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‘100% tariff’: Trump’s new threat for countries mulling a digital services tax

‘100% tariff’: Trump’s new threat for countries mulling a digital services tax

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US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened countries imposing a digital services tax (DST) on American companies with a 100 per cent tariff, saying it will suspend any US trade deal with that nation. President Donald Trump walks to greet guests after speaking at a Rose Garden Club dinner with farmers, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, June 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo) In a post on social media, Trump took aim at European countries that he said are discussing “imminent” implementation of taxes on American companies. “Numerous European Countries have been discussing the imminent implementation of a Digital Services Tax on American Companies. Some of these Countries are close to actually doing this. Please let this statement serve to represent that any Country that imposes such a Tax will immediately be met with a 100% TARIFF on any and all Goods sent to the United States of America. This TARIFF will supersede Trade Deals made with the Country, whether implemented, signed, or not. Additionally, the 100% TARIFF will be immediately …

US, Australia, Africa, Russia For LNG: Is India Mulling Long-Term Strategy To Cut Gulf Dependence? | India News

US, Australia, Africa, Russia For LNG: Is India Mulling Long-Term Strategy To Cut Gulf Dependence? | India News

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Last Updated:March 16, 2026, 20:26 IST Sources said India has decided to expand its national energy strategy due to recent production halts at Ras Laffan in Qatar and escalating instability near the Strait of Hormuz The move has been prompted by recent production halts at Ras Laffan in Qatar and escalating instability near the Strait of Hormuz. (Image: AFP/File) The ongoing conflict in West Asia has pushed India toward a long-term strategy to cut its dependence on the Gulf region when it comes to procuring LNG. According to top government sources, India has decided to fast-track a strategic energy pivot due to supply disruptions in Qatar – India’s largest supplier of LNG (liquefied natural gas), contributing 40 to 47 percent of total annual imports – and with the Strait of Hormuz practically a warzone. The government sources told News18 that the Centre has launched an aggressive overhaul of its national energy strategy, moving to decouple its power and industrial sectors from a heavy reliance on transit points in West Asia. Follow US-Israel-Iran War LIVE Updates …

Delhi may get another AIIMS-like medical institute, govt mulling integrating 4 big hospitals | Delhi News

Delhi may get another AIIMS-like medical institute, govt mulling integrating 4 big hospitals | Delhi News

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In a significant move aiming to enhance the healthcare facilities in the Trans-Yamuna area and develop the Capital as the hub of medical excellence, the Delhi government is mulling the integration of four big hospitals — Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, Delhi State Cancer Institute (DSCI), Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) and the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) — and set up an autonomous multispeciality advanced facility similar to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), The Indian Express has learnt. The proposal — prepared by an expert committee under the Delhi Health department — has suggested naming the advanced healthcare facility as the Delhi Institute of Medical Sciences, and bringing RGSSH, IHBAS and the DSCI under GTB Hospital as the leading institution. The four hospitals are located close to each other in Northeast Delhi’s Dilshad Garden area. Strengthening mental health services at IHBAS —  emulating the standards set by National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) — has also been proposed. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta recently held …

Ministry Musings: BCCI Wants To Adopt Olympic Sports; Government Mulling Approval To OCI Athletes

Ministry Musings: BCCI Wants To Adopt Olympic Sports; Government Mulling Approval To OCI Athletes

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The BCCI is “keen on adopting two to three Olympic disciplines” in the sports ministry’s ambitious plan to have corporate-backed individual Centres of Excellence, the work for which will begin this year. This was conveyed by the cash-rich cricket body in a meeting with sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi on Thursday. The gathering also featured “representatives from 58 corporate houses”. “Mr Rajeev Shukla, who represented the BCCI in this meeting, said that the Board is willing to adopt two to three Olympic disciplines and would leave it on the ministry to decide what those disciplines would be,” a source in the sports ministry said. “The ministry welcomes this. Our plan is to build Olympic Centres for each sport, which would train 100 to 200 of the very best in the country keeping in mind the current and the next Olympic cycle. “There were 58 corporates in today’s meeting and all of them were keen to support this plan,” the source added. Currently, India has 23 National Centres of Excellence operated by …

Women’s Boxing Nationals: After mulling retirement, Simranjit Kaur back in the ring and one win away from title | Sport-others News

Women’s Boxing Nationals: After mulling retirement, Simranjit Kaur back in the ring and one win away from title | Sport-others News

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Tokyo Olympian boxer Simranjit Kaur is back in the boxing ring after nine months break, after contemplating giving up the sport when she was overlooked for last year’s Paris Olympics. The 29-year-old went to the previous Tokyo Olympics, but when a younger boxer, Jaismine Lamboria went to the French capital in the women’s 57kg category, Simranjit was left disappointed. “I took a break because I was disheartened due to lack of chances. When I didn’t make the cut for the Paris Olympics qualifiers, I thought of giving up the sport,” Simranjit told The Indian Express on the sidelines of the ongoing women’s nationals. Story continues below this ad Break from boxing Simranjit was part of the national camp for both the 2022 Asian Games and the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, Jaismine was picked for the continental mega event, which served as qualifiers for the latter. “When Jaismine didn’t qualify for Olympics through the Asian Games, I expected that my name would come up for the subsequent qualifiers but that was not to be,” rued Simran. …

Zeenat Aman`s falls on set leads to her mulling on relationships

Zeenat Aman`s falls on set leads to her mulling on relationships

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Yesteryear diva Zeenat Aman is quite active on Instagram. Every now and then, the actress drops interesting posts that perfectly capture her thoughts. From sharing trivia from films sets from the 70s and 80s to sharing her thoughts on life, the actress has been winning the Instagram game with class. On Tuesday morning said that she is contemplating human relationships and also revealed that she fell on set that left her with purple bruises.   Zeenat took to Instagram, where she shared a monochrome picture of herself dressed in an off-shoulder outfit and glasses. Alongside the image, she wrote, “I am contemplating human relationships this morning. When one is young the years ahead stretch out in an endlessly forking road of possibilities. Old age seems a distant, near mythical destination.”           View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Zeenat Aman (@thezeenataman) “Then one morning you wake up groggy with creaking joints, and you realise you’re here. That it …

UK mulling potential AI regulation

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Officials at the UK’s Department of Science, Innovation and Technology have started drafting legislation to regulate AI models, Bloomberg reports. It’s unclear how any future regulation will intersect with the UK’s already-extant AI Safety Institute, which already conducts safety tests of the most powerful AI models. However, the UK does not officially have a policy preventing companies from releasing AI models that have not been evaluated for safety. Neither does it have the power to pull any existing model from the market if it violates safety standards or to fine a company over those violations. (In comparison, the European Union’s AI Act can impose fines if AI companies violate certain safety benchmarks.) Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has previously said there’s no need to “rush to regulate” AI models and platforms. Meanwhile, Bloomberg reports, other government officials have raised the possibility of amending the UK’s copyright rules to strengthen the opt-out option for training datasets. Any potential bill is still a ways off, according to Bloomberg. Source link

A break for Jasprit Bumrah: Team India mulling when to give their biggest match winner some rest | Cricket News

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With a decent break before the third Test and the five-match series locked 1-1, the biggest concern for India is how their biggest match-winner Jasprit Bumrah shapes up in the next week. India are yet to name the squad for the remaining three Tests. Though Bumrah is certain to make it, the lingering question is when to give him a rest. Last week, despite Mohammed Siraj bowling full throttle at the nets two days before the Test, India’s think-tank decided to send him home from Vizag. He could have avoided taking the flight to Vizag in the first place, which would have given him a few extra days to spend at home. But it was a decision they took at the eleventh hour, keeping the larger picture of workload in mind and it wasn’t just that of Siraj, but also Bumrah. With both needed for the final Test in Dharamsala, India have to use them judiciously at Rajkot or Ranchi, where they will pair up again. In the two Tests so far, apart from Ravichandran …

Rakul-Jackky wedding: Intimate two day affair; couple mulling no phone policy

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Actor Rakul Preet Singh and her producer boyfriend Jackky Bhagnani are ready to take their relationship to the next level by getting married in February. Now, we hear that it will be a two day affair, with the couple thinking of ways to protect their privacy. Rakul Preet Singh and Jackky Bhagnani will be the first celebrity couple this year to get married The couple will be getting married on February 22, in Goa. In fact, they recently came back from a vacation before diving into the prep for the wedding festivities. They went to Thailand for the time off. Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here According to the source, the couple want to keep the wedding really intimate, but want their close friends from the industry to be in attendance. “The wedding will mostly be a two affair in Goa. The intention is to keep it intimate but also not miss out on making memories with family and friends. That’s why close friends from both …

Google Mulling Gemini AI-Powered Chatbot to Tell Personal Life Stories Using Photos, Search Activity: Report

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Google is considering the development of a new chatbot that is capable of telling the story of a user’s life based on their photos and search history, according to a recent CNBC report. The search giant could use large language models (LLMs), such as the recently unveiled multimodal Gemini model, as part of a new AI project. Gemini is touted to compete with OpenAI’s GPT-4 model, and Google claims that its top-of-the-line model outperforms its closest competitor on some benchmarks. A CNBC report that cites internal documents states that one of Google’s AI teams has suggested that the company develop an AI-based technology to use data from users’ smartphones — including photos and their search activity — that will be consumed by an AI-powered chatbot. The project, dubbed Project Ellman, can then use the information to provide answers to “previously impossible questions”, according to the report. Instead of simply relying on “just pixels with labels and metadata”, Project Ellman would try to spot patterns in a user’s photos, studying photos and memories before and after …