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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Peering down the 17th fairway from the men’s championship tees of the Gary Player course (DLF Golf & Country Club) in Gurugram, you really have to scour the landscape to locate the landing spot that you’re supposed to be aiming for. “It’s only about 15 yards wide…they’ve narrowed it down," says Vani Kapoor.

education loan of Rs 40 lakhs to study in the US found himself debt-ridden, struggling to make ends meet, and support an ailing parent. Taking to Reddit, a user named The Tech Philosopher shared his struggles in a long, emotional post. He recounted how his father, who operated a small manufacturing business, and the rest of his family invested all their emotional and financial resources to support his aspiration for a better future. Despite completing his degree, he faced significant challenges in securing employment in the U.S. due to economic recession, visa restrictions, and limited internship opportunities for Indian students. After a year of relentless applications, he was unable to earn enough to cover his living expenses, relying on monthly financial support from his family, which depleted their remaining savings.

cyberattack at Oracle as the hackers broke into the cloud computing company's computer systems and stole patient data, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Earlier this month, the company alerted some healthcare customers that sometime after January 22, hackers accessed its servers and copied patient data to an outside location, the report said. The hackers stole patient data in an attempt to extort multiple medical providers in the United States, according to the report.

Sagaing region near the Myanmar city of Mandalay caused extensive damage in that country and also shook neighbouring Thailand on Friday. HOW VULNERABLE IS MYANMAR TO EARTHQUAKES? Myanmar lies on the boundary between two tectonic plates and is one of the world's most seismically active countries, although large and destructive earthquakes have been relatively rare in the Sagaing region. «The plate boundary between the India Plate and Eurasia Plate runs approximately north-south, cutting through the middle of the country,» said Joanna Faure Walker, a professor and earthquake expert at University College London. She said the plates move past each other horizontally at different speeds. While this causes «strike slip» quakes that are normally less powerful than those seen in «subduction zones» like Sumatra, where one plate slides under another, they can still reach magnitudes of 7 to 8.

employment report that could reveal a slowing economy. The S&P 500 posted a weekly loss, selling off on Friday after data pointed to underlying price pressures. Earlier this month, the benchmark index marked a correction, dropping more than 10% from its record high.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: A drone-shot video captures a 360-degree view of the Trump Towers project at Golf Course Extension Road in Gurugram, India’s hottest luxury property market. The all-glass façade of the 51-storey twin towers with sleek lines is a signature Trump style.

«Most car makers can't eat 25%, they just can't,» said Andy Palmer, former CEO of Aston Martin. «That means car makers will pass on as much of the cost of tariffs as they can,» including by removing features to lower their costs while also raising prices. Automakers may spread that cost between U.S.-produced and imported models, cut back on features, and in some cases, stop selling affordable models aimed at first-time car buyers, as many of those are imported and less attractive if they carry a higher price tag. The changes could price more Americans out of the market. S&P Global Mobility estimated Thursday that tariffs will cause annual U.S. vehicle sales to fall to a range of 14.5 million to 15 million in coming years from 16 million in 2024. Cox Automotive estimates tariffs will add $3,000 to the cost of a U.S.-made vehicle and $6,000 to vehicles made in Canada or Mexico without exemptions. While luxury sellers like Bentley or Ferrari say they will pass on costs, major automakers' typical margins of 6% to 8% leave little wiggle room. Affordable models most likely to be affected include the Honda CR-V, Chevy Trax, Subaru Forester, Chevy Equinox and Honda HR-V, said Erin Keating, executive analyst at Cox. «Car makers know they have certain vehicles in their portfolio that can tolerate lower profit margins,» Keating said. «Some vehicles may just prove to be too expensive, and most of those are affordable models manufactured outside the U.S.»

Myanmar on Friday, causing extensive damage across a wide swath of one of the world's poorest countries and prompting officials to warn that the initial death toll — above 140 — was likely to grow in the days ahead. In neighboring Thailand, at least six died in Bangkok, where a high-rise under construction collapsed. The full extent of death, injury and destruction was not immediately clear — particularly in Myanmar, which is embroiled in a civil war, and where information is tightly controlled. «The death toll and injuries are expected to rise,» the head of Myanmar's military government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing said as he announced on television that at least 144 people were killed and 730 others were injured in his country. In Thailand, authorities in Bangkok said six people were killed, 22 were injured and 101 were missing from three construction sites, including the high-rise. They revised the death toll Saturday morning from 10 reported the previous day, saying several critically injured people were mistakenly reported dead. The 7.7 magnitude quake struck at midday, with an epicenter near Mandalay, Myanmar 's second-largest city. Aftershocks followed, one of them measuring a strong 6.4 magnitude.

In Dholera, India’s first semiconductor cluster that is emerging as a hub for expat talent, the Gujarat government is aiming to recreate the “look and feel” of their home countries for this tribe of globe trotters. Termed the “Global Tent City” in keeping with Dholera’s terrain, the multi-faceted agglomeration is expected to house food streets from across nations – Taiwan, Korea, Japan, the US, as well as some European nations, a high-end mall and a hotel or guesthouse to cater to the cosmopolitan tastes of the well-travelled employees.

X is down. The social media platform is reportedly facing an outage. As per Downdetector, X reported a surge in user complaints since 12 am on March 29. This follows a similar outage experienced by X, Reddit and MLB.TV on March 28.

Eli Lilly, the world's most-valued drugmaker that seeks to shake up India's lifestyle disease management through its recent introduction of weight-loss injectable Mounjaro, is working on a potential breakthrough that offers hope to millions battling chronic heart ailments in South Asia. The US drug major's CEO, David Ricks, told ET the drug in research can potentially cut a specific type of cholesterol that is highly prevalent in Indians and South Asians by as much as 85% to 90%. Eli Lilly, with a market cap of roughly $750 billion, is working on a multitude of treatment modalities with an annual R&D budget that has swelled to $14 billion.

trade agreement (BTA) Friday. As of date, there has been no imposition of country-specific reciprocal tariffs by the US on India, he added. On March 12, US President Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs on imports of all steel and aluminium to limit imports and boost production domestically. These duties threaten an estimated $5 billion worth of engineering goods and almost $1 billion worth of aluminium exports to the US from India. The minister informed that India continues to engage with the US to achieve enhancement and broadening of bilateral trade ties in a mutually beneficial and fair manner. The two countries aim to more than double trade to $500 billion by 2030 to be achieved by deepening the trade. «Both countries have committed to negotiate a mutually beneficial, multi-sector Bilateral Trade Agreement under which the countries would focus on increasing market access, reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers, enhancing supply chain integration and resolving key trade issues bilaterally,» Prasada said. India and the US aim to negotiate the first tranche of the BTA by fall this year.

Trump administration moved to invalidate contracts between a swath of US government agencies and the largest federal union representing their employees, in a sweeping attack on collective bargaining rights as the president aims to lay off government workers. In a lawsuit by the justice department, the defense department and other US agencies, the administration said collective bargaining agreements reached with local chapters of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) before Donald Trump took office are impeding his efforts to reform the government and pose a threat to national security. The legal move late Thursday came shortly after the US President signed an executive order directing agencies across the executive branch to cease collective bargaining with federal unions. According to AFGE's website, the union represents represents over 820,000 workers in nearly every agency of the federal and DC governments, spread across over 900 local unions.

Reason: the seasoned civil servant apparently had no idea that there was such a facility as a 'reply' button which would result in paperless interlocution. Much water has flowed down the sluggish Yamuna since then, but many of those in government, both politicians and bureaucrats, remain unfamiliar with technology.

Donald Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday had a phone conversation that both men described as productive, although the Canadian leader said Ottawa would be imposing retaliatory tariffs next week as promised The call was the first contact since Carney won the leadership of Canada's ruling Liberals. He has called Trump's tariff threats a betrayal of a once close economic and security relationship. «It was an extremely productive call, we agree on many things, and will be meeting immediately after Canada's upcoming Election to work on elements of Politics, Business, and all other factors,» Trump wrote on Truth Social. Trump's tariff announcement is expected on April 2. Ottawa has made clear for months that it will impose countermeasures. The US and its northern neighbour have long been close allies and trading partners. But relations deteriorated after Trump upended the relationship with tariff threats and repeated comments about annexing the country. US inflation, consumer spending up

Donald Trump's administration to secure the partial removal of the US tariffs that have already started hitting the bloc's exports and that are set to increase after April 2. European Union officials were told at meetings this week in Washington that there was no way to avoid new auto and so-called reciprocal tariffs that Trump is launching next week, according to people familiar with the talks. Discussions also began on what the contours of a potential deal to reduce them should eventually look like. That has prompted the European Commission, which handles trade matters for the EU, to start working on a «term sheet» for a potential agreement, which would set out areas for negotiations on the punitive trade measures, including lowering its own duties, mutual investments with the US as well as easing certain regulations and standards, said the people. VAT considered fair The reciprocal tariffs are meant to strike out against what Trump considers to be unfair levies on US goods as well as non-tariff barriers, like domestic regulations and how countries collect taxes, including the bloc's value-added tax, digital taxes and regulations. The EU says its VAT is a fair, non-discriminatory tax that applies equally to domestic and imported goods. A spokesperson from the commission declined to comment.

Poll after poll shows angry Canadians are on board when it comes to retaliating against United States President Donald Trump‘s tariffs.

By Mark Mullins