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Union Budget 2026 Explained: What's Getting Cheaper, What's Getting Costlier & What It All Means for You

So… Budget 2026 Happened. Here’s What You Need to Know. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman just presented her 9th consecutive budget yesterday (February 1, 2026) - and fun fact, it’s the first Sunday budget presentation since 1999! I spent the entire evening going through the budget documents, watching the speech, and honestly… it’s a mixed bag. As someone who teaches engineering students and also manages my own investments (Indian stocks, mutual funds, ETFs, US stocks through INDMoney), I wanted to break down what this budget actually means for regular people like us. Not the jargon-heavy analysis you’ll find everywhere else, but a straightforward explanation. ...

February 2, 2026 Â· 16 min Â· 3217 words Â· Chandra Shaker

Top AI Breakthroughs This Week - February 2026

## Introduction This week saw major announcements in AI… ## 1. GPT-5 Benchmark Results OpenAI released preliminary benchmarks… ### Key Findings - Performance improvement: 40% over GPT-4 - Reduced hallucinations - Better reasoning ## 2. Google’s Gemini Pro 2.0 Google announced… ## 3. Research Highlight: DeepMind’s AlphaFold 3 [Content here] ## What This Means for Developers [Your analysis] ## Conclusion [Summary and forward look] **What’s your take?** Share your thoughts in comments below. ...

February 2, 2026 Â· 1 min Â· 87 words Â· Chandra Shaker