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  🚨 Top Highlights of Union Budget 2025-26 🚨   Here’s a quick snapshot of the key announcements, with a special focus on tax reforms:   📌 Tax Reforms ✅ No Income Tax for income up to *₹12 lakh*under the new regime.   ✅ Two Self-Occupied Properties can now be valued at Nil for tax purposes (up from one).   ✅ TDS Threshold on Rent raised to ₹6 lakh (from ₹2.4 lakh).   ✅ TCS on Education Loans up to ₹10 lakh removed for loans from specified financial institutions.   ✅ Time Limit for Updated Returns extended from 2 years to 4 years.   ✅ New Income Tax Bill to be introduced next week, focusing on simplification and ease of compliance.   ✅ TDS/TCS Rationalisation: Reduced number of rates and adjusted thresholds to benefit the middle class.   ✅ Faceless Assessment and Taxpayer Charter to continue, with 99% of returns processed based on self-assessment.   📌 Healthcare & Education...

  The U.S. Federal Reserve’s recent decision to cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25% to a range of 4.25%–4.50% has sent ripples through global financial markets. While the move was widely expected, the Fed’s unexpected projection of fewer rate cuts in 2025 unsettled investors, triggering a sharp sell-off in equities worldwide. In its latest economic outlook, the Fed reduced its expected number of quarter-point cuts in 2025 from four to just two, indicating that higher interest rates may persist longer than previously anticipated. This shift has amplified concerns about the pace of global economic recovery. Fed Chair Jerome Powell noted that inflation has "eased significantly" but remains "somewhat elevated" compared to the central bank’s 2% target. Despite optimism about the U.S. economy, Powell emphasized the Fed is nearing the end of its current rate-cutting cycle. Global Market Reactions Wall Street reacted sharply to the Fed’s announcement, with all three ...