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NATO member states’ troops being deployed and have stated that such a move will result in catastrophic losses for European forces.

Donald Trump's Presidency, he has been talking about China's involvement in the Panama Canal and how he would like to reclaim the Panama Canal from the grips of the Asian country. However, it now looks like these talks and pressurizing are yielding some fruit as Asian investors are now agreeing to sell off their stakeholding to American and Swiss investors amid the ongoing controversy, according to an NBC News report.

The 88-year-old, who has been admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital, was aware and resting on Thursday after a peaceful night, ABC News reported.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Grade-A real estate companies have been expanding their footprints from top-tier cities to tier-2 cities lately. A combination of factors such as affordability, relatively higher growth potential in untapped regions, and improving infrastructure, is enticing realtors and homebuyers towards tier-2 cities such as Agra, Chandigarh, Goa, Jaipur and Nagpur.

Noida’s Sector 32 near the Iskcon temple on Wednesday, spreading quickly due to strong winds reaching 40 kmph. This is the third consecutive year that the site, originally meant for housing but now used for dumping horticultural waste, has caught fire. No casualties were reported, and firefighters were deployed to contain the flames. The fire started around 2 pm, prompting the authorities to send 15 fire tenders to the site, a TOI report stated.

A 21-member Bangladeshi delegation, including politicians, student leaders, and scholars, recently toured China (Feb 25–Mar 6) at Beijing’s invitation, Global Times reported. The group was reportedly wowed by China’s tech and infrastructure, and many now see the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as key to Bangladesh’s economic future. They visited top Chinese firms like BYD and LONGi, soaking in China’s modernization drive. It should be noted that China agreed in principle to extend Bangladesh’s loan repayment period and is reviewing a request to lower interest rates, Dhaka Tribune reported. Bangladesh urged China to reduce interest rates from 2-3% to 1%, waive off the commitment fee, and extend loan repayment terms from 20 to 30 years for Preferential Buyer’s Credit (PBC) and Government Concessional Loans (GCL).

Gene Hackman, the prolific Oscar-winning actor and industry's most respected and honoured performers, was found dead along with his wife and dog at their multi-million New Mexico home last week. He was 95. The two-time Oscar winner had retreated from the public eye in 2009 after experiencing ongoing heart and stress problems, and he had taken up several hobbies since then, reports The Irish Star.

BEIJING — China has more room to act on fiscal policy amid domestic and external uncertainties, Finance Minister Lan Fo'an told reporters on Thursday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Despite making financial strides, women in India represent a small fraction of the country’s investor base. According to NSE data, only 22% of stock market investors are women, while CAMS reports that 28% of mutual fund investors are women, with most preferring systematic investment plans (SIPs).

IMF report to flag «tepid» private investment growth in India, the Congress on Thursday said the way out of the current "economic slump" needs measures to boost consumption, enhancing policy predictability, and rationalising trade policy. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has devoted an entire section to «Reigniting Private Investment in India» in its just-released annual India Article IV Consultation Report. «Somewhat unusually, it is a strong--if implicit- critique of the Modi government's policies and actions,» he said in a statement. «The report underscores the tepid private investment growth in India, noting that 'private corporate investment has been sluggish especially compared with historical averages.'

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Estimates of gross value added (GVA) and gross domestic product (GDP) for 2024-25 were released last month along with revised estimates for 2023-24 and final data for 2022-23. The numbers for 2024-25 were broadly in line with estimates released earlier, with GDP growth placed at 6.5%, marginally higher than the 6.4% reported as part of India’s first advance estimates.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On 3 March, the Indian government announced that the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) had been awarded ‘Navratna’ status, marking a defining moment in the company’s already remarkable journey. The stock has gained 3.5% since the announcement, signaling investor optimism, though it remains down 11% over the past month and 26% over the past six months.

The NSE Nifty index was trading 80.41 points up at 22417.7, while BSE Sensex was up 238.93 points at 73969.16 at the time of writing this report.

Kolkata Police detectives revisited a house in Tangra on Wednesday to reconstruct a gruesome crime that left three women dead last month. The case, which initially appeared to be a tragic accident, has now taken a darker turn, revealing financial distress and a suspected suicide pact.

buy call on HDFC Life Insurance Company with a target price of Rs 800. The current market price of HDFC Life is Rs 621.3. HDFC Life Insurance Company, incorporated in 2000, is a Large Cap company with a market cap of Rs 133495.30 crore, operating in the Financial Services sector.

«Keeping in mind the sentiments of the people of Maharashtra, he has been suspended by the Speaker,» Shinde told reporters. «Maharashtra will not spare anyone who disrespects Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. This is just the first step; he has just been given a signal that if he does anything like this again, Maharashtra will not forgive him,» he added.

Supreme Court Wednesday admitted a petition that sought judicial intervention to form an expert panel to investigate the side-effects of Covid vaccination. The petition was filed by the parents of two young women who died allegedly due to the side-effects associated with Covid vaccination. They had sought compensation and a scrutiny of vaccination records and treatment protocols. The parents, in their additional petition, wanted renowned medical practitioners Amitav Banerjee, Jacob Puliyel and Sankha Shubra Chakrabarti, to be included in the scrutiny board.

LIC Housing Finance shares will be in focus on Thursday after the company’s board approved a borrowing plan of Rs 1.23 lakh crore for FY26 through loans, bond issuances, and other instruments. The board, based on the audit committee’s recommendation, approved a total borrowing budget of Rs 1,22,500 crore for the next financial year, the company said in a stock exchange filing.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Kannada actor Ranya Rao hit the news after being arrested for alleged gold smuggling at Bengaluru airport on Monday. She was reportedly trying to sneak in 14.8kg of the precious metal from Dubai.

BEIJING — The undercurrent of China's annual parliamentary meetings this week is U.S. trade tensions — and how Chinese technology is offsetting that pressure.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The property market in the National Capital Region (NCR) has witnessed a clean-up and turnaround in recent times. Now, a new crisis seems to have hit the market, with allegations of cheating and defrauding of homebuyers doing the rounds.