| Photo Credit: Brendan McDermid Wall Street stocks tumbled on Thursday on mounting worries over the economic impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s multi-front tariff war. All three major U.S. stock indexes suffered steep losses, forfeiting much of the previous session’s gains as growing concerns over the escalating Washington-Beijing trade face-off dampened optimism over upbeat … Read more
Researchers R. Clay Reid and Leila Elabbady examine data from the MICrONS project at an Allen Institute laboratory in Seattle, U.S., in this photograph released on April 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: Allen Institute/Handout via REUTERS Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammalian brain to date using tissue from … Read more
GreenLine aims to decarbonise India’s transportation sector, which contributes nearly 15 per cent of the country’s total carbon emission GreenLine Mobility Solutions, an Essar Group venture, on Thursday announced a $275 million equity investment to accelerate the decarbonisation of heavy trucking in India. The investment in the company, which is India’s first LNG and electric-powered … Read more
Tesla will face competition in the Saudi market from Chinese carmakers, whose models are popular with locals, as well as Lucid, which opened a final-assembly plant in the kingdom in September 2023. File Photo: A Tesla Inc. logo at the company’s showroom in Lisbon, Portugal, on Saturday, April 5, of 2025. Photographer: Goncalo Fonseca/Bloomberg | … Read more
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has said that his government would fill up over 12,000 vacant posts in the Home Department. The state administration was also planning to set up 20 cyber police stations, the chief minister said. Majhi was talking to reporters on Wednesday night in the airport here after returning from New … Read more
Cement-makers, banking on an improved demand in Jan–Mar period, to sustain a price hike of ₹14–16 per bag, pan-India, in April; apart from expecting a 6–7 per cent volume growth. Sources said, South India is likely to see the highest price increase of ₹40–50 per bag (which would include the Mineral Tax component), while in … Read more
People work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. President Donald Trump’s Truth Social post urging Americans to “BUY” stocks came just hours before he announced a 90-day pause on tariffs—sending markets soaring by nearly 10 per cent. | Photo Credit: Seth Wenig/AP When Donald Trump … Read more
K Rammohan Naidu, Minister for Civil Aviation ANI | Photo Credit: ANI Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Wednesday said global players like Airbus have shown confidence in the potential of Indian industry in the field of aircraft component manufacturing. Minister Naidu was speaking at an event in New Delhi to mark the signing … Read more
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves India and United Kingdom on Wednesday indicated to further accelerate the effort for free trade agreement and Bilateral Investment Treaty. They reaffirmed their commitment to continue collaboration in financial services sector, FinTech and Digital economy and between the respective regulatory bodies. These … Read more
US markets surged on Wednesday after President Trump announced a 90-day pause on most tariffs, while sharply raising duties on Chinese imports to 125%. | Photo Credit: Wall Street’s main indexes jumped on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump authorized a 90-day pause on tariffs, effective immediately. Trump declared a 90-day pause on reciprocal and … Read more