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Liberal Party conference, Trudeau reflected on his tenure while also taking a parting shot at US President Donald Trump. His resignation, prompted by a wave of cabinet departures in late 2024, led to the swift election of Mark Carney as his successor. “I’m damn proud of what we’ve done over these past 10 years. But tonight is about our future as a party, as a country,” Trudeau told the audience. His daughter, Ella-Grace, introduced him on stage, sharing how proud she was of her father while joking that she looked forward to seeing him less on social media. Trudeau, visibly emotional, wiped away tears before addressing the gathered supporters.

bilateral trade agreements rather than multilateral deals and protect its national interest, especially that of the farmers and small entreprenuers, while negotiating with the US, the Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) said on Monday. The SJM's national council passed a resolution in this regard at its meeting in Chhattisgarh, the RSS affiliate said in a statement. The two-day meeting held in Raipur, which deliberated on a host of issues, including strengthening India's economy amid a changing geopolitical scenario and the Donald Trump administration's policy of reciprocal tariffs, concluded on Monday. «After taking over as US president, Donald Trump has launched a frontal attack on the global free trade system by announcing his intent to impose higher tariffs (on reciprocal basis) on imports from many countries around the world,» the resolution said.

coal-fired power generation grew at a muted pace on the back of a slowdown in manufacturing activity. This is the longest such streak since February 2022, when imports declined for eight consecutive months. Manufacturing activity in the world's fastest growing major economy slowed to its weakest pace in over a year, stifling appetite for seaborne coal in the country and adding to pressure on declining on global thermal coal prices.

valuation reset, not a collapse of the real economy. «This time, it is not accompanied by excess and wasteful investments in any sector, job losses, property price crashes, leverage unwinding necessity by anyone, or an increase in NPAs,» the founder and chief investment officer of Helios Capital said on X, formerly Twitter. «This is a valuation correction of a group of companies without any underlying overall real economy harm, so it will not take time like before to stabilize and then recover.»

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Donald Trump said Americans should expect “a little disturbance" from his tariffs and trade policies and he wouldn’t rule out the potential for a recession this year. “I hate to predict things like that," Trump told Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested the U.S. exit the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Prince Pipes & Fittings, India’s fifth-largest plastic pipe manufacturing company, reported a decline in its third-quarter earnings due to decreased sales volume, inventory losses, and a weak demand environment. Consequently, the stock has halved in the last one year, and fallen 35% so far in 2025.

Juniper Green Energy on Monday announced the commissioning of a 100-MW solar power project to supply electricity to Bhutan. The project facilitates an important cross-border agreement, aiming to provide 50 per cent of the power generated to Bhutan during winter months, the company said in a statement. This agreement enables Bhutan to directly import power from an Indian generator under a bilateral trade framework, it said. Naresh Mansukhani, CEO of Juniper Green Energy, said in the statement, «Our first cross-border energy trademarks an important achievement in energy integration. This initiative facilitates regional energy security by providing power to key sectors.»

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. American defense companies have increased their dominance of the global arms trade, buoyed by European nations snapping up U.S. jet fighters and missiles.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. US President Donald Trump issued executive orders slapping high tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China. For the rest, he has proposed a reciprocal tariff regime, pushing exporting countries to either reduce their respective import duties drastically or be shut out of the US market.

Tata Group’s retail arm, Trent Ltd, fell by as much as 2.6% on Monday to Rs 4,868.25 on the BSE after brokerage Kotak Institutional Equities cut the stock's target price to Rs 5,150 from Rs 5,550. The downgrade was driven by concerns over the company's store expansion strategy and revenue throughput. Kotak Institutional Equities highlighted that Trent's aggressive store expansion, particularly for Westside and Zudio, could pressure its revenue growth. The brokerage noted that Trent's densely located newer stores might cannibalize sales, leading to lower-than-expected revenue throughput. Consequently, it revised its earnings estimates for FY2026-27 down by 1-5% and retained a «reduce» rating on the stock.

JSW Steel climbed as much as 2.1% on Monday to a four-month high of Rs 1,032.5 on the BSE, after the company reported a 12% year-on-year (YoY) increase in consolidated crude steel production for February 2025. In a filing to the exchanges on Friday, JSW Steel said its consolidated crude steel production for February stood at 24.07 lakh tonnes, compared to 21.49 lakh tonnes in the same period last year. The company’s domestic operations contributed 23.32 lakh tonnes, reflecting a 13% YoY jump, while its U.S. steel production came in at 0.75 lakh tonnes.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. “A strong dollar is in our national interest." The simple message from Robert Rubin, who became treasury secretary in 1994, marked a turning point. For decades, American policymakers had complained about how the weak currencies of their country’s trading partners had made life difficult for domestic manufacturers.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Although Donald Trump came to office riding a wave of hostility against ‘elites,’ his enablers are leading members of the establishment and plutocracy. As was true during his first term, Trump has surrounded himself with a mix of conventional Republican politicians, Wall Street financiers, and economic nationalists.

«Barring quick commerce, everywhere else clearly the TAM is established, the unit economics are established and you have a bunch of companies which are hugely profitable and are dominating their respective market segments,» says Nilesh Shah, MD & CEO, Envision Capital. The other thing that you have been backing was the platform related companies, that is the sector that you used to like. Give us some sense what has been happening and how do you see the recent correction in some of these stocks because though there are near-term concerns regarding their profitability, so how do you see the unit economics panning out and the consolidation in the sector and any segment or rather any stock where you have gone ahead and actually increased your exposure in the recent correction? Nilesh Shah: So, platform companies essentially now has become a much wider bouquet. There are essentially the food delivery platforms and then there is the quick commerce space and then there is the travel space, insurance, capital market plays, these are basically a very wide variety of companies which are there in digital platforms.

Beijing last week vowed greater efforts to boost consumption in the face of an escalating trade war with the U.S., but analysts expect deflationary pressures in the world's second-largest economy to drag on. The government set the 2025 economic growth target at around 5%, unchanged from last year, while lowering the annual inflation target to around 2% from around 3% last year.

Tata Steel, JSW Steel and Hindalco rallied up to 2% on the BSE today after the global brokerage firm Jefferies stated that it maintains a constructive view on the Indian metals sector, naming the mentioned stocks as their top picks. Tata Steel has received a ‘Buy’ rating, with Jefferies raising its target price to Rs 180 from Rs 165. Meanwhile, JSW Steel has been assigned a ‘Hold’ rating, with an upward revision of its target price to Rs 920 from Rs 850. Hindalco also remains a favored pick with a ‘Buy’ rating and a target price of Rs 800.

Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 0.57 per cent), Ashok Leyland Ltd.(up 0.49 per cent), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 0.33 per cent) and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 0.07 per cent) were among the top gainers.

IndusInd Bank shares slumped over 5% on Monday as analysts flagged concerns over strategic uncertainty after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted CEO Sumant Kathpalia only a one-year extension instead of the three-year term sought by the bank’s board. Brokerages reacted with a mix of target price downgrades and cautionary outlooks, citing leadership instability, asset quality concerns, and regulatory scrutiny. This is the second consecutive time the RBI has approved a shorter tenure for Kathpalia than what was proposed by the board. The private lender’s stock has lost 42.45% over the past year, 8.41% in the last three months, and 9.11% in the last week alone.

Infosys Ltd.(up 1.57 per cent), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 0.45 per cent) and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 0.16 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) grabbed investor attention on Friday, rising 2.3% to an intraday high of Rs 283.45 on the BSE ahead of its record date for determining the shareholder eligibility for an interim dividend of Rs 1.5 per share. The record date and the ex-date for this purpose is March 11.