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‘People live in La-la land’: Finfluencer calls ‘Make in India’ a failure, slams success of the policy
APRIL 5, 2025
India startup scene is often praised for its innovation and job creation. However, few people argue that many successful Indian startups are just copies of Western companies.
One of those is Finfluencer Akshat Srivastava, who shared his views on X, calling the 'Make in India' campaign a failure. He claimed that popular startups like Ola, Zomato, and Paytm...
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Trump’s tariff shock: Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu warns India must rethink IT reliance as US firms will buckle under strain
APRIL 5, 2025
Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu.
As the ripple effects of Donald Trump’s tariff war continue to reshape global trade, Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu has sounded a cautionary note for India. In a detailed commentary on X, Vembu warned that declining profit margins in US corporations — squeezed by tariffs and shifting manufacturing priorities — will force a rethink on...
Asia
While the world eyes China after Trump’s tariffs, Anand Mahindra says: India’s the plot twist you’re missing
APRIL 5, 2025
Anand Mahindra doesn’t typically speak in dramatic terms. But when he does, people pay attention. Responding to US President Donald Trump’s latest round of global tariffs, the Mahindra Group Chairman wrote on X, formerly Twitter, “The new tariffs announced by the US are a signpost of one major geopolitical development. The multipolar world will now become a...
APRIL 5, 2025
Barack and Michelle Obama have been married since 1992. (AFP via Getty Images)
Barack Obama has shared a candid revelation about his marriage to Michelle Obama.
The former US president opened up about the state of his relationship to Michelle while “speaking publicly” for “the first time in a while” during a talk at Hamilton College on Thursday (3 April).
While Barack,...
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‘Highly narcissistic’ people love to say these 7 phrases — here’s how to respond: Harvard-trained psychologist
APRIL 5, 2025
People with narcissistic traits often have an inflated sense of their own talents, achievements and significance in the world. They're sensitive to criticism and struggle to have any empathy or appreciation for others.
This self-centered focus on their own needs is usually at the expense of everyone around them, which makes communicating with them challenging. You may be left feeling dismissed,...
APRIL 5, 2025
A jacket seen at an anti-Trump protest in Washington, DC. Coordinated demonstrations took place nationwide, where many people targeted Trump's economic policies and Elon Musk's work with DOGE. - Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images
Protesters turned out in large numbers to nationwide demonstrations against the Trump administration.
Trump has upended government agencies, fired thousands of federal workers, and shaken...
Business
Warren Buffett keeps taking investors to school as stock meltdown reveals the uncanny wisdom of his recent moves
APRIL 5, 2025
Warren Buffett at the 2019 Berkshire shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. - Johannes Eiselle—AFP via Getty Images
The stock market crash triggered by President Donald Trump's global tariffs brought Warren Buffett's investment moves over the past year into a fresh light, underscoring his prudence amid the once-raging bull market. His decision last year to shed most of Berkshire Hathaway's Apple stock...
APRIL 5, 2025
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., speaks during an America PAC town hall ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, US, on Sunday, March 30, 2025. - Photographer: Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Tech CEO, Elon Musk, who has remained relatively quiet about President Donald Trump’s...
APRIL 5, 2025
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects an honour guard during his welcoming ceremony at Independence square in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 5, 2025. REUTERS/Thilina Kaluthotage
COLOMBO/NEW DELHI - India and the United Arab Emirates agreed to develop an energy hub in Sri Lanka, India's foreign ministry said on Saturday, as New Delhi's competition with China grows in the...
APRIL 4, 2025
FILE PHOTO: French Minister for Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Security Eric Lombard delivers a speech at the Euronext stock exchange's annual conference in Paris, France March 18, 2025. - REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
PARIS, FRANCE - The European Union should not respond to U.S. President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs with exactly the same counter-measures as it would impact...