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The stock has been highly volatile today with an intraday volatility of 6.07 per cent and technically trades higher than the 5-day and 20-day moving averages but lower than the 50-day, 100-day and 200-day moving averages. Mumbai: Shares of electric vehicle company Mercury Ev-Tech are in action today, i.e. on January 23, 2026, even as markets remained volatile despite positive global cues. Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty pared opening gains to trade lower in the early session amid sustained selling by foreign institutional investors. The 30-share BSE Sensex opened higher at 82,335.94 and later hit a high of 82,516. 27.…

The Economic Survey is primarily prepared by the Department of Economic Affairs, under the leadership of the Chief Economic Advisor. New Delhi: In the backdrop of the Union Budget to be presented in Parliament on February 1, people are eagerly brushing up their knowledge of the Economic Survey and are keen to know the details it provides on the economic state of the country. The Economic Survey serves as a crucial official document that is prepared by the Government of India. The survey gives a detailed analysis of the economy, which includes key trends, challenges, and future prospects of the…

The upcoming Electricity Amendment Bill will address challenges, including losses and debt of power distribution companies (DISCOMs), non-cost-reflective tariffs, and excessive cross-subsidies. New Delhi: The upcoming budget session, starting on February 1, is slated to bring landmark changes in the power sector, as the concept of cost-reflective tariffs has been included in the Electricity Amendment Bill, which aims to reduce losses for power distribution companies (Discoms).  Cost-reflective tariffs become crucial in the backdrop of the long-standing debt and losses faced by power distribution companies in the country.  In his address to the first annual conference of the All-India Power Distribution…