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Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) shares are set to gain investor attention on Wednesday after the company announced its partnership with BluJ Aerospace and KPIT Technologies for various projects. Additionally, BPCL also informed the launch of the 'Emerge' cohort under the BPCL Ankur Fund to support startups.

Oracle said on Wednesday it would provide Singapore's defense technology arm with «isolated» cloud computing and AI services, in the company's first such deal in Southeast Asia. Southeast Asian governments are frequent targets of cyber espionage campaigns and are facing escalating supply chain attacks, according to security researchers. Under the deal, the US firm will provide Singapore's armed forces and defense ministry with an «air-gapped» isolated cloud computing infrastructure — meaning that it will be cut off from the internet and connected instead to classified networks via encrypted devices.

NASA Crew-9 astronauts Sunita Williams, Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov. The White House stated that the astronauts safely returned in the Gulf of America, crediting Elon Musk for their safe return. «PROMISE MADE, PROMISE KEPT: President Trump pledged to rescue the astronauts stranded in space for nine months. Today, they safely splashed down in the Gulf of America, thanks to Elon Musk, SpaceX, and NASA!» Elon Musk congratulated the NASA and SpaceX teams on their successful return and thanked Trump for prioritising the mission. «Congratulations to the SpaceX and NASA teams for another safe astronaut return! Thank you to Donald Trump for prioritizing this mission!»

state and local governments, deepening his drive to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The order, first previewed by the White House on March 10, calls for a review of all infrastructure, continuity, and preparedness and response policies to update and simplify federal approaches. It said «common sense» investments by state and local governments to address risks ranging from wildfires to hurricanes and cyber attacks would enhance national security, but did not detail what they were or how they would be funded. «Preparedness is most effectively owned and managed at the state, local, and even individual levels, supported by a competent, accessible, and efficient federal government,» the order said. «When states are empowered to make smart infrastructure choices, taxpayers benefit.» The order calls for revising critical infrastructure policy to better reflect assessed risks instead of an «all-hazards approach,» the White House said in a fact sheet on the order.

Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the Federal Reserve later in the day. Overnight, Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza and killed more than 400 people, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to reach an agreement on a Ukraine ceasefire and Germany's outgoing parliament approved plans for a massive spending surge.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Artha India Ventures, which has bet on a range of companies including OYO, and space startup Agnikul, has raised ₹330 crore for Artha Select Fund (ASF), a follow-on investment fund focused on backing winners in its existing portfolio, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Mint. New limited partners, or investors, in this round include Ashok Bharadia, chairman and managing director of Wallfort Financial Services, Harshal Morde, director of sales and marketing of Morde Foods, Manish Chhabra, managing director and CEO of Hygienic Research Institute Private Ltd (HRIPL), David Wilson, general partner at venture capital firm TYR Ventures, and Hira Group Family Office, among others, the person cited earlier said on the condition of anonymity.

The survey revealed that the 32 respondents including economists, fund managers, and analysts have raised their chances of a recession to 36%, from 23% two months ago, reported CNBC. As per the survey data, the risk of recession has increased to the highest level in six months, according to the report.

Individual investors, whose assets are more tied to the stock market than ever, have abandoned their tried-and-true dip-buying mentality as the S&P 500 recently fell into a painful, 10% correction.

hybrid work maze? Harvard Business School's Managing the Future of Work podcast offers a handy map, diving deep into the evolving workplace landscape. The December 18, 2024, episode, Nicholas Bloom on the Unbundled Workplace, is a must-listen for anyone exploring the new work dynamics.

dollar inflows and dollar sales by exporters, even as state-owned banks bought the US currency on behalf of the Reserve Bank of India. The rupee closed at Rs 86.57 against the dollar, compared to the previous close of Rs 86.80. It opened stronger at Rs 86.76 and strengthened to Rs 86.54 intra-day, though dollar buying by state-owned banks prevented further appreciation, forex dealers said.

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are finally on their way back to Earth after spending nine months at the International Space Station (ISS). Their delayed return comes with both well-understood and still-uncertain health risks, making their journey home a significant event for space research.

Lok Sabha debate recordings will be made available to researchers on the IndiaAI Datasets Platform (IDP), announced IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in Delhi on Tuesday. An MoU in this regard between the IndiaAI Mission and the Lok Sabha was signed on Tuesday, he revealed. The IDP, one of the seven pillars of the IndiaAI Mission, seeks to enhance access, quality, and utilisation of public sector datasets to make them AI-ready. It aims to function as a unified data platform, integrating datasets from all existing data platforms as well as onboarding non-government data contributors and providing new-age AI-centric features.

NASA announced that Wilmore and Williams will depart the ISS on Tuesday, March 18, with the Crew Dragon splashdown scheduled for approximately 5.57 pm EST. The space agency's decision to bring forward the astronauts' return was based on favourable weather conditions. Have you ever wondered why American astronauts opt for splashdown instead of landing on solid ground? Let's try and find out. ALSO READ: Sunita Williams' final moments in ISS: What did the NASA astronaut do before leaving for Earth?

capital on Tuesday driven by sustained buying by stockists and retailers amid a strong trend overseas, according to the All India Sarafa Association. On Monday, the precious metal of 99.9 per cent purity rallied by Rs 1,300 to hit a fresh peak of Rs 90,750 per 10 grams. The yellow metal of 99.5 per cent purity advanced by Rs 450 to hit a lifetime high of Rs 90,800 per 10 grams against the previous close of Rs 90,350 per 10 grams.

Respondents to the March CNBC Fed Survey have raised the risk of recession to the highest level in six months, cut their growth forecast for 2025 and raised their inflation outlook.

Lahaul and Spiti' is the most vulnerable to avalanches in Himachal Pradesh, while Chamoli the most vulnerable in Uttarakhand, according to an analysis of 11 districts in the two Himalayan states. An increase in avalanches in the Indian Western Himalayas in recent years has been attributed to the combined effects of multiple factors, including climate change, complex terrain and increasing human activities. Researchers Akshay Singhal, M. Kavya and Sanjeev K. Jha, from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, proposed an analytical framework for developing a 'CAVI' score, or 'combined avalanche vulnerability index'. «The CAVI shows that all the highly vulnerable districts are located in Himachal Pradesh, while most of the districts of Uttarakhand are moderately vulnerable,» the authors wrote in the study published in the journal Environment, Development and Sustainability. «The district 'Lahaul and Spiti' is the most vulnerable district, while Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) and Pauri Garhwal (Uttarakhand) are the least vulnerable,» they wrote. They added, «The most vulnerable district in Uttarakhand is Chamoli.»

Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM) 2025 results today (March 18, 2025). The scorecards will be made available on IIT Delhi's website, jam2025.iitd.ac.in, after the official announcement. Only qualified candidates will be allowed to download the scorecard on a later date, from March 24 to July 31, 2025. The scorecard will have the all-India rank as well. IIT JAM 2025 Results: How to check scorecard online

Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM) 2025 results on Tuesday, March 18. Candidates who attempted the exam can check their score on the official website, jam2025.iitd.ac.in, once the results are made available. Students can check their results using their enrollment id, email id and password followed by Captcha code. The scorecard will include the all-India rank and will be available for download from March 24 to July 31, for qualified candidates only.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Last year Roche, a Swiss pharmaceutical firm, published a review of the clinical trials on neurological drugs it had held between 2016 and 2021. It found that black people were under-represented in all but one.

Trump moves to axe Voice of America and other US-funded media, China and Russia are eager to fill the void. The targeting of VOA, Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia not only freezes some of the most dogged reporting on countries with heavily restricted media, but it comes after years of concerted efforts by Beijing and Moscow to promote their own worldview on the global media landscape. Trump issued an executive order Friday to pare down the nearly $1 billion US Agency for Global Media, with hundreds of journalists swiftly put on leave or fired, in his latest sweeping cut to the federal government. Lisa Curtis, who was a senior official on the National Security Council in Trump's first term and serves as board chair of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, formed in the Cold War to reach behind the Iron Curtain, said that closing the service «will actually help our adversaries.» «Countries like China, Russia and Iran are investing hundreds of millions of dollars pumping out anti-American propaganda and disinformation,» she said.

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