Mutual fund Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) inflows reached Rs 31,000 crore in the month of January, second consecutive month when SIP inflows were Rs 31,000 crore or more, the data released by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) showed on Tuesday.

In December, the SIP inflows stood at Rs 31,002 crore. SIP inflows increased by 17 per cent year-on-year, from Rs 26,400 crore in January 2025.

India has been designated as the 'Country of the Year' at 'BIOFACH 2026', the world’s leading trade fair for organic products, scheduled to be held from February 10-13 at Nuremberg in Germany, according to an official statement issued on Tuesday.

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) is organising India’s participation at 'BIOFACH 2026' with a prominent and high-impact presence.

At least two people were killed after a speeding passenger bus collided head-on with a car near Lalu Chhapra Chowk in the Paru police station area of Bihar's Muzaffarpur district on Tuesday.

The horrific road accident turned the stretch of road into a scene of chaos and panic.

Gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw a steep 50 per cent rise in India in the month of January, with their monthly inflows exceeding the entire equity mutual fund segment, according to data released by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) on Tuesday.

Five members of a family were found dead in a village under the Mahavan police station area of Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district, police officials said on Tuesday. Police suspect that this could be a case of mass suicide.

The deceased include a man, his wife, and their three children. The incident came to light after villagers grew suspicious when the family did not come out of their room for a long time in the morning.

Determined to confront Punjab’s drug crisis by reclaiming its sporting legacy, the Bhagwant Mann Government on Monday approved the launch of the Punjab Cricket League (PCL), positioning sports as a strategic intervention for youth empowerment rather than a token outreach programme.

Gold and silver prices dipped moderately on Tuesday due to a stronger dollar and profit booking, even as geopolitical uncertainties extended medium-term support to precious metals.

MCX gold February futures dipped 0.33 per cent to Rs 1,57,550 per 10 grams on an intra-day basis. Meanwhile, MCX silver March futures declined 1.92 per cent to Rs 2,57,567 per kg.


Aam Aadmi Party Punjab Media Incharge Baltej Pannu on Monday launched a scathing attack on Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal leaders, accusing them of running a secret, decades-long power-sharing cartel that looted Punjab while pretending to be political rivals.

Calling out Congress’s casteist and elitist remarks into a flashpoint on Punjab’s streets, senior leaders, ministers, MLAs, and hundreds of karyakartas of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab on Sunday held a high-voltage band-baja protest outside the residence of Leader of Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa, slamming Congress leadership for mocking Dalits, degrading honest livelihoods, and exposing its deeply feudal and dynastic mindset. 

Temperature improved remarkably across Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, with Srinagar city recording a minimum temperature of 3.3 degrees Celsius and Jammu city 12.3 degrees Celsius.

The Meteorological Department officials said that Srinagar city recorded a minimum temperature of 3.3 degrees Celsius, Gulmarg minus 3.4 degrees Celsius and Pahalgam minus 0.4 degrees Celsius.

The five-day India-Sri Lanka workshop on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is a significant strategic milestone in bilateral healthcare diplomacy and HTA knowledge exchange, underscoring India's commitment to supporting regional health initiatives, senior government officials have said.

The knowledge exchange workshop on HTA formally commenced at the Sushma Swaraj Bhawan here, hosted by the Department of Health Research (DHR), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs.

Bollywood star Rani Mukerji says Hindi cinema has always celebrated strong women on screen and credits legendary performers like Nutan and Nargis for setting that foundation decades ago.

Rani engaged in an insightful talk with women officers of the Delhi Police.

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) became net buyers in Indian equities over the last nine trading sessions, purchasing more than $2 billion worth of shares supporting a rally, according to provisional data from exchanges.

On February 9, they bought shares worth Rs 2,223 crore on a provisional basis, according to exchange data.

However, experts cautioned it was too early to judge the medium‑term durability of the flow, adding that the trend could continue if trade stability persists, corporate earnings improve, and the dollar continues to weaken.

Police have arrested a Bihar-based arms smuggler from the Kasba area in Kolkata and seized firearms and cartridges from his possession.

The arrested person has been identified as Mohammad Ishtiaq, 38, a resident of Bihar.

The police said that the arrest was made based on inputs that several illegal firearms and ammunition were about to enter the city from the Bihar-Jharkhand region.

Unexecuted spending in South Korea's annual budget totalled 5.4 trillion won ($3.7 billion) last year, the smallest amount in four years, the finance ministry said on Tuesday.

Excluding internal transactions, the "practical unexecuted" amount came to 5.4 trillion won in 2025, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The figure is down 3.9 trillion won from 9.3 trillion won the previous year and is the lowest since 2021, when it totalled 5.2 trillion won.

Argentine seventh seed Tomas Etcheverry progressed to the Argentina Open round of 16 with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Italian qualifier Andrea Pellegrino.

The Argentine, competing in the main draw in Buenos Aires for the fifth consecutive time, won 85 percent of points on his first serve and hit seven aces to take the match in an hour and 39 minutes on the outdoor clay of the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club.

Actor Sunny Deol offered a glimpse of a reflective moment from his travels, sharing a picture from Kutch.

Sunny took to Instagram, where he shared a video of himself leaning against his car, gazing at the vast expanse of water as the sky melts into soft hues of dawn or dusk.

Captioning the post as “Road to heaven. Kutch,” the star, who is currently enjoying the success of his latest release “Border 2”, captured the landscape's stillness and calm.

The air quality in the Delhi-NCR remained in the ‘poor’ category on Tuesday morning, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) rising to 267, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Residents across the region are also witnessing a noticeable change in weather conditions, with many experiencing unusual warmth in the month of February.

Financial authorities began a formal investigation on Tuesday into Bithumb, a local crypto exchange, to determine how it was able to pay out over 60 trillion won ($41.2 billion) in bitcoins it apparently did not have, industry sources said.

Regulators informed the crypto exchange Monday that an investigation will be conducted, three days after they conducted an on-site inspection, according to the sources, reports news agency.

The Indian equity markets posted moderate gains early on Tuesday amid strong global cues and continuing foreign inflows.

As of 9.28 am, Sensex added 182 points, or 0.22 per cent, to reach 84,247, and Nifty gained 50 points, or 0.19 per cent, to settle at 25,917.

Main broad-cap indices performed in line with benchmark indices, as the Nifty Midcap 100 added 0.20 per cent, and the Nifty Smallcap 100 edged up 0.58 per cent.

All sectoral indices traded in the green. Most notable gainers were Nifty consumer durables, up 0.85 per cent, realty up 0.55 per cent and metals 0.53 per cent. ONGC was among the top gainers.