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Tata Motors’ shares fell 3% on April 3, 2025, after the tariff hike on foreign-made automobiles announced by the Trump administration came into effect. | Photo Credit: REUTERS i Shares of Tata Motors declined nearly 3% on Thursday (April 3, 2025) with coming into effect of the tariff hike on foreign-made automobiles announced by the Trump administration on March 26. These U.S. tariff hikes have come to effect from midnight of April 3. During the day, the scrip of Mumbai-based Tata Motors fell 2.58% to ₹654.50 per piece on the BSE. According to a release by the White House, “……

Poster of ‘Panchayat’ Season 4  | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Celebrating the hit web series Panchayat’s anniversary, Prime Video today announced Season 4 of the comedy-drama. Marking five years since its debut in 2020, the new season is set to premiere on July 2 on Prime Video. The makers also released a video to share the announcement via social media. Panchayat is a comedy-drama that follows the journey of Abhishek, an engineering graduate, who, due to limited job opportunities, takes up the role of secretary at a panchayat office in a remote village of Uttar Pradesh. In the upcoming season,…

New Delhi: Filmmaker Karan Johar with Bollywood actors R. Madhavan and Akshay Kumar during a press meet for the upcoming film ‘Kesari Chapter 2’, in New Delhi, Thursday, April 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has addressed using the f-word in the teaser for Kesari Chapter 2, a historical courtroom drama set in the aftermath of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Launching the film’s trailer in New Delhi, Akshay was asked about the scene in the teaser where he retorts to a British judge’s ‘slave’ remark with “f**k you”. Addressing the unparliamentary nature of his character’s language, Akshay…

The first thing you hear when you boot up Minecraft is nothing. A soft, patient nothing that waited for you. You linger in the stillness, cursor hovering over “Singleplayer.” As if summoned by memory itself, the synths drift in, just barely there  — melancholic, weightless, familiar. Like an old scent pulling you back to a room you haven’t seen in years, it takes you somewhere instantly. There is a world — your world — somewhere in the depths of that save menu. A childhood frozen in blocks.It has been more than a decade and a half since Minecraft first landed…

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. File | Photo Credit: PTI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday (April 3,. 2025) said no fee will be charged for the update or addition of nominees for Public Provident Fund (PPF) accounts as the government has done necessary changes through notification.“Recently, it was informed that a fee was being levied by financial institutions for updating/modifying nominee details in PPF accounts,” the Finance Minister said in a social media post on X. “Necessary changes are now made in the Government Savings Promotion General Rules 2018 via Gazette Notification dated April 2, 2025, to remove any…

The Union Ministry of Railways said on Wednesday that India produced a record 1,681 locomotives across various categories in the financial year 2024-25.A railways spokesperson stated that this is an increase of 209 locomotives, or 19%, compared to the 1,472 locomotives produced in 2023-24. This record-breaking production is the highest ever for locomotive manufacturing in the country. “This surpasses the total locomotive production of regions such as the United States, Europe, South America, Africa, and Australia,” the spokesperson said. Between 2004 and 2014, India produced a total of 4,695 locomotives, with a national annual average of 470. In contrast, from 2014 to 2024, locomotive manufacturing witnessed a significant…

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal. File. | Photo Credit: ANI The Department of Commerce is carefully examining the implications of the U.S. reciprocal tariffs on India, an official statement said on Thursday (April 3, 2025). The department is engaged with all stakeholders, including domestic industry and exporters to seek their feedback on the issue, the statement added. The Commerce Ministry said that it is also studying the opportunities that may arise due to this new development in the U.S. trade policy.U.S. President Donald Trump has announced the imposition of additional ad-valorem duties ranging from 10% to 50% on…

Bharat Dabholkar | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Actor-director and writer, Bharat Dabholkar, started as a lawyer, before creative forces compelled him to take to theatre, advertising and films. The common thread between theatre and ads is laughter, Bharat says over a call from Mumbai. “I find laughter the biggest connection to people be it the Amul ads or theatre.”Bharat brings the musical, Blame It On Bollywood to Bengaluru. He has written and directed the musical and shares the stage with Anant Mahadevan and Jayati Bhatia. Produced and presented by AGP World in association with Yash Raj Films, the production has…

Akshay Kumar, Ananya Panday in ‘Kesari Chapter 2’ Dharma Productions on Thursday (April 3) launched the trailer for Kesari Chapter 2. Starring Akshay Kumar, R Madhavan and Ananya Panday, the historical drama is set during and after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919. Kumar plays a lawyer, inspired by C. Sankaran Nair, who challenges the British crown and seeks to uncover the truth of Jallianwala. “We are suing the crown for genocide,” Kumar says in the trailer. Madhavan pitches up as a fearsome Indian-origin lawyer defending the actions of the British administration in Punjab. Ananya Panday, as a bright female…

Japanese automakers have long relied on the “dependable and affordable” appeal of their economy cars to drive U.S. sales, thanks in part to low-cost production in Mexico. Now, U.S. President Donald Trump is turning that business model on its head.Mr. Trump has announced 25% tariffs on auto imports that are due to take effect on April 3. While the longer-term fallout remains unclear, Nissan, Honda, and other carmakers may need to raise sticker prices, industry experts say, including on economy models that target the most price-sensitive buyers.It is another big headache particularly for troubled Nissan, given its reliance on both…