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While not officially classified as a State of the Union address—traditionally given after at least a year in office—this speech serves a similar function, providing insight into his administration’s legislative priorities and early accomplishments. The address, scheduled for 9 p.m. ET, will unfold in the House chamber, where Trump will be met with a packed audience of lawmakers, dignitaries, and invited guests, as mentioned in a report by NBC New York.

Samsung India, Mobile Experience, Vice President, Aditya Babbar said the new A series devices would be made in India. «As per Counterpoint Research, there are 89 million happy customers on A series. We are targeting greater than 100 million devices in A series this year,» he noted. Babbar said that according to Counterpoint Research, last year, Samsung was an absolute leader in the price segments of Rs 25,000-35,000 and Rs 35,000 to Rs 50,000 in which Galaxy A56 and Galaxy A 36 are being launched, and the company expects to maintain that trend.

Radisson Hotel Group said on Monday its strategy is to have 240 hotels in operation and under development in India by end of 2025, driven by a strategic focus on tier 2 and 3 markets and the increasing demand for luxury lifestyle and midscale accommodations. Headquartered in Belgium, the chain is one of India’s largest international hotel operators, with currently a robust presence of over 194 hotels in operation and development across 114 destinations. «As a global hospitality leader, we are committed to deepening our ties between Belgium and India, two nations united by a shared vision for growth and collaboration,» said Nikhil Sharma, managing director and area senior vice president, South Asia, Radisson Hotel Group.

The cryptocurrency market roared into March with a rally, recouping some of the losses from the asset class’s worst month since 2022, after United States President Donald Trump once again talked up his plan for a strategic crypto reserve.

United States President Donald Trump’s threatened steel tariffs that don’t kick in for two weeks are impacting U.S. buyers who already are seeing American-made metal cost more than imports.

European leaders are confronting their worst-case scenario: maybe they really are going to be dealing with a bellicose Russia alone.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Google and HP are scheduled to release this year a 3-D video communications platform that works without requiring users to wear glasses or a headset, an effort to infuse virtual meetings with a greater sense that people are together in the same space. Video calls famously turned heel in the past few years, transforming from a panacea of the early pandemic into a soul-sapping burden for workers.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump has paused new investigations into foreign bribery after criticizing the law against it, but two former officials of a New Jersey professional services company are about to go on trial under the statute anyway. An executive order in early February put a halt to initiating any investigations or enforcement actions under the U.S.

Infosys for the mass termination of trainees, seeking immediate intervention of two central ministries, the Education and the Skill Development & Entrepreneurship ministry. “NITES…seeks your urgent intervention in a grave matter concerning Infosys Ltd’s blatant violation of The Apprentices Act, 1961, and The Apprenticeship Rules, 1992,” advocate Harpreet Singh Saluja, president of NITES, told union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in a letter reviewed by ET. This comes days after the Karnataka labour department found no violations of labour laws by the Bengaluru-headquartered IT company in the layoffs of over 300 trainees. Infosys terminated these workers claiming that they had failed to clear three rounds of an internal assessment programme.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Last week’s Trump-Vance-Zelensky train wreck proved that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is on increasingly shaky ground. Starting with Donald Trump’s Feb.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Being ‘not China’ may have been the easy part. A big manufacturing pitch in several Asian economies was that they enjoyed cordial relations with Beijing and solid historical ties to the US.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—President Trump’s blowup with Volodymyr Zelensky last week might have been sparked by the Ukrainian president’s pursuit of more military aid in an Oval Office meeting, but it also was fueled by personal tensions that date to a phone call between the leaders that sparked Trump’s first impeachment. It is a rift that now threatens to disrupt relations with Kyiv, and open a chasm with western allies.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : A couple, in their 60s, bought a family floater health insurance policy from a private insurer in 2018. They never had to use it.

White House cryptocurrency summit on March 7, US President Donald Trump took to social media to reveal five digital assets he intends to include in a new US strategic cryptocurrency reserve. The announcement on Sunday triggered a surge in market value for each of the assets. Trump said in a social media post on Truth Social that his January executive order on digital assets would establish a reserve comprising bitcoin, ether, XRP, solana, and cardano. Until the announcement, the specific names had remained undisclosed. Over an hour later, he clarified: «And, obviously, BTC and ETH, as other valuable cryptocurrencies, will be at the heart of the Reserve.» Market reactions

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The deal President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are expected to sign Friday hinges on a bullish view of Ukraine’s critical mineral wealth. Both parties have reason to project optimism.

Piyush Goyal started on a trip to the United States on Monday to pursue trade talks, two government officials said, with weeks to go for President Donald Trump's planned reciprocal tariffs. Goyal's visit was sudden, as he departed after cancelling previously scheduled meetings until March 8, the officials said. He is also the minister for industry. India's trade ministry did not immediately respond to an e-mailed request for comment.

US Republicans had suggested he may have to resign after US President Donald Trump dramatically turned against him during a contentious Oval Office meeting about the war with Russia on Friday. «If they replace me, given what is going on, given the support, simply replacing me will not be simple,» Zelensky told British media.

Ukraine’s war effort is fading fast, and Europe will need to pick up the slack. While Sunday’s gathering of European leaders in London included a commitment to keep military aid flowing and to formulate a peace plan, it’s the details that will matter. So far, the US peace strategy has seemed to rest on appeasing the Kremlin — promising territorial concessions, parroting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s talking points and trash-talking the transatlantic alliance. Zelenskiy, on the heels of the leaders of France and Britain, failed to elicit firm security guarantees from the White House last week. The rebuke he received after pressing the matter — “Have you said ‘thank you’ once?” exclaimed Vice President JD Vance — has left relations with the US uncertain. How exactly the White House intends to stop the fighting remains to be seen. But Europe ought to recognize the leverage it does have to shape the endgame, as well as the urgent need to develop more.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump’s tariffs on top U.S. trading partners are set to take effect in coming days.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bluntly speaking, power is defined as the ability to bend others to one’s will. The limits of America’s are being tested, as evident in Friday’s showdown at the White House between Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump (along with Vice-President J.D.