Welcome to The morning report brought to you by Renil S Varghese — your quick dive into the top stories shaping the business world today. Fast, insightful, and to the point.

Welcome to The morning report brought to you by Renil S Varghese — your quick dive into the top stories shaping the business world today. Fast, insightful, and to the point. Check out the top news for the day.

Today’s top headlines: IDFC First Bank reports a ₹590-crore fraud, the Supreme Court hears the Meta-WhatsApp privacy case, US President Donald Trump announces a hospital ship plan for Greenland, and India and Brazil sign a pharma regulation MoU.

Stay updated with the latest business news, banking fraud developments, Supreme Court hearings, India-US and global geopolitical updates, pharma sector partnerships, and key regulatory stories impacting India and international markets.

Get today’s top business news, market headlines about the Stock Market, Sensex & Nifty trends, key market insights, economic highlights, and the latest updates from India and global markets.

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Get today’s top business news, market headlines about the Stock Market, Sensex & Nifty trends, key market insights, economic highlights, and the latest updates from India and global markets.

🎧 On today’s episode: Rural joblessness rises to 5% in January, while global tech firms deepen their India footprint — from Anthropic’s Bengaluru office and AMD’s AI expansion with TCS to Torrent Power’s ₹6,889 crore acquisition of Nabha Power. Listen in!

Get today’s top business news, market headlines about the Stock Market, Sensex & Nifty trends, key market insights, economic highlights, and the latest updates from India and global markets.

🎧 On today’s episode: India moves closer to its biggest defence purchase as the Defence Acquisition Council clears a ₹3.25 lakh crore proposal for 114 Rafale fighter jets, with most to be built in India. Retail inflation comes in at 2.75 percent in January under a newly revised CPI base year, marking a reset in how price pressures are measured. Markets end lower as IT stocks slide 5.5 percent on fears that AI could disrupt outsourcing, dragging the Nifty down 147 points. And space start-up Agnikul Cosmos partners NeevCloud to explore hosting AI data centres in orbit.

🎧 On today’s episode: The White House revises its US–India trade deal fact sheet, removing references to “certain pulses” and digital services tax, and softening India’s $500 billion purchase pledge to “intends.” Gold ETFs clock a record ₹24,040 crore inflow in January as investors shift to safe-haven assets amid market volatility. Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal says all key sensitive sectors are protected under the interim pact, with US tariffs set to fall to 18 percent. And direct tax collections rise 9.4 percent to ₹19.44 lakh crore, though meeting the revised annual target remains a challenge.