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As the Middle-East braces for potential Iranian strike, commandos from Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard today rappelled down from a helicopter onto an Israeli-affiliated container ship near the Strait of Hormuz and seized the vessel. U.S. President Joe Biden had said on Friday he expected Iran to attack Israel «sooner, rather than later» and warned Tehran not to proceed. Israel did not claim responsibility for the airstrike on April 1. But Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Israel «must be punished and shall be» for an operation he said was equivalent to an attack on Iranian soil.

bird flu outbreak in US dairy cows has grown to affect more than two dozen herds in eight states, just weeks after the nation's largest egg producer found the virus in its chickens. Health officials stress that the risk to the public is low and that the US food supply remains safe and stable. “At this time, there continues to be no concern that this circumstance poses a risk to consumer health, or that it affects the safety of the interstate commercial milk supply,” the US Food and Drug Administration said in a statement.

Top News of the Day: On 13 April, a series of events are set to take place right from politics to business. The CBI registered a case against Megha Engineering regarding alleged corruption in the execution of a ₹315 crores project for NISP.

Trent Boult revealed some of their favourite actors they would love to play their characters in a biopic. During a fun questions and answers session ahead of the clash, Buttler revealed that he would love to see Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan to play his character in a biopic. On being asked by Buttler to Trent Boult what was the last thing he searched on his phone, the latter hilariously replied, "Trent Boult dismissing Jos Buttler." ALSO READ: RR vs PBKS IPL 2024: Royals' Yuzvendra Chahal's name will be written in history books if he...

Israel is panicking over a possible retaliatory response from Iran after a strike in Syria which killed members of its Revolutionary Guards. «It has been a week that the Zionists are in complete panic and are on alert,» Yahya Rahim Safavi, senior adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying by the ISNA news agency.

Citi presumably wanted to keep Matt Fink. 

So, a female banker islosing her job for having an affair with a junior colleague? It's the kind of salacious revelation that grabs attention, but men in banking have affairs with female juniors all the time. And male bankers and traders almost never lose their jobs: it's the young women who get forced out.

Editor’s note (March 18th 2024): This article has been updated to take in the latest developments. Running for the American presidency is a full-time job. “There was essentially no day or night" from the first presidential debate in September 1976 to election day, griped James Fallows, now a journalist, who worked on Jimmy Carter’s campaign. Donald Trump, now sure of the Republican Party’s nomination for this year’s election, will have to combine that gruelling endeavour with his role as a defendant in four criminal trials.

Amidst growing concerns about national security and infrastructure vulnerabilities, China’s role in the cryptocurrency sphere has become a focal point of discussion. 

BTS’ Suga aka Min Yoongi is on a roll right now. Despite being in the military, the South Korean rap icon has created box-office history! His concert film ‘SUGA/Agust D Tour D-Day The Movie’ is enjoying a phenomenal run in the US. According to a Box Office Mojo report, the movie earned a staggering $ 961,015 on the opening day, bested only by the epic sci-fi fantasy film ‘Godzilla vs Kong’, which collected $1,974,152 upon release. Aside from being highly popular in the US for his rap skills, the fact that Yoongi is the first BTS member to have his concert likely contributed to its spectacular performance at the box-office.

AI) chips to China's military modernization efforts. This move comes as part of the US government's efforts to prevent sensitive American technology from being used for military purposes in China. The blacklisted companies, including Linkzol (Beijing) Technology Co, Xi'an Like Innovative Information Technology Co, Beijing Anwise Technology Co, and SITONHOLY (Tianjin) Co, were among 11 additions to the Commerce Department Entity List this week. Being placed on this list makes it significantly challenging for these companies to access American goods and technology.

Philippines, the United States and Japan will change the dynamic in the South China Sea and the region, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday, while seeking to assure China it was not a target. «I think the trilateral agreement is extremely important,» Marcos told a press conference in Washington a day after meeting President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the nations' first trilateral summit. «It is going to change the dynamic, the dynamic that we see in the region, in ASEAN in Asia, around the South China Sea,» Marcos said, referring to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

shares are soaring as investors benefit from rising oil prices and a stronger-than-expected economy, while seeking to protect their portfolios from a feared resurgence of inflation. The S&P 500 energy sector is up about 17% in 2024, roughly doubling the broader index's year-to-date return. Its gains have accelerated in recent weeks, making it the S&P 500's best performing sector in the past month.

smallcap stocks that offered double-digit returns this week were only 24. Last week, as many as 400 smallcaps rose in double-digits. The market sentiments worsened as the week went on as investors' hopes for a June rate cut were dashed by higher-than-expected inflation in the US.

Trump turned to one of his favorite themes on Friday — the specter of immigrants improperly voting in federal elections. House Speaker Mike Johnson came to the former president's Florida compound to announce that he would introduce a bill to stop those who are not citizens from voting in elections. Trump has made baseless claims about this subject before, like in 2016, when he blamed his loss of the popular vote on voting by immigrants, and then appointed a commission to investigate the issue. It disbanded without identifying a single case of a noncitizen casting a vote. He and other Republicans have recently revved up their conspiratorial claims about the issue with the influx of migrants across the southern border under Biden, contending Democrats are letting them in to add them to the voter rolls.

The dollar index was on track to post its largest weekly percentage gain since September 2022. It was last up 0.7% at 106.02.

Multibagger stocks to buy: Shares of Tata Power and Adani Power are one of the multibagger stocks that the Indian stock market has delivered in recent years. However, some analysts are still bullish on the fundamentals and technical of these businesses.

Apple's bid to dismiss a lawsuit valued at nearly $1 billion was rejected on Friday, with a judge ruling it must face allegations it charged more than 1,500 UK-based developers unfair commission fees on purchases of apps and other content. Sean Ennis, a competition law professor and economist, is spearheading the case, which was filed at London's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) last year and alleges Apple charged developers unfair commissions of up to 30%.

Vinay Mohan Kwatra visited Washington, DC, United States, from April 10-12. During his visit, Foreign Secretary Kwatra undertook a detailed review of the progress made towards further consolidating the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership, informed the Embassy of India in the US. During his visit to Washington, DC, Foreign Secretary had discussions with his counterparts at the State Department, Deputy Secretary Richard Verma and Deputy Secretary Kurt Campbell, as well as other senior officials, the embassy's press release said. «Delighted to welcome my great friend Indian Foreign Secretary Kwatra back to Washington for discussions on US-India cooperation and the Quad. Our partnership in the Indo-Pacific is closer than ever,» said US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell in a post on X.

Regional tensions have intensified following Iran's warning of retaliation against Israel over an attack on its embassy in Damascus that resulted in the deaths of two Iranian generals. This development has heightened concerns about a potential escalation in the already volatile region, with countries like India, France, and Russia advising against travel to the area. Threat of Direct Iranian Attack on Israel Iran perceives the strike on its embassy as an attack on its territory, raising the possibility of a direct Iranian assault on Israel. This threat comes amid ongoing tensions over the war in Gaza, which has entered its seventh month.

market such as bonds and the dollar. Oil rose. Equities saw their worst day since January after a news report that Israel was bracing for an attack by Iran on government targets.