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New Delhi: Good news for investors and market watchers! Even though February 1 falls on a Sunday this year, the Indian stock markets will remain open for trading on Budget Day. Both the BSE and NSE announced on January 16 that trading will take place as per normal market hours on February 1 for Budget 2026. This special arrangement ensures that investors can react to Budget announcements in real time, without waiting for the next trading session. The NSE clarified the special trading arrangement in a circular, stating, “On account of the presentation of the Union Budget, members are requested…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — As a bipartisan congressional delegation began a whirlwind round of meetings with the leaders of Denmark and Greenland, Danish people made it clear they have no interest in a U.S. takeover of the Arctic island and they want their leaders to stand their ground.“I think it is a really big problem,” Ina Tommerup said as she was leaving the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen. President Donald Trump “doesn’t really care,” she said. “I think he thinks Denmark is really small, which is true, but we also have a lot of alliances.” Her comments came as the U.S.…

The “arsonists” who tanked the reputation of the Conservatives are still in charge of the party, Robert Jenrick has said as he and the Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, trade blows a day after his dramatic defection to Reform UK.Giving his first interview since his announcement on Thursday, the former shadow justice secretary said the Conservatives had not changed since the election, while defending himself against allegations of lying from his former party leader.He told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on Friday: “I came to the conclusion over the course of the last year or so that … the party hadn’t changed,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration is firing back at a Democratic Bronx congressman who offered a new-age way for civilians to identify immigration enforcement agents who obscure their identity with masks or lack of names on their uniforms amid civil unrest around the country.Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Democrat, said he is introducing the Quick Recognition Act next week, which would require ICE and CBP agents to wear uniforms that feature QR codes – the two-dimensional offshoot of barcodes that can link a concrete item to a website or information portal.At sporting events or…

New Delhi: Kia India, one of the country’s leading automakers, announced a new HTE(EX) trim for its Carens Clavis (ICE) lineup. The newly introduced trim is available across all ICE powertrains, including G1.5 petrol, G1.5 turbo-petrol and D1.5 diesel, and is offered exclusively in a 7-seater configuration. Priced at Rs 12,54,900 for G1.5 petrol, Rs 13,41,900 for G1.5 turbo-petrol and Rs 14,52,900 for D1.5 diesel, the new trim claims to deliver strong value across the powertrains. All prices are ex-showroom. Notably, the HTE (EX) also marks the first-time introduction of a sunroof in the G1.5 petrol powertrain of Carens Clavis.…

BEIJING — With U.S. ties at their lowest point in modern history, Canada is turning to one of the only countries with which it had even worse relations: China.Canada is forging a “new strategic partnership” with China, its second-biggest trading partner, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday during what he called a “historic” trip to Beijing. That includes a break with the United States on tariffs, which have hit both the Canadian and Chinese economies.Carney, the first Canadian prime minister to visit China since 2017, met with President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People. He is one…

Badenoch: Jenrick ‘tells a lot of lies’ and you ‘can’t believe a word that comes out of his mouth’Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said Nigel Farage has done her “spring cleaning”, after Robert Jenrick defected to Reform UK.The Conservative party leader told GB News: “I’m just glad that Nigel Farage is doing my spring cleaning for me.“He’s taking away my problems. The Conservative party is… even more united and stronger, because we’ve lost someone who was not a team player.”She also said her former shadow justice secretary “tells a lot of lies” and that you “can’t believe a word that comes…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: One of the nation’s most prominent teachers unions funneled millions of dollars in union funds to far-left activist groups, ballot initiatives, and social justice organizations, according to federal labor filings.A November Form L-2 disclosure from the National Education Association (NEA) filed in November and obtained by the North American Values Institute (NAVI) shows 2024 fiscal year spending that involved millions given to social justice-oriented groups and far-left causes.The NEA, which boasts more than 3 million members, sent $300,000 to the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a liberal dark money group Fox News…

New Delhi: India’s largest public sector lender State Bank of India (SBI) has announced revision on its Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) charges for retail customers. SBI’s latest IPMS charges are applicable from February 15. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) offers IMPS, a real-time payment system that is accessible around the clock and has a Rs 5 lakh transaction limit (apart from SMS and IVR channels).  Check out the details of IMPS charges levied by State Bank of India from February 15     Slab        IMPS (Service Charges)             Online Channel        …

As Iran’s national internet blackout stretches to its second week, the satellite internet service Starlink has become a crucial lifeline for many citizens to connect with the outside world — and one that the government appears to be trying to shut down.That’s pushing some Iranians to get creative with how they use the service.In a video posted to Instagram and verified by NBC News, a man riding in the passenger seat of a car on an Iranian highway Tuesday said he had a Starlink device in the vehicle. He scrolls through his Instagram feed and visits speedtest.net, a popular site…