Indian budget should adopt a long-term vision to boost economic resilience, diversify supply chains, and attract investment.
The Budget should integrate a longer-term vision to make India more resilient and independent economically, using tariff calibration, state investment friendly policies, and structural reforms to reinsert India into diversified global supply chains across multiple partners; reforms should target sustainable growth increases, attract foreign investment, and avoid misallocated infrastructure or temporary growth spurts.

KRAFTON India's 128 college campus tour embeds structured BGMI and Real Cricket tournaments with clear progression pathways for students.
KRAFTON India expanded its College Campus Tour to 128 colleges, embedding structured BGMI and Real Cricket tournaments into college festivals, standardising formats, prize pools, and oversight via experienced organisers, and creating progression pathways whereby campus winners advance to zonal stages and the Top 16 teams are invited to higher level qualifiers within KRAFTON India's Esports ecosystem.

Venezuela: US testimony warns of conditional military force, ties normalization to energy access and compliance.
Prepared testimony authorizes conditional use of force against Venezuela if its interim leaders fail to meet US objectives, while framing recent operations as law-enforcement assistance and denying a state of war. It defends executive actions-raids, maritime strikes, tanker seizures-asserts congressional attempts to check the executive have not curtailed policy, and links diplomatic normalization and embassy staffing to Venezuelan compliance with US demands to open the energy sector, provide preferential access to US companies, and redirect oil revenues.

Custodial wallets let investors buy tokens with email/password while the platform manages keys and compliance.
Spydra's custodial wallet enables wallet-less onboarding by provisioning a custodial address on first fiat purchase, delivering tokens directly to that address, and managing private keys in secure infrastructure while enforcing KYC gating and ERC-3643-style identity binding so issuers can meet compliance requirements and investors can recover accounts via familiar email/password flows.

Rupee gains on a softer dollar as India-EU FTA grants duty free access for select Indian sectors and concessional EU tariffs, boosting sentiment.
The rupee strengthened against the US dollar on a softer dollar index and central bank market presence, with USD/INR pivot levels noted for near term movement. Concurrently, the India-EU free trade agreement grants duty free entry for specified Indian sectors (apparel, chemicals, footwear) into the EU and provides the EU concessional duties for access to Indian markets (including cars and wines), establishing reciprocal tariff liberalisation and expanded market access.

Elliott entities acquire Toyota Industries shareholding via on market purchases after CCI approval on Tokyo and Nagoya exchanges.
CCI approved the acquisition by Elliott Associates, Elliott International and The Liverpool Limited Partnership of certain equity shareholding and voting rights in Toyota Industries Corporation to be effected through one or more on market purchases on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and/or the Premier Market of the Nagoya Stock Exchange.

Nitro Asia to acquire units in National Highways Infra Trust; CCI approval for on-market unitholding acquisition.
The Competition Commission of India approved Nitro Asia Holdings II Pte. Ltd.'s proposed acquisition of certain unit holdings in National Highways Infra Trust via on-market transactions. Nitro Asia is a Singapore-incorporated special purpose vehicle whose principal activity is holding equity and non-equity assets. National Highways Infra Trust is an infrastructure investment trust registered under the InvIT regulatory framework and may invest in SPVs in India as permitted.

Essar Green Mobility to deploy 30,000 LNG and electric trucks with 100 fuel and charging hubs to decarbonise freight.
Essar Green Mobility plans to deploy 30,000 LNG and electric trucks and build 100 alternative-fuel and charging hubs through an integrated model combining manufacturing, fleet operations and fuelling infrastructure. The dual-fuel strategy uses LNG for long haul and electric trucks for short haul, with fast charging and battery swapping at multi fuel hubs. Backed by a USD 275 million equity round and a Rs 900 crore investment, the rollout aims to expand UGEL's hubs nationwide, reduce about one million tonnes of CO2 annually, and relies on sustained policy support and long term private investment for large scale adoption.

India-EU free trade agreement sparks sharp equity rally, sector shifts and heavy domestic institutional buying amid foreign selling.
A newly concluded India-EU free trade agreement materially reduces tariffs on the majority of goods between the parties, prompting a sharp rally in Indian equity markets with sectoral divergences and heavy domestic institutional buying as foreign investors sold positions, while commodity and regional market movements reflected the broader sentiment shift.

BPCL seeks ten-year LNG cargo contracts with a USD 6-14/mmBtu price band and shifting benchmark formula.
BPCL seeks ten-year LNG supply contracts starting 2026 with four cargoes per year for 2026-2029 and eight per year for 2030-2035, priced with a USD 6-14/mmBtu floor and ceiling and using a 50:50 JKM/Dated Brent benchmark for 2026-2028, shifting from 2029 to a 75% crude-linked and 25% Henry Hub-linked pricing formula to diversify sourcing and secure supplies for refineries and the city gas network.

Aviation manufacturing: policy push to scale domestic production, partnerships, and exports driven by rising demand and aircraft orders.
Policy focus seeks to strengthen India's aviation manufacturing ecosystem to become a global exporter of components and products, driven by rising domestic demand and large aircraft orders. Initiatives include private foreign and state foreign manufacturing partnerships and expanded supply chain integration as operative measures to scale capacity and promote exports.

Moran community in Arunachal can register in Tinsukia employment exchanges to access Assam government jobs.
The cabinet authorised registration of Moran community members residing in Arunachal in Tinsukia employment exchanges if they hold a valid Assam permanent residence certificate and Assam-issued OBC certificate, enabling their participation in government recruitment; it also approved OBC quota reservation for the Chutia community in upcoming competitive exams, de-reservation of specified Village Grazing Reserve land for indigenous settlement, relaxation of settlement premium for tea garden workers under Section 17 A of the Assam Fixation of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1956, a Rs 200.36 crore NABARD loan for 27 projects, and inclusion of elected local representatives in MMLSAY.

Ecuadorian consulate rebuffed ICE entry; ministry filed a formal protest citing international law protections for consular premises.
ICE agents attempted to enter the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis without permission; consular staff prevented entry, activated emergency protocols, and Ecuador's foreign ministry filed a formal note of protest with the U.S. embassy asserting that international law prohibits law enforcement entry to consular premises except for narrow life threatening emergencies.

Federal immigration enforcement: two officers fired shots; CBP notified Congress and reviewed body camera footage.
Two federal immigration officers each discharged service pistols during an encounter that killed Alex Pretti; CBP's Office of Professional Responsibility reviewed body worn camera footage and agency records and notified relevant congressional committees as required within 72 hours. The President directed a senior immigration official to assume operational control in Minnesota, and a federal judge ordered the acting head of an immigration agency to appear in court unless a detainee was released, citing numerous habeas petitions and related litigation arising from the enforcement surge.

Shooting involving Border Patrol near the US-Mexico border left one person shot, in custody, and airlifted to a trauma center.
Shooting involving Border Patrol personnel near the US-Mexico border left one person shot and in custody; the Pima County Sheriff's Department reported interagency coordination with federal agencies and that the wounded individual was transferred by medical helicopter to a regional trauma center after on site care in Arivaca, Arizona.

IndiGo flights to Tbilisi, Almaty, Tashkent and Baku cancelled until Feb 11 due to tensions near Iranian airspace.
IndiGo extended cancellations to Tbilisi, Almaty, Tashkent and Baku until February 11 because it is avoiding Iranian airspace amid escalated tensions; its A320neo aircraft on these routes lack the range and fuel holding capacity to operate longer alternative routings, making rerouting impracticable.

Moran community registration in Assam employment exchanges allows Arunachal residents with PRC and OBC certificates to apply.
The cabinet authorised registration of Moran community members living in Arunachal Pradesh in Tinsukia employment exchanges provided they hold a valid Permanent Residence Certificate and Assam-issued OBC certificate, enabling participation in government recruitment. It reserved one post each within the OBC quota for the Chutia community in the next five Combined Competitive Examinations; approved de-reservation of parts of the Village Grazing Reserve for indigenous settlement; relaxed settlement premium for tea garden workers under Section 17-A of the Assam Fixation of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1956; sanctioned a Rs 200.36 crore NABARD loan for 27 projects; and included elected Panchayat representatives in the Mukhya Mantri LoK Sevak Arogya Yojana.

Flood relief will be allocated based on assessed damage and sectoral needs, not constituency divisions, with transparent use.
Flood relief amounting to Rs 1,430 crore will be allocated on a needs-based, damage-assessed and sectoral-priority basis rather than constituency-wise, subject to strict transparency, accountability and time-bound utilisation; pre-budget consultations will inform allocations while constituency-specific projects will be addressed during formal departmental grant presentations in the budget process.

Rajasthan budget session: CM urges BJP MLAs to defend government achievements with facts and rebut opposition claims.
Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma instructed BJP legislators to defend the government's two-year record in the Budget session by presenting factual achievements, engaging on public-interest issues, and studying assembly rules to respond to opposition allegations. He directed active floor management and urged MLAs to highlight manifesto fulfilment, water and power projects, law-and-order and employment gains, ongoing recruitments, and investment-driven project implementation as evidence of governance performance.

India-EU free trade agreement to strengthen economic and political ties and create a two billion person market.
A comprehensive free trade agreement between India and the European Union has been concluded to create a market of roughly two billion people and implement a five year agenda leveraging trade and defence to support a rules based international order. Described as the largest trade deal by either party, the agreement aims to deepen economic integration, expand market access through tariff and non tariff liberalisation, and reinforce commitments to economic openness amid geopolitical tensions.