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    Analysis

    Budget 2026: Sitharaman's IT Safe Harbour gambit reflects long history of trial and failure

    K Giriprakash
    2 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST

    Government slashes tax margins to 15.5 per cent and introduces automated approvals to eliminate litigation and boost ease of doing business for IT firms

    India IT sector
    Analysis
    Will Nirmala Sitharamans Budget 2026 help Modi in poll-bound states?
    Analysis

    Will Modi's electoral juggernaut steer the direction of Budget 2026-27?

    28 Jan 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Budget and tax burden on personal income tax payers while corporate tax is cut
    Analysis

    Corporate tax down, IT up: Why Budget 2026 must rethink 2019 tax regime

    28 Jan 2026 6:30 AM IST
    If BJP has wooed Hindu voters now it is the turn of Owaisis AIMIM; Congress has ceded ground
    Analysis

    Congress ceding ground as BJP and AIMIM squeeze India’s secular space

    27 Jan 2026 8:14 PM IST
    India-EU FTA: Good beginning, but don’t count the chickens yet

    India-EU FTA: Good beginning, but don’t count the chickens yet

    27 Jan 2026 6:33 PM IST
    Nirmala Sitharaman budget sarees Madhubani art

    Did Budget 2025 keep its promises? Here is a progress report

    27 Jan 2026 5:47 PM IST
    Can Budget 2026 nudge India Inc into higher capex spending

    How Budget 2026 can nudge India Inc into higher capex investments

    27 Jan 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Finance Commission recommendations kick in with Budget 2026

    Exclusive | Budget 2026: Centre accepts 16th Finance Commission recommendations

    26 Jan 2026 6:28 PM IST
    Can Budget break Indias trade barriers and boost exports?

    Can Budget fix the damage trade protectionism has done to India’s exports?

    26 Jan 2026 4:37 PM IST
    Limited money with the consumer for spending is a sign of economic distress

    How Budget 2026-27 can revive consumption for inclusive growth

    26 Jan 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Sabu Jacob, Rajeev Chandrasekhar

    With Twenty20 in its kitty, BJP eyes Central Kerala breakthrough

    23 Jan 2026 3:06 PM IST
    Nitin Nabin’s appointment: BJP borrowing the Congress playbook

    Nitin Nabin’s appointment: BJP borrowing the Congress playbook

    21 Jan 2026 7:10 PM IST
    Fadnavis campaigning for BJP in BMC election

    Maharashtra civic polls turbocharge BJP’s and Fadnavis's march to 2029

    21 Jan 2026 6:30 AM IST
    From Vajpayee to Shinde: The enduring politics of hotel hopping

    From Vajpayee to Shinde: The enduring politics of hotel hopping

    20 Jan 2026 6:30 PM IST
    Donald Trump and Kaiser Wilhelm II

    Trump's world: Are global leaders sleepwalking into World War I-like crisis?

    Shubham Ghosh
    20 Jan 2026 4:32 PM IST

    Rising nationalism and reckless military interventions are reminiscent of pre-1914 order, even as nuclear deterrence and economic ties offer trhe only...

    Maharashtra civic polls

    Maharashtra civic polls not a saffron-wash; BJP has reasons to worry, rivals have hope

    19 Jan 2026 12:07 PM IST
    Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray - BMC election and failed Marathi pride gamble

    BMC election: Did Marathi manoos gamble backfire for Thackerays?

    16 Jan 2026 9:51 PM IST
    TMC, Mamata Banerjee, EC, NCP, CPI, national party status

    BJP aims to rekindle Mamata's 'Nano' ghost with Modi’s symbolic Singur rally

    16 Jan 2026 7:57 PM IST
    Myanmar internal trouble

    Is Myanmar military junta set to lose Rakhine?

    11 Jan 2026 3:05 PM IST
    Trump slaps 25pc tariff on any country trading with Iran; India, China, UAE to face fallout

    Trump wins, world loses: US firms exempt from 15 pc global minimum tax

    10 Jan 2026 4:26 PM IST
    Mamata Banerjee leads protest march

    ED, I-PAC and Mamata: A pre-poll tug-of-war over power, data and agencies

    10 Jan 2026 12:24 PM IST
    Kerala Assembly elections 2026

    2026 elections: LDF, UDF and BJP enter election mode in Kerala

    2 Jan 2026 8:21 PM IST
    2026 Assembly polls: BJP’s long march meets its first major test

    2026 Assembly polls: BJP’s long march meets its first major test

    2 Jan 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Bangladesh unrest casts long shadow on 2026 West Bengal polls

    Bangladesh unrest casts long shadow over 2026 West Bengal polls

    31 Dec 2025 12:20 PM IST
    India witnesses climate disasters in 2025

    2025, the year when the weather stopped making sense in India

    23 Dec 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Bangladesh unrest: Anti-India protests, election uncertainty, Jamaat’s rise test Delhis options

    Bangladesh unrest: Anti-India protests, election uncertainty, Jamaat’s rise test Delhi's options

    22 Dec 2025 9:01 AM IST
    Hijab-pulling row puts spotlight back on Nitish Kumar’s public conduct, health

    Hijab-pulling row puts spotlight back on Nitish Kumar’s public conduct, health

    19 Dec 2025 5:51 PM IST
    People gather in Dhaka to protest after the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent leader of the July Uprising.

    India faces rising heat as Dhaka unrest strains ties with Bangladesh

    19 Dec 2025 4:18 PM IST
    Insurance Bill 2025: FDI cap doesn’t matter for deepening cover, income levels do

    Sabka Bima Bill: Why 100 pc FDI push may not fix India's insurance woes

    19 Dec 2025 6:30 AM IST
    The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill of 2025

    India’s nuclear push comes with a catch: Absurdly low liability, unlimited public risk

    16 Dec 2025 6:20 AM IST
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