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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: Indian equities, bonds and currency showed some resilience even as US president Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs sent global markets into a tailspin. Trump fired up global trade tensions by announcing a baseline 10% tariff on all imports starting 5 April, with additional reciprocal tariffs on specific countries from 9 April.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Parag Parikh Financial Advisory Services (PPFAS) Ltd’s flagship flexi-cap scheme has a cult following in the mutual fund space. After all, it has generated a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18% since its launch in 2013.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Poster board in hand, President Trump told the world the new price for doing business in America. And it was steep.

Rahul Gandhi due to the complainant's failure to present a witness. Advocate Kashi Prasad Shukla, representing the Rae Bareli MP, confirmed that the hearing could not take place due to absence of witness. The hearing was supposed to take place on Thursday, but since the complainant failed to present any witness, no proceedings could be conducted, Shukla said. The court has now scheduled the next hearing for April 15, he added. The defamation case dates back to 2018, when local BJP leader Vijay Mishra filed a defamation suit against Gandhi over his alleged derogatory remarks against BJP leader Amit Shah made during the Karnataka assembly elections. During the five years between 2018 and 2023, the case underwent multiple proceedings, but Gandhi reportedly failed to appear in court. In December 2023, following a warrant, the Congress leader appeared in court. In February 2024, he complied with the summons and the special magistrate granted him bail on two sureties of Rs 25,000 each. The court later instructed him to record his statement, which was finally completed on July 26, 2024, though after multiple postponements.

Ananya Yadav, a Class 1 student, came at the digital forefront when she rushed to save her schoolbooks during a bulldozer demolition drive that targeted her family’s home. The emotional moment, where she is seen running out clutching her schoolbag, quickly went viral, drawing attention from the Supreme Court, political leaders, and social media users alike. The incident unfolded on March 21, when Ananya returned home from her primary school to find a bulldozer arriving at her makeshift home. The district administration had brought the bulldozer to demolish what they deemed illegal structures built by Ananya’s family on government land. While her family was still in the midst of disputing the claims, Ananya noticed an adjacent hut catch fire, and without hesitation, she sprinted into her home to retrieve her most prized possession—her schoolbag. «I am the first person in my family who goes to school. I study in Class 1 in a government primary school. My younger brother Adarsh has also started going to school,» Ananya shared. Despite her parents being daily wage workers and unlettered, Ananya expressed immense pride in attending school. «Since no fee is charged, my brother and I are able to attend the school,» she explained, noting that the books were a gift from her teachers and local villagers after she excelled in tests. When asked what inspired her to dream big, Ananya enthusiastically shared, «A senior officer once visited my school. I do not know his name, but teachers told us he was an IAS officer. He became my inspiration, and therefore I too want to be an IAS,» she said, her eyes shining with determination.

Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals Ltd.(up 6.72%), Kothari Sugars & Chemicals Ltd.(up 3.49%), Rana Sugars Ltd.(up 2.98%), Sakthi Sugars Ltd.(up 2.94%), Bannari Amman Sugars Ltd.(up 2.91%), KCP Sugar & Industries Corporation Ltd.(up 2.47%), Vishwaraj Sugar Industries Ltd.(up 2.36%), Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd.(up 2.28%), Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd.(up 2.16%) and EID Parry(India)Ltd.(up 1.92%) stood among the top gainers.

Benchmark NSE Nifty closed 82.25 points down at 23250.1 amid selling in frontline bluechip counters.

Planet Hollywood in Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) had become second nature. He had spent years in the service industry, ensuring that customers had a pleasant dining experience before catching their flights. But on March 21, what started as a routine shift took an unexpected and disheartening turn. According to a report from KTLA, toward the end of his shift, Ortiz was serving a couple who, at first, seemed no different from any other travelers passing through the bustling airport restaurant. He greeted them with his usual warmth, took their order, and provided the kind of attentive service he had perfected over the years. But something about their demeanor felt off. “The way they were looking at me—you can tell when something isn’t right,” Ortiz later recalled.

Tech Mahindra on Thursday announced its partnership with ServiceNow to offer broadband solutions tailored for Communication Service Providers (CSPs). The alliance will provide a comprehensive vertical solutions stack that will include services for planning and building networks, managing operations, enhancing customer experience, and monetising services, according to a company statement. «The partnership leverages Tech Mahindra's netOps.now platform, a pre-integrated end-to-end solution built on ServiceNow Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) product suites, to unify customer care, operations, order management, and partner ecosystems for CSPs. »Additionally, the solution provides AI-driven analytics, Network-as-a-Service (NaaS), cloud-native Open Source Software (OSS) systems and intelligent automation to streamline operations and capitalise on the fast-growing 'Everything-as-a-Service' opportunity," it said.

Ashapura Minechem Ltd.(up 3.30%), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(up 3.26%), Aro Granite Industries Ltd.(up 1.99%), The Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd.(up 0.87%), MOIL Ltd.(up 0.55%), KIOCL Ltd.(up 0.48%), NMDC Ltd.(up 0.32%) and 20 Microns Ltd.(up 0.02%) stood among the top gainers.

EY Chief Policy Advisor D K Srivastava said, «the maximum adverse impact on India's GDP growth will not be higher than 50 basis points. As per our earlier projection, the GDP growth estimate for current fiscal was 6.5 per cent, which may go down to 6 per cent without retaliation». Standard Chartered Bank Head — India, Economics Research, Anubhuti Sahay said an effective 20 per cent tariff increase on Indian exports to the US ( after considering the exempted goods) in our view is likely to adversely impact India's GDP by 35-40 bps, ceteris paribus. «However, the final impact would depend on the trade deal agreement between India and the US along with how each country negotiates/ retaliates on the proposed tariffs,» Sahay said. She said while a loss in India's GDP is inevitable on higher tariff rate imposition, India is likely to be relatively less impacted amongst the Asian economies as other countries have been hit by higher tariff rates than India or run a larger trade surplus with the US especially in the non-exempted sectors. According to EY's Srivastava, the US tariff hikes could have a favourable impact on the country's exchange rate as the dollar could come under pressure in the US with a likely rise in inflation.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The United States Trade Representative (USTR) is a cabinet-rank official whose office is embedded in the Executive Office of the President of the US. The USTR on its website is described as “the president’s principal trade advisor, negotiator, and spokesperson on trade issues." Created by a legislative act in 1962, the USTR has historically proclaimed its alignment with the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a leveller of the global trade playing field.

At present, members of Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), while applying for withdrawal of funds from PF accounts online, need to upload image of cheque leaf or attested photo copy of the passbook of the bank account seeded with the UAN (Universal Account Number) or PF number. The employers are also required to approve the bank account details of the applicant. The EPFO has completely dispensed with the requirement of uploading an image of a cheque leaf or attested bank passbook while filing online claims, the labour ministry said in a statement. These two steps have been done away with to ensure 'ease of living' for EPF members and 'ease of doing business' for employers. These measures will significantly streamline the process of claim settlement and reduce grievances related to claim rejections, it stated. These requirement were initially relaxed on a pilot basis for certain KYC-updated members. Since the pilot launch on May 28, 2024, the move has already benefited 1.7 crore EPF members. Following the successful pilot, EPFO has now extended this relaxation to all members, the ministry said.

Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 9.43%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(up 5.26%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(up 4.94%), Aries Agro Ltd.(up 4.75%), Agro Phos India Ltd.(up 3.57%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(up 3.15%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(up 2.75%), Sikko Industries Ltd.(up 2.63%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(up 2.13%) and Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.88%) stood among the top gainers.

Christopher Nolan’s name came up at Cinemacon 2025 as Universal Pictures gave an update about his next project- The Odyssey. Nolan, who is presently shooting the film, did not make an appearance at the event. The studio also teased a new Steven Speilberg movie that is in the works. Talking about The Odyssey, Jim Orr, the distribution chief of Universal Pictures called the project “a visionary, once-in-a-generation cinematic masterpiece that Homer himself would quite likely be proud of,” Variety reported.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In the middle of a hectic news cycle, I once managed to get about six byline credits in the newspaper I worked for. Elated, I took screen grabs of the articles that had my name and shared them with my family in the hope that the word spreads.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On 2 April, President Donald Trump didn’t just shock the world with his reciprocal tariffs announcement—he also upended 200 years of trade wisdom. Most of us take free trade and global supply chains as natural and necessary, but few realize these systems stem from the Law of Comparative Advantage, proposed by British political economist David Ricardo in 1817.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The reciprocal tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump will disrupt Indian exports in key sectors like engineering and electronic goods, potentially reshaping supply chains and cutting export revenue as businesses brace for the impact.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Bangkok-headquartered Dusit International's founding family wants to make its second India innings India count with a flurry of new hotel signings. India is one of the most important markets for Thailand, the third-generation hotelier Siradej Donavanik, vice-president of development for global hotels, told Mint on Thursday.

Manishi Raychaudhuri, Veteran Investor, says India is somewhere in the middle of the pack. Headline tariffs show that some Southeast Asian countries have been slapped with much larger tariffs. So all this is playing out, and the market did not have a drastic fall post the tariff announcement. However, we should not lull ourselves into a sense of security, just going by what we are seeing today. Tariffs at the rate of 34% have been slapped on China, add 20% of historical tariff and that makes it 54%. It is 26% in India, 40% in Vietnam and when such tariffs are slapped, financial markets get into a panic mode. But that is not happening. It is a good morning for Asia this morning. Markets have recovered from the day's low. Are markets getting complacent or it is time to move on? Manishi Raychaudhuri: To some extent, there is the possibility of demand retrenchment across the world, but particularly in the United States, that situation has not yet been factored in. The initial reaction of the market despite this is what I call a nuclear trade, almost a ‘nuclear battle’ in a sense in the trade regime.