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(Bloomberg) — Aides to President-elect Donald Trump are considering a tariff plan that would apply to all countries but be limited to specific critical imports, the Washington Post reported, citing three people familiar with the discussions who it didn’t identify. 

Indian-origin woman, was abandoned by her biological mother and later adopted by a Spanish couple. Now, as an adult, she has returned to Odisha, India, in search of her birth mother. A researcher in children's education based in Spain, Sneha embarked on this journey with limited knowledge of her past. Her Spanish parents, Gema Vidal and Juan Josh, have supported her throughout the process, even accompanying her to India in her quest to trace her roots.

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, often referred to as 'King Khan' by his admirers, continues to receive praise not only from fans but also from his contemporaries. Actress Sushmita Sen, the first Indian woman to win the Miss Universe title, recently shared her admiration for the actor at an event, leaving no doubt about her high regard for him.

Oregon, known as Axial Seamount, will likely erupt in 2025. Situated in the northeast Pacific near Cannon Beach, Axial Seamount is the region’s most active submarine volcano, with recorded eruptions in 1998, 2011, and 2015. Due to its predictable activity and proximity to land, it was chosen as the site for the New Millennium Observatory, the world’s first underwater volcano monitoring station.

Jagdeep Singh, the CEO of Quantumscape, who has made a name for himself as the highest-paid employee in the world, with an annual income of Rs 17,500 crore. His remarkable success highlights the rising influence of Indian talent on the global stage.

credit card fraud to buy over S$65,000 (US$47,000) worth of tickets to Universal Studios Singapore (USS). He has now been jailed for four years, four months and four weeks on Friday, reported Channel New Asia.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Before his sons dismantled the company he had meticulously built, tarnishing the reputation of a proud business dynasty, Parvinder “Pammi" Singh was regarded as a legend in Indian business. Unlike first-generation entrepreneurs, Parvinder inherited Ranbaxy—a modest pharma business his father, Bhai Mohan Singh, had acquired from its founders, Ranbir Singh and Gurbax Singh.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Piped natural gas customers -- both households, industry and CNG vehicle users – are likely to get uniform insurance cover against leaks and other accidents, following a recommendation by the Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB). In a recent meeting with stakeholders, the regulator noted that it is imperative that piped natural gas (PNG) consumers should also be insured as in the case with liquid petroleum gas (LPG).

Analysing the share price total return across the investment trust universe for the past 12 months, the top-performing vehicle was the Alstria Office REIT, which invests in office properties across Germany, and made 102.8%, according to data from FE fundinfo. This was followed by Livermore Investments Group (75.1%), while the Alpha Real trust came third with a 71.8% return, «a caveat though, as most of this came in December after a winding up and return of capital was announced», according to Ben Yearsley, director at Fairview Investing. «Baillie Gifford found some of the mojo with th...

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Researchers have identified a focal point for the forces they suspect of driving up cancer cases in young people: the gut. They are searching people’s bodies and childhood histories for culprits.

K Annamalai on Friday criticized Chief Minister MK Stalin's government over the Anna University sexual assault case, claiming that under the DMK, history sheeters and sexual offenders operate freely as DMK functionaries while BJP Tamil Nadu functionaries are being constantly harassed for being the voice of the people.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. America is getting better at getting things done. Take Vic Viktorov, a gym owner who increased revenue at his Boston business in 2024 by 30% without adding a single salesperson to the two already on staff.

Dry January and amid growing interest in the “sober curious” movement, researchers at the University of Victoria have unveiled a new tool to gauge the health impacts of alcohol.The new Know Alcohol calculator was developed by researchers at UVic’s Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR).The tool allows people to calculate personalized estimates of the potential health risks from their own alcohol consumption, along with the possible benefits of drinking less.The calculator is built on the health science used to generate Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health, and asks individuals to enter their age, sex and an estimate of how much they drink in a week.“When Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health was released two years ago, it started the first national conversation on alcohol consumption,” said Dr. Tim Naimi, director of CISUR.“We wanted to take it a step further and make a tool that showed people personalized results so they could make evidence-informed decisions about their drinking habits.”Using the personalized inputs, the tool returns a variety of data, including the increased risk of diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and injury.It also generates estimates such as the risk of dying early from alcohol, the average amount of lifetime lost per drink, and a health risk comparison to cigarettes.Naimi said the researchers didn’t just rely on mathematical models to craft the tool.

Analysing the total return across the investment fund universe for the past 12 months, the Alger Focus Equity fund topped the year with 56.3% delivered, according to data from FE fundinfo. The strategy, which invests completely in North American equities, has 49 holdings, with the largest holdings being Nvidia (11.6%), Microsoft (10.2%), and Amazon (5.6%), all part of the Magnificent Seven. «Looking at markets now and it was a good year all round for equities,» said Ben Yearsley, director at Fairview Investing. «Clearly AI and tech were the key drivers but there were solid returns in ...

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Behind the uproar over the H-1B visa is a simple fact: America’s tech industry is hooked on imported labor. The program was at the center of a fight that broke out between President-elect Donald Trump’s supporters over the holidays.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A year into his undergraduate degree in economics at Cambridge, Manmohan Singh found his scholarship from Punjab University was not adequate for his expenses there. He occasionally had to resort to skipping meals or making do with a Cadbury’s bar.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Like Czar Nicholas II, Russian President Vladimir Putin has misidentified his primary foe. Fighting a war of choice, he allows the real menace to his country to gather strength.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. What happens to the world economy and global geopolitics in 2025 will depend significantly on China, the world’s largest exporter and second-largest consumer market. But prevailing assessments of China’s economic health are deeply flawed.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Indian Institutes of Technologies (IITs) have become a fertile ground for other universities to hire for professor roles to improve their global standings and meet faculty needs as they expand campuses. A clutch of private universities has registered as recruiters for master’s and doctorate degree holders from IITs to teach mathematics, chemistry and physics to their students, placement executives and students told Mint.