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Reports that Elon Musk intended to give $100 million to MAGA super PACs surfaced just hours after Donald Trump declared he would purchase a Tesla, stoking conjecture about their connection, as per a report by The Independent.

To be experienced in March, this eclipse season will turn long-established stories upside down, compelling people to accept drastic changes in many areas of life.

retaliatory tariffs because President Donald Trump had implemented steel and aluminum import restrictions. The ongoing trade war has made economists predict economic slowdown and heightened consumer prices due to recently available inflation data, which shows a mild February increase.

The latest agency directive comes amid concerns over handling of sensitive records under US President Donald Trump's administration amid its efforts to cut down assistance activities overseas, The Washington Post reported.

Krishna Byre Gowda on Wednesday. Under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, by the central government, any will or gift deed made in favor of neglectful children can be legally revoked, he said while speaking in the Legislative Council. «In recent times, we have seen a growing number of cases where elderly parents are left without care,» Gowda said while responding to a question from Balkees Banu, a member of the council. " If children or relatives neglect their elderly parents, the seniors have the legal right to revoke any will or gift deed made in their name,” he added. The Central Government enacted the law in 2007, but awareness remains low, the minister noted. The legislation mandates that children or relatives must provide financial and medical support to senior citizens. If they fail to do so, elderly parents can file a complaint under Section 9, after which authorities can take action. “If a complaint is proven, and children or relatives who have inherited property fail to take care of their parents, Section 23 allows for the cancellation of any will or gift deed made in their favor, restoring ownership to the parents,’ Gowda informed. The responsibility for handling these cases lies with the sub-divisional officers. The revenue minister stressed that thousands of such cases are already being heard by the officers

U.S. tariffs and their potential impact on the global economy continued to dampen sentiment. The benchmark BSE Sensex lost 72.56 points or 0.10% to close at 74,029.76, while the broader Nifty 50 index closed at 22,470.50, lower by 27.40 points or 0.12%.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The biggest single-day fall in the price of IndusInd Bank shares on Tuesday, 11 March, wiping out more than a quarter of its market value, raises a number of questions. The sharp sell-off followed the lender’s disclosure of accounting discrepancies related to its derivative trades, triggering a spate of analyst downgrades.

A viral video from Instagram account @wankernomics has hilariously captured the absurdity of workplace communication, showcasing just how far we stretch language to sound more… sophisticated? Professional? Let’s be honest—it’s mostly just nonsense.

Manipur while impersonating Jay Shah, the son of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, were sent to six days of police custody by the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Imphal West on March 12. Ashem Tarunakumari Devi, CJM Imphal West, stated that one pen drive containing videos of the search, seizure, and arrest was presented. This Court is of the opinion that there is prima facie material to remand the accused persons for investigation, as it has been revealed that the mobile number which contacted the complainant's cousin brother belongs to accused Uvaish Ahmed. In the interest of a proper and effective investigation, this Court is inclined to allow the prayer for remanding them into police custody.

WFI swung to action, announcing that the selection trials for the upcoming Asian Championship will be held at Delhi's Indira Gandhi Sports Complex on March 15. It will be first proper trial under the supervision of the new WFI administration as it was suspended three days after it conducted election on December 21, 2023 to pick new office bearers.

'Laat Saheb' Holi procession here have been covered with tarpaulins and a strict security measure has been put in place ahead of the festival of colours which coincides with the Friday prayers. Following an 18th-century tradition, Holi in Shahjahanpur begins with revellers hurling footwear at a man impersonating 'Laat Saheb' — a British Lord — seated on a bullock cart. Barricades have been installed along the procession route and several CCTV cameras have been installed by the local administration. «There are 18 Holi processions in the city, including the two major 'Laat Saheb' processions. To ensure security, the larger procession has been divided into three zones and eight sectors, with around 100 magistrates deployed,» Superintendent of Police Rajesh S told PTI. Moreover, police have taken preventive action against 2,423 people to deter potential troublemakers, he said. «The security deployment includes 10 police circle officers, 250 sub-inspectors, around 1,500 police personnel and two companies of the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC),» the SP added.

«If we do make a higher low than the low that we made last time and then manage to move up from there, that would be a very-very positive sign for the overall market,» says Rohit Srivastava, Founder, Strike Money Analytics & Indiacharts. Yes, we just tend to get happy too soon, too quick when you look at the markets, a mild bit of rebound, and you are really pretty enthused and kicked about it thinking that maybe things are actually turning for better. Once again, a down day now. Rohit Srivastava: I do think things are turning for better. If you look at the last two-three days of price action in India and across Asia, what you will really witness is that most of the markets are resilient in the face of US-based news flow and volatility, which is partly because a lot of the selling in India and Asia was already going on since the month of October. In some parts of the world, even since June and July. So, many of the markets had already corrected. The US stock market is the last one to correct. Whatever the reasons may be, but if we just put it in the broader light of what has been happening, if there was a correction overdue in the world, it happened in other world markets first and it is happening in the US last and so that is why you are not seeing such a big impact of the US volatility now.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—President Trump’s stop-and-start trade policy and uneven economic messaging have rattled some of his own allies, triggering a flood of calls from business executives, concerns from Republican lawmakers and tension in the White House.

Tokyo Ghoul fans may rejoice as Ken Kaneki becomes the latest Killer to join Dead by Daylight on the PS5 and PS4. Tokyo Ghoul chronicles Kaneki's metamorphosis into a half-Ghoul, following a life-saving organ donation, set in a world where humans and Ghouls cohabit. Dead by Daylight recasts his persona in a more sinister and threatening light as he battles to embrace his evil side.

Maha Kumbh, the mobile broadband action on 5G was a lot hotter than on 4G, says network testing and analytics firm Ookla. Overall 5G performance metrics—be it data speeds, video playback or even page load time—stole a march over 4G even during heavy network congestion, it added.

A Canadian man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for shootings at an oil pipeline and an electrical substation in the Dakotas after a judge found that his crimes met the definition of terrorism

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu told the House in reply to a question of BJP's Bikram Thakur that out of 1,86,434 regular employees and officers, 1,17,521 have opted for the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), which is applicable in all government departments. He said that all the public undertakings are independent units and rules and directions of the government do not apply to these units. He said that 12806 employees have retired after opting for the OPS and no dues are pending. The chief minister informed the House that 13 cases of crypto currency frauds were registered during the past two years and 80 accused were arrested. Out of these, 76 accused were from the state, he told the House in a written reply to Kewal Singh Pathania (Congress). Seven cases are under investigation and property cases are pending in courts and moveable and immovable properties worth Rs 37 crore have been confiscated in these cases.

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.

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%.

Sebi has issued a warning to IIFL Capital Services regarding due diligence in debt issues handled by the company's merchant banking division. In a disclosure to stock exchanges, IIFL Capital said the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has issued an administrative warning letter dated March 7, 2025. The regulator conducted an inspection with regard to debt issues handled by the merchant banking division of the company for the period April 1, 2022 to April 30, 2024.

Speaking at Moscow's Higher School of Economics, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov cautioned against people getting excited about the prospect of Elon Musk cutting off the Ukrainian military from his Starlink communications system or about Trump's decision last week to suspend military aid to Kyiv. «Don't rush to put on rose-tinted spectacles,» Peskov told the audience. «We always need to hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. And we must always be ready to defend our interests.» Peskov issued his warning as U.S. officials prepared to meet with a Ukrainian delegation in Saudi Arabia later on Tuesday, in part to determine whether Ukraine is willing to make material concessions to Russia to end the war. Peskov said that Russia was achieving its aims on the battlefield in Ukraine, regardless of what decisions the U.S. was taking. He said the amount of weapons circulating in Ukraine was so large that Kyiv had enough to keep fighting for many months despite the suspension of U.S. deliveries.