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Donald Trump is the archetypal tyrant. What occurred at the Oval Office between Trump and Zelenskyy belongs to the playbook of one that many Trump supporters hold in high regard. In 1938, Austrian chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg was summoned by Hitler for a meeting that ended with Hitler hectoring his Austrian counterpart and serving him an ultimatum in the presence of high-ranking German generals. Schuschnigg returned home without acquiescing to any demands. Eventually, he was forced to resign and arrested. The Anschluss began and history followed its course. Trump is unlikely to follow this playbook to the bitter end. He's only interested in a deal that offers Ukraine US support in exchange for rare earth deposits. But he continues to cajole and threaten Putin and Zelenskyy to succeed as a mediator of peace.

Vanessa Low of Australia lived up to her top billing as she easily clinched gold in T61-64 class while India's Paris Games medallist Preethi Pal bagged a bronze in T35-38 class 200m race on the concluding day of the World Para Athletics Grand Prix here on Thursday. India finished on top of the medal tally with a total haul of 134 — 45 gold, 40 silver, and 49 bronze. Around 150 Indians had competed in the Grand Prix while around 100 were from other 19 countries. Vanessa, one of the few top stars taking part in the three-day event, cleared a distance of 4.96m in her third attempt, to stand on the top of the podium. Zhanna Fekolina, a Neutral Paralympic Athlete, and India's Bhavani Munniyandi took home the silver and bronze respectively with efforts of 4.13m and 3.51m at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here. T61-64 classification is for those athletes who are competing with prosthesis affected by limb deficiency and leg length difference. «I am happy with my performance. It's fun moments here in India. I will be coming back here for the World Para Athletics Championships (in September),» Vanessa said after the event.

Sticky issues haven't changed since 2007 in the FTA's Take 1. What has changed, drastically, is context. Take 2 will be forged with the US having triggered a global tariff war and supply chains disrupted.

Enforcement Directorate Thursday said it has found «multiple irregularities» in the operations of TASMAC that has monopoly over liquor trade in Tamil Nadu, including «manipulation» in the tender processes and «unaccounted» cash transactions worth Rs 1,000 crore through distillery companies. The federal agency claimed in a statement that it got «evidence» suggesting these corrupt practices after it raided the employees, corporate offices of distilleries and plants of the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (TASMAC) on March 6. ED sources, on the day of the raids, had said the searches were also conducted against «key associates» linked to prohibition and excise department minister Senthil Balaji. The ED said it found «incriminating» data related to transfer postings, transport and bar licence tenders, indent orders «favouring» few distillery companies, excess charge of Rs 10-30 per bottle by TASMAC outlets, with the «involvement» of TASMAC officials, during the searches. It said this data shows «manipulation» in TASMAC's transport tender allocations where a «glaring» issue was the «mismatch» between the KYC details of the applicant and the demand draft (DD), suggesting that the final successful bidder did not even obtain the requisite DD before the application deadline. Tenders were awarded despite having only a single applicant in the final bid. TASMAC paid over Rs 100 crore annually to transporters, as per the ED.

Teyana Taylor and former NBA player Iman Shumpert's divorce is officially coming to an end. They are now making headlines for their multi-million dollar settlement. The agreement between the couple was finalized in June 2024. Taylor will be rewarded with significant assets in the agreement, including luxurious properties and automobiles. Shumpert has agreed to provide substantial child support payments for his two daughters. Details of their personal lives continue to garner a lot of public attention, but the couple have shown resilience and dedication to their children. They have agreed on co-parenting their daughters.

Muhammad Yunus on Thursday extended the magistracy power of the military forces for 60 more days for the third time amid a nationwide law and order situation. «Commissioned officers holding the rank of captain and above in the Bangladesh Armed Forces have been granted special executive magistrate powers across the country,» a Public Administration Ministry statement said here. According to the statement, navy and air force officers too would hold the authority of executive magistracy while performing duties in aid of civil administration, including the military and navy officers serving on deputation in paramilitary Bangladesh Coast Guard and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). The renewal of the government order came as a nationwide operation called Operation Devil Hunt is underway as the country vandalism afresh since February 5. Protestors that day first demolished the 32 Dhanmondi residence of Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman using excavators coinciding with a scheduled virtual speech by his daughter and deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina from India, where she fled last year after the students' massive protest that ousted her Awami League government. The protesters subsequently attacked or set on fire the houses and business establishments of Awami League leaders and activists throughout the country. They were confronted while attacking a fugitive former minister's village home in suburban Gazipur on the outskirts of the capital.

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Hyderabad on Wednesday night, police confirmed on Thursday. The incident occurred around 10 pm. The deceased, identified as Narender, was the son of the apartment's watchman. According to police, the boy was playing in the lift when someone pressed the button, causing the elevator to ascend while he was caught in the lift gate.

Gensol Engineering, in its meeting today, approved a 1:10 stock split along with a fundraise of $50 million through the issuance of Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs), American Depository Receipt, Global Depository Receipt and/or other global listed/unlisted securities with options of conversion into equity shares of company. The company announced that it will split its existing equity shares from a face value of Rs 10 per share to Re 1 per share, effectively increasing the number of outstanding shares tenfold.

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Zolve has secured $251 million in a debt-equity mix funding round led by Creaegis. The startup offers credit facilities to students and professionals moving to the United States from other countries. Out of the total funds, $51 million is an equity infusion and the rest is debt. Other than Creaegis the round saw participation by HSBC, SBI Investment, GMO Venture Partners, DG Daiwa Ventures, and existing investors Accel, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sparta Group, and DST Global. Accel, DST Global, and others had participated in the platform's first institutional funding round of around $40 million, which took place in October 2021.

Holi, giving investors an extended weekend before trading resumes on Monday, March 17, as per the holiday schedule issued by the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the BSE. The closure will affect all market segments, including equities, derivatives, securities lending and borrowing (SLB), electronic gold receipts (EGR), and currency trading.

It comes as US President Donald Trump's increasingly hostile stance towards traditional European allies has shaken faith in US commitment to the continent's security. Here's what Germany's armed forces — the Bundeswehr — are thought to need, and how they might get it: — What is the state of the Bundeswehr? - Germany cashed in a so-called «peace dividend» after the Cold War. Like other Western countries, it reduced the size of its armed forces and directed more spending to areas like welfare.

Microfinance company Satin Creditcare Network has raised $100 million in external commercial borrowing from Standard Chartered Bank and six Sri Lankan lenders. This is Satin's maiden syndicated social term loan raised from overseas lenders under the automatic route of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). «Securing $100 million from new lenders, notably prominent Sri Lankan banks, amid challengingThis social loan marks a significant landmark as Satin Creditcare’s first syndicated transaction, reflecting the trust and confidence that global financial institutions have placed in us. It times highlights our strong governance, sustainable growth, and financial resilience,» Satin chairman HP Singh said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. CG Power is riding India’s infrastructure boom. The engineering giant just secured a ₹450 crore contract to supply key components for the Vande Bharat trainsets—pushing its stock higher and solidifying its growing dominance in the railway sector.

Anand Mahindra reflected on his past interaction with Mark Carney, Canada’s Prime Minister-designate, recalling a meeting at the Mahindra headquarters in Mumbai in 2017. At the time, Carney was serving as the Governor of the Bank of England and was part of a delegation led by the then Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mahindra described Carney as an intellectual with a sharp wit, someone who balances intelligence with a straightforward and pragmatic approach. As Carney prepares to take on the leadership of Canada, Mahindra acknowledged the immense challenges ahead, particularly in today’s complex global landscape. However, he expressed confidence in Carney’s ability to navigate the responsibilities of the role effectively.

Donald Trump has done more than any of his modern predecessors to hollow out the foundations of an international system that the United States painstakingly erected in the 80 years since it emerged victorious from World War II. Without formally declaring a reversal of course or offering a strategic rationale, he has pushed the United States to switch sides in the Ukraine war, abandoning for a time all talk about helping a nascent, flawed democracy defend its borders against a larger invader. He did not hesitate when he ordered the United States to vote with Russia and North Korea — and against virtually all of America's traditional allies — to defeat a U.N.

Axis Securities has an overweight call on Lupin with a target price of Rs 2500. The current market price of Lupin Ltd. is Rs 1959. Lupin, incorporated in 1983, is a Large Cap company with a market cap of Rs 90156.51 crore, operating in the Pharmaceuticals sector. Lupin's key products/revenue segments include Pharmaceuticals, Other Services, Export Incentives, Other Operating Revenue and Scrap for the year ending 31-Mar-2024.

Polycab shares will be in focus on Thursday after the company secured a Rs 3,002.99 crore contract from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) for the BharatNet project in Bihar. Under the agreement, Polycab will serve as the Project Implementation Agency (PIA), overseeing the design, supply, construction, installation, upgradation, operation, and maintenance of the middle-mile network.

Jaffar Express hijack has taken a dire turn, with authorities dispatching over 200 coffins to Quetta railway station, indicating expectations of heavy casualties. Human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza believes the Pakistarmy has decided not to negotiate, putting the lives of military personnel at risk. Mirza said in a statement, «More than 200 wooden coffins have been brought at the Quetta Railway Station. This means that the Pakistani army has decided not to do negotiations, thus has decided to get its military personnel killed.» He added that the bodies of 30-40 military personnel had already been brought to Quetta, and an emergency had been declared in nearby hospitals. A tense standoff is unfolding in Pakistan, where the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has hijacked the Jaffar Express train, holding over 200 hostages, mostly Pakistani security personnel.