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Mark Kelly on Tuesday trained his guns at Elon Musk, who also heads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), after the billionaire slammed his post on Ukraine. In a recent interview, Kelly suggested that the billionaire only owes allegiance to his own «checking account» and «pocket book» and to «ruining the life of veterans».

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones has reportedly signed a one-year contract with the Indianapolis Colts instead of returning to the Vikings. The deal is valued at $14 million, with the potential to earn up to $17.7 million through playing-time incentives.

Fire Country Season 3 Episode 15, titled One Last Time, will be released on March 14, 2025.

Elon Musk’s latest business venture in Europe is causing major controversy. His company, Starlink, is in talks for a billion-dollar deal with Italy’s government, but opposition leaders are outraged, as per a report. Meanwhile, Giorgia Meloni has been presenting herself as the European leader who can serve as the vital connection between the U.S. government and Europe. Critics argue that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s close ties with Musk are raising serious concerns about national security.

Donald Trump has asked his former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, to stop his public assaults on billionaire Elon Musk and broker a private meeting between the two, as per a report.

Carney, who will be sworn in as Justin Trudeau's replacement in the coming days, said Trump's latest tariffs are an attack on Canadian workers, families, and businesses. «My government will ensure our response has maximum impact in the U.S. and minimal impact here in Canada, while supporting the workers impacted,» Carney said. He added: «My government will keep our tariffs on until the Americans show us respect and make credible, reliable commitments to free and fair trade.» Trump said Tuesday that he will double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada, escalating a trade war with the United States' northern neighbor and showing an indifference to recent stock market turmoil and rising recession risks.

Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico will soon come into effect. The two allies of the US are top suppliers of food and beverages. Experts have predicted that prices of various essential goods will see a rapid hike. Donald Trump, soon after assuming office for his second term, announced 25 per cent tariffs on Canada and Mexico before freezing it for a limited period after market backlash.

Nicolas Breteau, CEO of the TP ICAP group, said today (11 March) that «our focus is a listing in the US», which could occur as early as Q2 2025.  An IPO across the Atlantic for Parameta Solutions was already touted last year, when TP ICAP cited a need for better liquidity for the broker's data arm in its half-year results.  Number of UK companies mulling moving their listing doubles in 12 months TP ICAP has shed 1.4% off its share price since markets opened today, according to data from MarketWatch.  Meanwhile, reports from Sky News revealed that domestic alarm systems provider ...

The transaction, completed on 10 March, marks the first sale to be signed and completed as part of the trust's managed wind-down. One third of investment trusts made double-digit returns in 2024 amid troublesome year for sector The net closing payment, made to Ecofin's indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary, RNEW Capital, stood at approximately $37.1m. However, according to the notice, the net proceeds of the disposal, which excludes estimated tax liabilities plus other costs, will bring that figure down to $33.5m. «Of that, an amount of $400,000 is to be held in escrow for a short ...

web searches with queries for «Trump» and the word "chaos" rose in the past few weeks just as US president Donald Trump's second term started, as per a report.

vaccine superpower with Covaxin's development and now produces 60 per cent of the world's vaccines, said Prof Balram Bhargava, former Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the agency that led the country's Covid-19 response. The Padma Shri awardee delivered a keynote address at BRIC-Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) on Tuesday on the theme 'Accelerate Action' as part of RGCB's Women's Day celebration. «Sixty per cent of the world's vaccines are now manufactured in Pune and supplied globally. In 2021, we exported vaccines to more than 100 countries, underscoring our potential in vaccine research and development,» Bhargava said in an RGCB press release. Vaccine development-from funding to preclinical studies, clinical trials, laboratory research, and physiological studies-has been implemented seamlessly with government support. A National Task Force comprising 40 scientists from various research domains was formed to act swiftly in times of crisis, he noted.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk seemed to be visibly uncomfortable and almost close to tears during a Fox News interview when questioned about the performance of his businesses. Musk told Fox Business that he was running so many businesses 'with great difficulty' as shares of his automotive company Tesla suffered their worst drop in a half-decade and as his social media firm X experienced several outages. Musk also said during an interview on Fox Business that he expected to remain in the Trump administration for another year. Musk's company Tesla, his electric vehicle company, experienced a significant drop in share prices and a global decline in sales. The company's shares have tanked by 15.4 precent, marking its steepest fall since September 2020. ALSO READ: Eliminated 25 years ago, this highly contagious viral illness is on the rise in US: Check its symptoms

The benchmark BSE Sensex lost 12.85 points or 0.02% to close at 74,102.32, while the broader Nifty 50 index closed at 22,497.90, higher by 37.60 points or 0.17%.

Bitcoin's price dropped to $76,889, its lowest point since November while second-ranked token Ether dropped as much as 6% to $1,756, an intra-day low not seen since October 2023, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Both tokens later erased those declines.

Zydus Lifesciences said on Tuesday it will acquire an 85.6% stake in France's Amplitude Surgical for 256.8 million euros (nearly $280 million) as part of its plans to expand further in the global medical devices market. The acquisition, which is a nearly 81% premium to Amplitude's last close, comes as India's pharmaceutical industry is bracing itself for U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to tax pharmaceutical imports. The United States is Zydus Lifesciences's biggest market, accounting for 47% of total revenue, followed by India.

Trump is obsessed with winning the Nobel Peace Prize, which is one reason why he’s pushing Ukraine and Russia so hard toward cease-fire negotiations. The way the US president is going about it won’t earn him any favor in Oslo, though, because so far he mainly seems to be coercing Ukraine to capitulate.

Sensex and Nifty, traded lower on Tuesday, following a widespread sell-off in Asian markets after Wall Street dropped overnight due to recession concerns in the US. The rupee is likely to stay under pressure on Tuesday, as concerns over a potential recession sapped risk appetite across financial markets, driving most Asian currencies lower.

India's cotton imports in 2024/25 are likely to double from a year ago as production is set to fall below consumption because of a decline in acreage planted and adverse weather, a leading trade body said on Tuesday. Higher imports by the world's second-largest producer of the fibre could support global prices, which fell to their lowest in more than four years after top consumer China levied duties on imports from the United States. India could import 3 million bales in the current marketing year ending on September 30, up from 1.52 million bales imported a year ago, the Cotton Association of India (CAI) said in a statement. During the period from October to February, 2.2 million bales of overseas cotton landed at Indian ports, according to CAI estimates. India's cotton production in the current year is likely to fall by 10% from a year ago, to 29.53 million bales, even as demand is estimated to rise marginally to 31.5 million bales, it said.

Elon Musk has spilled beans on why his team targeted the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In an interview with Fox Business, Musk said the strategy was to «follow the money» and challenge what he saw as significant financial waste and corruption. Musk previously claimed that the aid agency is «a criminal organization» and that Trump has agreed to «shut it down». Trump had posted on his Truth Social page on Friday that USAID's spending «IS TOTALLY UNEXPLAINABLE… CLOSE IT DOWN!»

Ben Powell, Chief Middle East and APAC Investment Strategist, BlackRock Investment Institute, says we at BlackRock are still very much on board with the India bull story, while being respectful of the short-term sell-off which clearly has fed on itself. India is on a journey to exist as a standalone investment destination and that is going to become more and more the case in the quarters and years ahead. We have discussed the US. We have discussed China. Where is India? Did I miss it? Ben Powell: India is doing very well. I am here in the UAE. We had a huge cricket event over the weekend. India was triumphant. India, I still think is in this temporarily tricky spot of risk slightly feeding on itself. You have had a market which perhaps got a little bit ahead of itself several months ago and that was ripe, it turns out, for a little bit of a downdraft and that is now feeding on itself to some degree.

USCIS) has announced a one-month grace period for older versions of immigration forms, including green card applications. This decision comes after a lawsuit challenged the agency's sudden rollout of new forms without prior notice. According to Bloomberg Law, USCIS will now accept previous editions of updated forms for 30 days from the date new versions were issued. The agency confirmed this update in a notice published on its website. Forms impacted by this decision include Form I-485 for green cards, Form N-400 for naturalization, and others. Earlier, the USCIS introduced updated forms with an edition date of January 20, 2025. However, when these forms were released in late February and early March, the agency did not provide a grace period. This led to confusion among applicants and attorneys, as older versions were submitted even after the updates took effect.