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NCAA men’s basketball tournament is witnessing four Sweet 16 games on Friday, March 28, as fans gear up to see their favourite side making it to the Elite Eight matchups. With Final Four for March Madness just around the corner, the live coverage on Friday will begin in Atlanta in the evening, followed by the tip offs in Indianapolis. Set to be in action are the top four seeds, including the 2024’s national runner-up, USA Today reported. Here's all you need to know about the four matches today:

Surat diamond workers have given a strike call on March 30 if the Gujarat government fails to address their long-standing issues, which include a n increase in salaries, a financial package for the workers and an announcement of the Ratandeep scheme for the unemployed diamond workers, who have been laid off due to a slowdown in diamond demand in the global markets in the last two yeas. The strike call on March 30 may impact the cutting and polishing of diamonds worth Rs 500 crore. Bhavesh Tank, vice-president of the Diamond Workers Union, Gujarat, said «We had sent a letter to the Chief Minister of the state through the Surat Collector informing him about the situation pitiful condition of the diamond workers. We had asked that their salaries should be increased and a Gem Artist Welfare Board should be formed. We had demanded that a financial package should be announced for the workers.» The union has demanded a 30 per cent salary hike and formation of a committee for increasing the salary on a periodic basis. There are 4,000 diamond-cutting and polishing units in Surat, which employs around 8 lakh people. India cuts and polishes nine out 10 diamonds available in the global markets.

Airline baggage fees have long been a frustrating issue for budget-conscious travelers, leading some to find creative ways to avoid extra charges. One such traveler, Grace Hale, took an unconventional approach by pretending to be pregnant to bypass Ryanair’s luggage fees on her flight from England to Scotland. Hale, a 20-year-old from Dallas, Texas, was flying from Stansted to Edinburgh and found herself unable to fit all her belongings into her carry-on. Determined not to pay the hefty baggage fees, she came up with an unusual solution. «It’s ridiculously expensive if you want to take a bag on a Ryanair flight, so I just get the carry-on option and shove everything inside,» she told What's The Jam.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Market sentiment seems to have turned bearish, as the rollover for Nifty futures in March has fallen below its three-month average. The rollover for the Nifty 50 in March fell to 76.09%, a drop from last month's 83.57% and below the three-month average of 80.14%.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On the banks of the Kabini, about 250km southeast of Bengaluru, between Nagarahole Tiger Reserve and Bandipur National Park, the landscape is a mix of grassy shore, shrubbery and swathes of dense forest.

Canadian energy executives are pretty much all in on building a west-to-east pipeline, suggests a new survey.

Sandeep Kumar Gupta, CMD, GAIL (India), says the Rs 20 increase in tariff which they have filed will translate to Rs 3,400 crore per annum and they are very hopeful that at least two elements out of this, – Rs 1,200 crore for true up-of-the-system use gas cost and about Rs 800 crore due to the APM price deallocation and the capacity determination totalling Rs 2,000 crore – is certain. We expect that this development should be there in the next month itself. How do you see the proposed tariff changes by PNGRB and how does GAIL benefit from this? Sandeep Kumar Gupta: The public consultation document which has been floated by PNGRB proposing certain changes in the regulation covers two-three main changes. First, there will be only two zones instead of the three zonal tariffs presently available and the silver lining is that for all CGDs, for their domestic PNG and CNG volumes, only zone one tariff will be applicable. This will be a big positive for GAIL which is present in 72 geographical areas out of the total 307 geographical areas.

Rayudu said the fans' support is first for Dhoni and then for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and probably in future it may hurt the team's branding which has always revolved around one man. «It is quite daunting if you're a newcomer. It's quite loud. The support is phenomenal. But, as you go on and play, then you realise they are MS Dhoni fans before they are CSK fans,» Rayudu told ESPNcricinfo. «It is quite evident, and rightly so, because that's the way the team has been set up and built over the years. He's rightly named Thala (leader) and he has been calling the shots in CSK, and it's come to a stage where people are madly in awe and in love of what he's done for CSK.» The 43-year-old Dhoni, who retired from international cricket in 2020, began batting lower down the order in the IPL and also quit captaincy last year to facilitate a smooth transition.

Nifty Pharma index dropping 0.9%, as investors digested U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to impose a 25% tariff on auto imports starting next week. The move drew backlash from global carmakers and stoked fears of escalating trade tensions. Auto stocks extended their two-day decline to 2%. Mahindra & Mahindra shares dropped 2.8% on Friday, while Tata Motors tumbled 6% over the last three sessions amid fears of a 25% tariff on auto exports to the U.S. Analysts warn that Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) could be particularly affected.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Last weekend, I chaperoned my daughter and her friends to see Snow White. You can judge me later, but just bear with me for the next few hundred words.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The early onset of summer this year has put the spotlight on stocks of power generation companies, with the BSE Utilities index up about 14% over the past one month. Peak evening demand in the first 26 days of March at the India Energy Exchange (IEX) crossed 14GW against 8.5GW during the same period last year, as per its market data.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Nearly a dozen foundations and philanthropists including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his parents, Jackie and Miguel Bezos, the Gates Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation, pledged more than $2 billion to address global child malnutrition at an event in Paris on Thursday evening. The financial commitments were announced at a Nutrition for Growth Summit event co-hosted by the Washington nonprofit Stronger Foundations for Nutrition—which works with philanthropies globally to direct funding to nutritional interventions—and the OECD Network of Foundations Working for Development.

Benchmark NSE Nifty index rose 50.35 points to 23642.3 amid buying in frontline bluechip stocks.

equity and other investments to set off against capital gains made in the past and, thereby, reducing the tax liability. This strategy is popularly known as «tax-loss harvesting.»

Silver May futures were trading around Rs 1,01,500/kg, up by 0.18% or Rs 187.

Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(up 1.8 per cent), Canara Bank(up 1.27 per cent), Punjab National Bank(up 0.81 per cent), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 0.68 per cent) and State Bank of India(up 0.59 per cent) were among the top gainers.

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Sensex and Nifty50 traded lower on Friday led by losses in M&M and Infosys. However, markets may see intraday fluctuations amid foreign inflows and optimism over a domestic growth rebound. The BSE Sensex was trading 117 points, or 0.15%, lower at 77,489. The Nifty50 was up 25 points, or 0.11%, trading at 23,566 around 9:29 am.

BEML shares will be in focus on Friday after the company secured a Rs 405 crore contract from Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation for manufacturing, supplying, and launching standard gauge metro cars. The contract also includes training personnel and providing comprehensive maintenance for up to 15 years under the Bengaluru Metro Rail Project, according to an exchange filing on Thursday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Marico Ltd has held up better than its FMCG peers amid muted urban demand. While the Nifty FMCG index has dropped 19% over the past six months, Marico’s stock has declined by just 6%, reflecting its relative resilience.