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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When Warren Buffett lambasted US President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs as “an act of war to some degree," he wasn’t wrong. Of course, there’s no conventional battle going on.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) Governor Adrian Orr has resigned and will finish in the role on March 31, New Zealand's central bank said on Wednesday. «I leave the role with consumer price inflation at target, and an economy in a cyclical recovery following the long period of COVID-related disruption. The financial system remains sound,» Orr said in a statement. Deputy Governor Christian Hawkesby will be the acting governor until March 31, the statement said.

Adani Wilmar, Ola Electric, Ambuja Cements, Power Grid, JSW Energy among others will be in focus due to various news developments. ONGC Indian oil explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp said its unit acquired clean energy firm PTC Energy for Rs 925 crore ($106.02 million) as the company looks to ramp up its green energy portfolio.

Donald Trump on Tuesday is expected to lay out for Congress and the American people his plans for the weeks and months ahead after a turbulent first few weeks in office, which have featured a dismantling of the federal government, tensions with America's allies and a trade war compounding economic uncertainty. His joint address to Congress is the latest marker in Trump's takeover of the nation's capital, where the Republican-led House and Senate have done little to restrain the president as he and his allies work to slash the size of the federal government and remake America's place in the world. With a tight grip on his party, Trump has been emboldened to take sweeping actions after overcoming impeachments in his first term and criminal prosecutions in between his two administrations. Trump's theme will be the «renewal of the American dream,» the White House said, and he was expected to lay out his achievements as well as appeal to Congress to provide more money to finance his aggressive immigration crackdown.

Here's a look at the decision and its implications. How much of Ukraine's aid comes from the US?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Young companies selling laboratory-grown diamonds are ramping up investments in building awareness and expanding product lines as growing adoption of the category in recent months has sparked optimism, industry executives told Mint. Bengaluru-based Jewelbox has nearly doubled its marketing budget in the last year and now incurs nearly 20% of its online expenditure on awareness campaigns, its co-founder Nipun Kochar said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The government is likely to raise about ₹10,000 crore from divestment proceeds in FY25, with a large bulk coming from the Offer for Sale (OFS) route, two people aware of the matter said. During the first 10 months of the ongoing fiscal, the Centre has raised about ₹8,625 crore through disinvestment transactions, the people mentioned above said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Early indicators suggest that the US economy is slowing down. This, even before the adverse effect of President Donald Trump’s policies such as additional import tariffs kick-in.

Tariffs on Canada and Mexico took effect Tuesday — and they're bound to raise prices for consumers, sometimes in unexpected ways, according to economists.

It looks like the trade war Canada has been fearing for weeks has arrived.

The storm follows significant staffing cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service, whose diminishing workforce experts warn could put lives at risk. Last week, 779 NOAA employees were laid off, leaving people worried about how the nation will respond to extreme weather events.

Tata Group and its Chairman Emeritus, Late Ratan Naval Tata, the Assam Cabinet meeting has approved the naming of the entire area covered by the Assam Semiconductor & Electronics Logistics Park (ASELP), Jagiroad Tata OSAT Center, and the proposed township with social infrastructure as Ratan Tata Electronics City (RTEC), Jagiroad. The state government stated, “In recognition of the unparalleled contribution of the Tata Group and its Chairman Emeritus, Late Ratan Naval Tata (the first Assam Vaibhav awardee), the Cabinet has approved the naming of the entire area covered by the Assam Semiconductor & Electronics Logistics Park (ASELP), Jagiroad Tata OSAT Center, and the proposed township with social infrastructure as Ratan Tata Electronics City (RTEC), Jagiroad.” The Cabinet has passed a resolution expressing gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his guidance and support to Assam in successfully organizing the Advantage Assam 2.0 Summit.

Blackstone has pulled out of the race to pick up a minority stake in the snacks business of India's Haldiram's over valuation concerns, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. Rival bidder Temasek remains in the race to acquire a minority stake in the business, said a third source with direct knowledge of discussions. Blackstone had spent seven months on the deal, but there is «no turning back» now from a decision to end talks, one of the first people said.

The results, released  today (4 March), highlighted that Ashtead's group rental revenue was up 5%, while its adjusted PBT fell from just under $1.8bn in the nine months to January 2024 to less than $1.7bn in the same period a year later. As such, adjudged earnings per share fell to 290.8 cents, down from 307.2 cents per share a year prior. Ashtead confirms plans to leave London for US listing in 2025 The amount of capital invested in the business also plummeted from $3.5bn in 2024 to $2.1bn in 2025. Nevertheless, Ashtead said it expects its full year results to be in line with its ...

President Donald Trump's new 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada took effect, along with a doubling of duties on Chinese goods to 20%, at 12:01 a.m. EST (0501 GMT).

Jimmy Kimmel has been a popular choice to host the Academy Awards, one of the most significant awards shows in the Hollywood and entertainment world. But he chose to skip the Oscars 2025. While the audience might have missed Kimmel’s verbal punches and jokes on Sunday night, the anchor presented his own version of the Oscars’ summary at his show, Jimmy Kimmel Live. Los Angeles not only witnessed the Academy Awards on March 2, but also experienced an earthquake. Kimmel summed up the situation with his light take, noting that no one was hurt on due to earthquake as the heavy doses of Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Botox has ensured that no body parts get jiggled up for the attendees of the Oscars.

Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown hit back at critics for questioning her appearance and looks, stating that this is not journalism. She accused critics of bullying her. On Instagram, the 21-year-old shared a video in which she openly called out headlines of some of the articles as well as names of the reports, BBC reported.

The chief minister, who also holds the finance portfolio, also presented supplementary demands for grants for the current fiscal (2024-25) amounting to Rs 3,512.33 crore. There was no proposal for levying new taxes in the budget.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Kolkata: As the sun set on Marquis Street in Kolkata, Mohammad Mazurul Islam, 75, and his wife Rashida Begum, 56, strolled around to check if they had missed out on buying any item from the list that they had made to take back home. They make two annual visits to the city for health checkups, and shop for themselves and their families.

global health programmes but vowed to find a way to keep delivering to those in need. The United Nations health agency said it was still too early to determine the full impact of the freeze on foreign aid spending by the United States — traditionally the world's largest aid donor. But WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris admitted that some programmes had clearly been affected, including the global measles surveillance network, which had been 100-percent funded by the United States.