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Toyota Motor sales fall for second month in March on West Asia slump

Global sales shrank 7.3 per cent from the same month a year earlier to 897,871 vehicles, with overseas sales down 7.2 per cent and those in Japan falling 7.8 per cent

Google strengthens AI push with $40 billion investment in Anthropic

Anthropic's Claude Code tool has gained strong traction among developers. The company's annual run-rate revenue surpassed $30 billion this month, up from about $9 billion at the end of 2025

Sun Pharma to acquire US drugmaker Organon in $11.75 billion all-cash deal

The acquisition would help Sun Pharma further expand its ‌women's health portfolio with access to Organon's portfolio of more than 70 products across women's health and general medicines

Gold falls on firm dollar, oil-led inflation fears as US-Iran talks stall

SPDR Gold Trust, the world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, said its holdings fell 0.2 per cent to 966.30 metric ‌tonnes ​on Thursday

Trump calls correspondents' dinner attack suspect 'pretty sick guy'

Trump said in TV interviews that the suspect, whom an official identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, of Torrance, California, had posted what Trump described as an 'anti-Christian' manifesto

Oil prices jump nearly 2% amid stalled peace talks between US, Iran

Brent crude futures rose $2.16, ‌or 2.05%, to $107.49 a barrel by 2346 GMT, the highest since April 7, and US West Texas Intermediate was at $96.17 a barrel, up $1.77, or 1.88%

Trump was likely target of shooting at White House correspondents dinner

The man fired a shotgun at a Secret Service agent at a security checkpoint in the Washington Hilton hotel before being tackled and arrested

Trump says Iran can reach out to US if it wants to negotiate end to war

Trump canceled a trip by his envoys to Pakistan on Saturday, dealing a new setback to peace prospects after Iranian Foreign Minister departed Islamabad after speaking only to Pakistani officials

Who is Cole Allen, the suspect in WH correspondents' dinner shooting?

Allen, approximately 31 years of age, is a resident of Torrance, California, a coastal town that is part of the South Bay area adjacent to Los Angeles abutting Santa Monica Bay

6 passengers injured evacuating from Swiss Air flight in India: Report

The incident occurred when one of the aircraft's engines failed and caught fire during the takeoff roll, prompting the crew to stop the aircraft and initiate an emergency evacuation

Engine maker Horse plans India move to supply growing small car market: CEO

The ​firm ‌operates 18 plants and five research and development centres across Europe, China and Latin ‌America, most recently establishing a presence in the US

Justice Dept to close probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell: US Attorney Pirro

US Justice Department closes probe into Federal Reserve renovation cost overruns, asks Inspector General to review expenses under Chair Jerome Powell

Indian IT cos near-term outlook muted; clients cut spending, AI risks mount

India's IT sector faces muted growth as client spending slows and AI disrupts pricing, with analysts expecting only 3-4% revenue growth in the near term

Sebi proposes to tighten variable net worth regulations for brokers

Variable net worth to include 10% of the average credit balance of clients over the previous six months

IndusInd Bank Q4 profit at ₹533 crore beats estimates on lower provisions

In the year-ago quarter, the bank had reported its biggest-ever quarterly loss due to years of misaccounting of internal derivative trades

India sells 30-year green debt at 'greenium' last seen 3 years ago

India's 30-year green bond sale sees strongest greenium in three years, driven by robust investor demand and reduced ultra-long bond supply

World Bank's IFC plans to scale up investments in India to $10 bn by 2030

Annual investments in India by IFC, the private-sector arm of the World Bank Group, have ‌risen to about $5.4 billion in 2024-25 from about $1.3 billion in financial year 2021-22

Adani Green Q4 results: Profit jumps 34% on higher sales, capacity growth

The green energy arm of billionaire Gautam Adani's group posted a consolidated profit of ₹3,420 crore ($362.8 million) for the quarter ended March 31, up from ₹383 crore a year ago

India gold premiums hit 2.5-month high on tight supply, China demand rises

Dealers quoted premiums of up to $15 an ounce over official domestic prices this week, inclusive of 6 per cent import and 3 per cent sales levies, the highest since February 7

India's wheat output likely to fall by 5-10% as rain, hail damage crops

Although lower output could curb purchases, which have missed wheat ‌buying targets for past 4 years, this is unlikely to cause shortages as India holds stocks at roughly 3 times the required level