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From education to manufacturing, infrastructure to markets, the Union budget goes long on the economy—even if equity markets, faced with short-term discomfort, reacted without cheer ...

Higher LTCG exemption, ₹1 lakh standard deduction, slab rationalisation, 80D inclusion under new tax regime and housing affordability are the major expectations in Union Budget 2026.

Budget 2026 moves creativity and technology from the margins to the mainstream of India’s economic agenda. Here’s what the ...

Strategies for parents who want to help their sons cope with feelings of anger in a productive way.

Leaders should focus not on the possible AI bubble but on whether the AI capabilities they are investing in today are built to align with business needs and to last ...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Budget for FY 2026-27 on Sunday, February 1, 2026, at 11 am.

Ahead of the February 1 Budget, expectations hinge on targeted tax relief for seniors, sectoral support for real estate and healthcare, and policy clarity without straining fiscal discipline.

As the countdown to union Budget 2026 begins, all eyes are on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who will present her ninth consecutive budget on February 1—an event that has become the country’s ...

Macroeconomic stability has returned to Bangladesh, but at a heavy social cost. Slower growth, weak investment, rising youth unemployment, and growing inequality now define the economic landscape the ...

Black History Month has quietly shifted from teaching Americans new names to asking them to rethink the stories they thought ...

Integrating Adult Education and Career and Technical Education under Hostile Institutional Leadership: Faculty Strategies for ...