Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced a tax holiday till 2047 for foreign companies providing cloud services globally using data centres located in India, signalling a major push to strengthen the country’s digital infrastructure.Presenting the Union Budget for FY 2026-27 Sitharaman said, “I propose to provide tax holiday till 2047 to any foreign...

FM Sitharaman proposes to support mineral rich states of Odisha, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to establish critical mineral facilities; the FM also proposes to top up Self Reliance India Fund with ₹4,000 cr in FY27 to support MSMEs Source link

3 min readSuratFeb 1, 2026 11:51 AM IST THE SURAT crime branch on Friday arrested two women who were in search of “customers” to “sell” a 10-day-old girl child for around Rs 2.5 lakh. The arrested accused told the police that the newborn was brought from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in Maharashtra a few days ago. The...