Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to make history today (February 1) as she presents her eighth consecutive Union Budget, the highest number of back-to-back budget presentations by any finance minister in India’s history. The Budget for the financial year 2025–26 is also the first under the Modi 3.0 government, adding another milestone to her tenure.

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and her colleague Butch Wilmore conducted a 5.5-hour spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, setting a new record, according to the US space agency.

This marked Williams' ninth spacewalk and Wilmore's fifth. With this latest achievement, Williams now holds a total of 62 hours and 6 minutes of spacewalk time, placing her fourth on NASA's all-time list.

Waaree Energies on Thursday reported a multifold rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 506.8 crore for the December 2024 quarter, helped by higher income.

It had posted a Rs 140.8 crore net profit in the year-ago quarter, the company said in an exchange filing.

The company's total income rose to Rs 3,545.2 crore from Rs 1,651.7 crore in the October-December period of 2023-24.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed confidence that the Union Budget 2025 will give new energy to India's economy, saying he would "pray to Goddess Lakshmi" for the poor and middle class of the country.

Addressed the media outside Parliament ahead of Budget Session, PM Modi said, "Ahead of the Budget session, I bow down to Goddess Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity.

Paytm has a new feature that allows Android to use QR code on their phone home screens to receive money, without having to open the digital payments firm’s app. 'Receive Money QR Widget' is already available for Apple iOS users.

The widget is a quick and seamless way to accept payments for small businesses, delivery partners, shopkeepers, freelancers and influencers.

State-owned aerospace and defence company Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) delivered a robust Q3FY25 results, reporting a 52.5 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth in consolidated profit at Rs 1,311 crore, up from Rs 859.6 crore in Q3FY24, driven by strong operational performance and a healthy order book.

Among the top highlights of BEL’s Q3FY25 performance include a 39 per cent Y-o-Y growth in execution and a 330 basis points (bps) expansion in Ebitda margin/operating profit margin (OPM) to 28.9 per cent, surpassing analyst expectations.

President Donald Trump has said that birthright citizenship was primarily intended for the children of slaves and not for the whole world to "come in and pile" into the US.

On the very first day of his inauguration, Trump issued an executive order against birthright citizenship, which was struck down by a federal court in Seattle the next day.

G R Infraprojects share price gained 8.99 per cent at Rs 1,374.20 a piece on the BSE in Thursday’s intraday trade after the company emerged as the L-1 bidder for a Rs 262.28 crore railway infrastructure project awarded by Western Railway.

The EPC contract involves the gauge conversion of 38.9 km of track in the Kosamba-Umargam section of the Vadodara division.

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has said that from February 1 people can’t use special characters in Unified Payments Interface (UPI) identity (ID). All such information has to be alphanumeric.

The move aims to improve the popular digital payments platform’s security and ensure compliance with technical specifications.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued a strong response to AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, cautioning him against conflating the issue of increased ammonia levels in the Yamuna with his serious allegations of mass poisoning, which he equated to an act of war between two nations.

The poll body has asked Kejriwal to substantiate his claims with specific evidence, failing which action may be taken against him for promoting disharmony, inciting enmity between groups, and creating public unrest.

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