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French Embassy in Dhaka has strongly denied allegations that it supported the Bangladesh interim government's criticism of former US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard. The embassy called the claims «ridiculous, baseless and intellectually weak.» Reacting to a post on social media, the French Embassy in Dhaka stated, «How ridiculous, baseless and intellectually weak statement @kawsarc @mainul_haque @carmel_trish.» The post has been deleted after it went viral.

recession talk in the United States is growing louder with each passing day and this will be completely driven by President Trump's upending of tariff structures. A recent Reuters poll found that 95% of economists across Canada, the US and Mexico thought the risk of a recession in their respective countries had increased following Trump's tariff rollout. Going by his talk, the President is not going to relent anytime soon. In fact he is doubling down on his rhetoric to impose reciprocal and sectoral tariffs on various countries come April 2. India, this time, will be on the receiving end.

JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Artificial Intelligence was a great technological revolution that will drive everything and change the world, sounding bullish on the sweeping technological changes AI was sparking. AI was reshaping the world just like the invention of the printing press, the steam engine, and the internet did, he said in a chat with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen at the tech company’s annual summit in Las Vegas. “Like past innovations, AI too will take time but will transform the world in ways we can’t yet imagine.” The future, according to him, was going to be AI-driven.

Donald Trump has urged the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, claiming it would be the «right thing» to do as US tariffs begin to ease their way into the economy. «The Fed would be much better off cutting rates as tariffs start to transition,» Trump said, emphasizing the need for swift action. In a dramatic statement, he declared April 2 as «Liberation Day in America,» hinting at a symbolic economic shift tied to his proposed policies.

invest in Indian fixed income, according to Saurav Ghosh, a fixed income expert and co-founder of Jiraaf. In an interaction with ET Markets, Ghosh stated that he sees a strong opportunity for investors to lock in attractive yields ahead of anticipated rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). “Right now is a great time to invest in Indian fixed income given that equity markets are obviously highly-highly volatile. Right now global economic markets both because of the US is obviously very-very uncertain, so Indian fixed income with its stability is a great asset class to have in your investment portfolio,” he said.

Trump last month ordered the US Commerce Department to investigate US imports of copper as a likely precursor to imposing duties. Since then, US prices have spiked and traders have scrambled to send metal to America ahead of any tariffs, in turn reducing supply in the rest of the world.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The much-anticipated telephone call between US President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to discuss a ceasefire in Ukraine, as well as chart out a path for a lasting peace formula, turned out to be sub-optimal and weighed down by variables antagonistic to a meaningful deal. The tentative deal reached after a marathon 150-minute call has placed energy infrastructure out of bounds, but allowed broader hostilities to continue.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Trump administration has been extraordinarily blasé about falling stocks. “I can tell you that corrections are healthy, they are normal," said Scott Bessent, America’s treasury secretary on March 16th, in the government’s most recent shrug.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Murugappa Group-owned Coromandel International Ltd is betting on its acquisition of NACL Industries Ltd to strengthen its domestic formulations business, Latin American presence and create synergies to establish a foothold in contract drug manufacturing, according to managing director S. Sankarasubramanian.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A laser-sharp focus on the US market in a world being reshaped by artificial intelligence has cast shadows over three Indian tech services companies catering to healthcare and life sciences companies. Lack of diversified businesses, policy uncertainty in the Donald Trump era, and the challenges of GenAI pose major risks for Sagility Ltd, Indegene Ltd, and Inventurus Knowledge Solutions Ltd, all of which listed on the stock exchanges in the past year, analysts said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Williams’ and fellow Nasa astronaut Butch Wilmore’s mission aboard a Boeing spacecraft has finally ended and they are safely back on Earth. A leaking propulsion tank and faulty thrusters in the Boeing Starliner threw return plans off schedule.

With the recent spike in egg prices, fueled by outbreaks of bird flu, restaurants now have another headache: beef prices are increasing, and they worry about how it will affect their menus, according to Daily Mail. Based on recent figures, prices for beef and veal have jumped 5.5% higher in January than they did in the same period last year, more than inflation in the rest of the American economy, Daily Mail reported.

Mother’s Blessing event in Diablo 4’s Season 7. Players can participate in the event from March 18 to 25, 2025. The event offers increased experience points (EXP) and Gold earnings. Additional rewards are available through the Tree of Whispers.

Inside Season 2 is now available on Netflix. Unlike many Netflix shows, this season will release episodes over a week instead of all at once. Fans can watch the episodes at different times depending on their time zone.

U.S. stocks climbed after the Federal Reserve said the economy still looks healthy enough to keep interest rates where they are

Fitch Ratings said Wednesday. While India's economic growth forecast for FY26 is unchanged at 6.5% from the December outlook, the projection for FY27 was revised upwards by 10 basis points to 6.3%. This fiscal year, India's GDP is anticipated to grow by 6.3%, the global rating agency said. Consumer spending will pick up pace in the coming two fiscals, albeit at a slower pace, it noted. The Indian economy gained momentum in the December quarter, expanding 6.2% from a seven-quarter low of 5.6% in the quarter before, led by improved consumer spending and higher government expenditure. The ratings agency forecasts growth of 7.1% in Q4 of FY25 and 6.8% in Q1 of FY26.

Bitcoin price has gone down from all-time high of around $110,000 to a threshold of almost $80,000 but experts are predicting that the most popular Cryptocurrency may hit $250,000-mark by the end of 2025, as per a report. While there have apprehensions about a major fall in Bitcoin price, Cryptocurrency experts have predicted that the Donald Trump administration is likely to store the high-profile cryptocurrency even as Federal Reserve could well intervene to restore some semblance of order, Forbes reported. Bitcoin price could well peak to $250,000 by the end of the year once the Federal Reserve takes stern measures, Forbes reported quoting crypto trader Arthur Hayes. Earlier in March, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish a strategic bitcoin reserve, a day before meeting with executives from the cryptocurrency industry at the White House. The reserve will be capitalized with bitcoin owned by the federal government that was forfeited as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings, the White House crypto czar, billionaire David Sacks, said in a post on social media platform X.

Lionel Messi bid adieu to Barcelona. However, he might be having an unfinished business with the La Liga club, which is now eying to sign its greatest-ever player back to the side. Messi, 37, left Barcelona in 2021 on a free transfer as the financial situation at that time prevented the highly popular club from renewing the Argentina star's contract.

NIA is probing foreign links to terror acts, human trafficking and terror financing emanating from foreign soil, minister of state for home Nityanand Rai informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Referring to NIA (Amendment) Act, 2019, he said the agency has been empowered to investigate terrorist acts on Indian missions. In reply to supplementary questions during Question Hour, Rai said during the investigation of cases in the last year, NIA found that the accused were based outside India's borders.

Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that they had a constructive call about moving toward a ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow, with the White House suggesting the U.S. could take control of Ukrainian power plants to ensure their security. Trump told Zelenskyy that the U.S could be «very helpful in running those plants with its electricity and utility expertise,» according to a White House statement from Secretary of State Marco Rubio and national security adviser Mike Waltz that described the call as «fantastic.» Trump added that «American ownership of those plants could be the best protection for that infrastructure.» Zelenskyy and Trump discussed in general terms the possibility of a ceasefire, according to a senior Ukrainian official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to comment publicly. During the call, there was an emphasis how any ceasefire process would need to be monitored and that the teams still needed to resolve technical issues, said the official, who characterized the call as «a very good conversation, positive, with the jokes.» During the call, Zelenskyy requested additional Patriot defense missile systems. Rubio and Waltz said Trump «agreed to work with him to find what was available, particularly in Europe.»