign investors, a falling rupee, weak December quarter results, Budget nervousness, China's DeepSeek, and Trump's tariff war is hurting the sentiment

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Political pressure on Modi have increased after he came back to power only with help of regional allies, making it difficult to overcome opposition to privatisation by employee unions fearing job loss

Concerned that aggressive fiscal consolidation could hinder growth momentum while private capital expenditure remains sluggish, the government is expected to set the fiscal deficit target at 4.4 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) for FY26 in th

Swiss investment bank UBS Group on Friday bought shares of 29 companies, including Fortis Healthcare, Max Financial Services, Reliance Industries, Blue Star and Hyundai Motor India, for Rs 1,938 crore through open market transactions.
According to the block deal data available on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), UBS AG purchased shares of Fortis Healthcare worth Rs 164 crore, bought shares of Max Financial Services for Rs 144 crore, and of Reliance Industries for Rs 138 crore.
Additionally, UBS also picked up shares of Blue Star for Rs 120 crore and acquired shares of Hyundai Motor India for Rs 103 crore.
The Swiss multinational also picked up shares in companies including One97 Communications, Zomato, Tata Consultancy Services and others.
The shares were acquired at a combined transaction value of Rs 1,937.71 crore.
Meanwhile, UBS Group's affiliate UBS Principal Capital Asia Ltd offloaded the same number of shares of 29 companies at the same price.
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India on Friday said it is looking for "bolder, bigger and a  more ambitious" relationship with the US and indicated its readiness to work with the Trump administration to address issues like illegal immigration and trade.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India's approach has always been to address issues in a constructive manner in line with interests of both the countries.
Like in many countries, there have been some concerns in India as well over the Trump administration's approach on immigration and tariff.
President Trump has already talked about slapping "100 per cent tariffs" on the BRICS grouping, a bloc that includes India as well.
We remain in close communication with the US administration and would like to continue to work towards strengthening our economic partnership further, Jaiswal said.
India is focused on building "bolder, bigger and a more ambitious" relationship with the US, he added.
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Domestic financial institution IFCI on Friday said the government has approved Rs 500 crore capital infusion in the company through the preferential issue of shares.
The Department of Financial Services has conveyed sanction of the President of India to release funds of Rs 500 crore to IFCI Ltd towards subscription to the share capital during FY 2024-25, the state-owned entity said in a regulatory filing.
Following this, the meeting of the board of directors of the company is called on January 29, 2025, to consider the Preferential Issue of equity shares to the central government, subject to the approval of shareholders, stock exchanges and such other regulatory authorities as may be required.
With the infusion, the government's holding in the company is expected to further increase from the existing 71.72 per cent as of September 2024.
The capital infusion plan for IFCI was approved through the passage of the first Supplementary Demand for Grants for 2024-25 in the Lok Sabha in ..

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Kush Desai, a Dartmouth graduate and bilingual strategist, joins Trump's team as deputy press secretary

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Although the US has long led the world in advancing basic science and technology, it is hard to see how this can continue under Mr Trump

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The Prime Minister urged the youth including NCC cadets, MyBharat volunteers and NSS members to be part of the debate, take part in large numbers and lead it

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Except for the economic affairs secretary and chief economic adviser, Sitharaman will have a new team of bureaucrats who will help her chart the strategy for the upcoming budget

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Following the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines and suspension of supplies via the Yamal pipeline through Poland, Russia has to compete for access to European markets mainly through LNG exports

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The rating agency's arm said that India's recent consumer price inflation at around 5 per cent was without clear evidence of a trend towards slowing price pressures

Most GCCs in India support critical business goals by using AI, data analytics, robotic process automation, and cloud services

India ranked third globally in terms of funding raised by fintech companies, behind the US and China, the report said

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