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Crashes come. Stay diversified. This week's @ET_Wealth arrives amid global turmoil — and our cover package shows exactly how diversified portfolios have held up across 25 years of crashes. Five top fund managers answer the tough question: What do you do now? Also: how a typo in your hospital discharge summary can get your insurance claim rejected. And a lot more. We've got you covered. Monday, March 16. Pick up your copy.

What a wonderful, no-holds-barred chat with Arthur Mensch of @MistralAI ➡️AI is becoming like a utility; focus on efficiency & cost ➡️ Founders must nt rush out; local innovatn must stay local ➡️Reduce concentration power in d US & more ⤵️ @arthurmensch economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificia…

🚨🚨 "Democratisation of AI is the best way to ensure humanity flourishes," he said, adding that "centralisation of this technology in one company or country could lead to ruin". "This is not to suggest that we won't need any regulation or safeguards," Altman said.

Tata and OpenAI announces partnership. A story ET’s @arijitbarman76 and @HimanshiET broke in December.

Google chief @sundarpichai on AI and India! #IndiaAI Impact Summit

An absolute pleasure to speak with @sundarpichai for this exclusive ET interview ahead of his arrival in Delhi. With characteristic thoughtfulness and humility, he addressed all of my questions around Google, India, energy, talent, global south, and leadership in the age of AI. @Google @GoogleIndia m.economictimes.com/tech/artificia…

💵💵 Space technology startup Skyroot Aerospace is seeking to raise between $150 million and $200 million (around Rs 1,800 crore) to fuel its next growth phase, sources told us. The deal could value Skyroot at nearly $1 billion.

Warning from the minister @AshwiniVaishnaw for the BigTech at the IndiaAI Impact Summit

They say opposites attract. But when a saver marries a spender, the only thing attracting is debt. A smart #valentines read from @RijuMET at @ET_Wealth

Worli transit camp on reserved land: BMC orders FIR against SRA engineer. BMC has issued a stop-work notice to a transit camp in Worli after finding that the structure has come up on a reserved land parcel earmarked to be handed over to the civic body for the construction of a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP). Civic officials said the construction is particularly alarming as two major municipal sewer lines pass through the plot. Documents accessed by @TOIMumbai showed that the BMC has has directed its Chief Engineer (Storm Water Drains) to lodge a criminal complaint against the engineer.

@richapintoi happy birthday 🎂

📈📈Stockbroker Dhan’s profit jumps 2.5 times to Rs 408 crore, revenue up 2.3X 📌The Mumbai-based wealthtech player, which focusses on high-frequency professional traders, was valued at $1.2 billion last year following a $120 million infusion from Hornbill Capital and others.

प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi के मार्गदर्शन में तैयार एवं वित्त मंत्री @nsitharaman जी द्वारा प्रस्तुत, इस शानदार बजट के लिए मैं उन्हें हार्दिक बधाई देता हूँ। यह जनभावनाओं और जन-अपेक्षाओं पर खरा उतरने वाला बजट है। साथ ही, यह बजट प्रधानमंत्रीजी के आत्मनिर्भर भारत और विकसित भारत के संकल्प को सशक्त आधार देता है, जिसमें समाज के सभी वर्गों के उत्थान के लिए समुचित प्रावधान किये गये हैं। इस बजट में, रक्षा क्षेत्र के लिए, 7.85 लाख करोड़ रुपये का प्रावधान किये जाने पर, मैं हमारे प्रधानमंत्री मोदी जी का हृदय से आभार व्यक्त करता हूँ। ऑपरेशन सिंदूर की ऐतिहासिक सफलता के बाद आए इस बजट ने, देश की रक्षा व्यवस्था को और मज़बूत बनाने के हमारे संकल्प को, और सुदृढ़ किया है। इस वर्ष हमारी सेनाओं के overall capital expenditure के लिए 2.19 लाख करोड़ का provision किया गया है I इस बजट का सबसे महत्वपूर्ण पक्ष हमारी तीनों सेनाओं के modernization का है। इसके लिए इस वर्ष 1.85 लाख करोड़ रुपये की provisioning की गई है, जो पिछले वित्त वर्ष की तुलना में लगभग 24 प्रतिशत अधिक है। इस वृद्धि के परिणाम स्वरुप हमारी सैन्य क्षमता और अधिक सशक्त होगी I भूतपूर्व सैनिकों, और उनके परिवारों के कल्याण को भी, इस बजटमें प्रमुख स्थान मिला है। Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme, के अंतर्गत वर्तमान वर्ष की तुलना में लगभग 45 प्रतिशत की बढ़ोत्तरी करते हुए, 12,100 करोड़ रुपये का प्रावधान किया गया है। यह बजट सुरक्षा, विकास औरआत्मनिर्भरता के संतुलन को मजबूत करता है। मैं देशवासियों को, देशहित में पेश हुए इस बजट पर हार्दिक बधाई देता हूँ I

Details here. Overall increase in budget is about 15 percent. Within it,Capex increased by almost 22 percent.

Major announcements for tech and AI in the #BudgET2026. Intent seems to be to invite more from investments from MNCs into data centres, GCCs, electronics and semicon & ease long-pending issues such as Safe Harbour! Industry is Ecstatic.. 🔥🔥🔥

Indian Semiconductor Mission (ISM) 2.0 will be launched to produce eqiupment and materials, design Indian IPs and skill workforce, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said during budget speech. #BudgetwithET @ETtech

Safe harbour limit for IT services increased significantly at Budget 2026. Increased from Rs 300 crore to Rs 2,000 crore for IT services. #BudgetWithET @ETtech

To scale up manufacturing in strategic and frontier sectors, 💠Biopharma SHAKTI 💠India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) 2.0 💠Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme 💠Dedicated Rare Earth Corridors in Odisha, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu 💠3 dedicated Chemical Parks 💠Scheme to revive 200 legacy industrial clusters are proposed to be launched. - Smt. @nsitharaman #ViksitBharatBudget

Sports equipment manufacturing gets a mention in #Unionbudget. Dedicated initiative for R&D -equipment design & material sciences.Interesting as the sports economy grows in India, esp in Tier 2-3 markets. Many brands targetting aspirational class @ETtech #BudgET2026 #Budget2026