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Microsoft Corp. reported solid earnings on Wednesday, but investors zeroed in on stagnating growth in its Azure cloud-computing business.

The BSE scrip closed the session 10% down at the end of trade on Sunday.

With wholesale markets shut on Sunday, distributors expect fresh stock with new MRP to be lifted from Monday onwards.

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Nvidia said it planned to invest as much as $100 billion in OpenAI to support new data centers and other artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Last year, the Reserve Bank of India alonetransferred2.69 trillion rupees to the government.

By linking tax benefits to serving global customers from India, the policy seeks to turn the country into an export hub for cloud computing.

Railway, Defence and PSU Bank are among some sectors in focus today due the Union Budget 2026 Presentation. Meesho, Bajaj Auto, IDBI Bank, Delhivery are among some of the important stocks to watch today.

'Indias coming in and theyre going to be buying Venezuelan oil, as opposed to buying it from Iran,' Trump said.

To enhance last-mile and remote connectivity, and promote tourism, the minister proposes to give incentives to indigenise manufacturing of seaplanes.

The Income Tax Act, 2025, will come into force replacing the six-decade-old tax law.

In her budget speech, FM also proposed to exclude the entire value of biogas while calculating excise duty levy on (biogas) blended CNG.

Sitharaman also proposed a scheme for container manufacturing to create globally competitive ecosystem.

The exemption — valid until 2047 — marks an unprecedented effort to attract large-scale digital infrastructure investment to India.

In her speech, the finance minister further proposed to 'develop 15 archeological sites', including Lothal, Dholavira, Rakhigarhi, Sarnath, Hastinapur, Leh Palace into 'vibrant experiential cultural destinations'.

The Finance Minister also said India has the potential to emerge as a global hub for high quality and affordable sports goods.

According to the minister, these proposed corridors will be developed between Mumbai and Pune, Pune and Hyderabad, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai, Chennai and Bengaluru, Delhi and Varanasi and Varanasi and Siliguri.

There are over 700 districts in the country.

The minister proposed setting up high-level committee on 'Banking for Viksit Bharat'.

Sitharaman also announced support for mineral rich states of Odisha, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to establish critical mineral facilities.