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🗞️ Medial Bulletin 🌍 Geopolitics: The "Modi-Trump" Breakthrough • Landmark Trade Deal: Following a high-stakes call between PM Modi and President Trump, the US has slashed tariffs on Indian goods from 25% to 18%. This effectively scraps the punitive 50% "penal" rate previously tied to Russian oil purchases. • The $500B Pivot: India has committed to a massive purchase of US energy (oil, gas, and coal) and technology, signaling a strategic exit from Russian energy dependencies to support global peace efforts in Ukraine. • Market Euphoria: The BSE Sensex recorded its largest single-day intraday gain in history yesterday (+4,200 points), as the deal eliminates months of policy uncertainty for Indian exporters. 📉 Markets & Crypto: The "Harvest • Crypto Liquidation: A brutal "liquidation cascade" saw Bitcoin plunge to $76,000, wiping out over $2.5 billion in leveraged positions. Market sentiment has shifted into "Extreme Fear" as high-leverage traders were flushed out. • Commodity Shock: The crypto crash triggered a broader margin-call selloff, dragging Gold down 12% and Silver down 33%--the metals' steepest one-day falls in decades as investors scrambled for liquidity. 🚀 Startups & Funding • OneStack Series A: The Gurugram-based fintech secured fresh funding led by Samved VC to digitize India's ₹24.5 lakh crore cooperative banking sector, aiming to scale from 200 to 500 banks. • Consumer Health Rise: Science-backed supplement brand The Stack bagged ₹5.5 crore in pre-seed funding to expand R&D in the sleep and gut health categories. • Credit AI: GoodScore secured $13 million to advance its AI-driven credit advisory tools, highlighting continued investor appetite for deep-tech in BFSI. 💼 Layoffs & Industry Reset • Big Tech Cuts: January 2026 closed with 25,000 global tech layoffs. Amazon trimmed 16,000 corporate roles, while Meta cut 1,500 from its Reality Labs division. • Oracle's Pivot: Reports suggest Oracle is preparing to cut up to 30,000 roles globally to redirect $10 billion toward its massive AI data-center expansion. • India Gaming: Zupee laid off 200 employees as part of a restructuring following the nationwide ban on real-money gaming. 🇮🇳 India Policy: The AI Mission • Bharat-VISTAAR Launch: The government unveiled its first multilingual AI advisory tool for farmers, integrated with the national Agri-Stack for real-time crop guidance. • Semiconductor 2.0: Details of the ₹8,000-crore ISM 2.0 outlay were finalized, shifting the mission's focus from chip assembly to high-value indigenous IP design. Stay Updated. Stay Ahead with Medial.