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1. PwC exits more than a dozen countries to avoid scandals  The Economic Times
2. PwC exits more than a dozen countries in push to avoid scandals  Financial Times
3. PwC exits more than a dozen countries, FT reports By Reuters  Investing.com
4. Accounting giant PwC reported exiting many countries to avoid scandals  Bangkok Post
5. PwC exits more than a dozen countries to avoid scandals, FT reports  Global Banking | Finance | Review

1. Donald Trump is 'escalating' the Harvard University fight; Elon Musk 'joins in' and picks side  Times of India
2. Trump vs Harvard: US President ramps up conflict against defiant University, demands apology  The Hindu
3. Trump Calls For Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status To Be Revoked Over Antisemitism Probe Standoff  Swarajyamag
4. Harvard campus activism in pics as Trump freezes billions in funds after university defies demands  Hindustan Times
5. How Harvard’s pushback against Trump may embolden more US resistance  The Guardian

1. Akshay Kumar urges fans not to check phones while watching Kesari Chapter 2: ‘It will be humiliating’  Hindustan Times
2. Akshay Kumar requests viewers not use their mobile phones while watch Kesari 2: 'It will be a humiliation for the film...'  Moneycontrol
3. Kesari Chapter 2 First Reviews: Akshay Kumar’s ‘marvellous’ film leaves Delhi CM emotional; ‘rongte khade kar diye’  Hindustan Times
4. Akshay thanks PM Modi for acknowledging Sankaran Nair during rally | 'I had no idea about Nair before Kesari 2' | Inshorts  Inshorts
5. Akshay Kumar's Kesari Chapter 2 takes a slow start at the box office with nearly 2900 tickets sold  Times of India

1. Gold Today Rate, 16 April: Check 18, 22 and 24 carat gold prices Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and other cities  The Indian Express
2. Gold crosses Rs 95,000 for the first time: Should you buy, sell or hold?  Moneycontrol
3. Gold price today: Yellow metal shines brighter than ever, prices rally near Rs 95,000/10 gms  The Economic Times
4. Gold records new high at Rs 98K, soaring more than Rs 1,500 in one day  Times of India
5. Gold hits fresh all-time high, breaches ₹98,000-mark for 1st time | Spot gold rose to all-time high of $3,318/ounce | Inshorts  Inshorts

जागरण संवाददाता, पटना। Patna News: पटना एयरपोर्ट से पुणे के व्यवसायी का अपहरण कर हत्या करने के मामले में पुलिस ने मंगलवार को 19 वर्षीय युवती समेत 11 आरोपितों को गिरफ्तार कर संगठित गिरोह का भंडाफोड़ किया है। इन अपराधियों ने झारखंड के कोल इंडिया के फर्जी ईमेल से स्क्रैप खरीदने का प्रस्ताव भेज कर लक्ष्मण साधु शिंदे (55) को पटना बुलाया था।

यहां एयरपोर्ट से कार से उनका अपहरण कर नालंदा जिले के हिलसा थानांतर्गत नवाडीह ले गए थे। शिंदे के खाते में 12 लाख रुपये थे। अपराधियों ने ये रुपये अपने खाते में ट्रांसफर कराने के लिए उनके साथ मारपीट शुरू कर दी। हालांकि, 90 हजार रुपये ही वसूल पाए।

पिटाई से हुई शिंदे की मौत

पिटाई से शिंदे की मौत हो गई तो अपराधियों ने शव को जहानाबाद जिले के घोसी थानांतर्गत झुमकी एवं मानपुर गांव के बीच सड़क किनारे फेंक दिया। गिरोह का सरगना अपहरण के लिए कार मुहैया कराने वाले विपातरा कुमार का भांजा सुमित बताया जाता है। वह अभी फरार है।

एसएसपी अवकाश कुमार ने बताया कि गिरोह गत तीन महीने में गुजरात के राजकोट, अहमदाबाद, बड़ोदरा एवं झारखंड व बेंगलुरु के व्यवसायियों का अपहरण कर सात से 40 लाख रुपये तक वसूल चुका है। इनमें एक अधिवक्ता भी हैं।

अब तक किसी पीड़ित ने प्राथमिकी नहीं कराई, जिससे गिरोह का दुस्साहस बढ़ता चला गया। अब पटना पुलिस गिरोह के शिकार बने लोगों से संपर्क कर रही है। गुजरात पुलिस ने भी हवाईअड्डा थाने में आकर आरोपितों से पूछताछ की है।

नाम बदलकर लोगों को फांसता था

रंजीत शिंदे से शिवराज सागी बनकर संपर्क करने वाला रंजीत पटेल उर्फ मुन्ना था। रंजीत को स्क्रैप के कारोबार के बारे में अच्छी जानकारी थी। इस कारण शिंदे उसकी बातों में फंस गए। अपराधियों ने गूगल से नंबर लेकर शिंदे की कंपनी से संपर्क किया था। रंजीत ही कार से शिंदे को रिसिव करने पटना एयरपोर्ट गया था।

अब तक शिकार हुए ज्यादातर लोगों से रंजीत ही बातें करता था। अपहरण के बाद वह लोगों से रुपये ट्रांसफर करवाता और 24 घंटे के भीतर सुनसान स्थान पर छोड़ देता था। गिरफ्तारी के बाद रंजीत ने पूछताछ में पुलिस के सामने अपनी सारी करतूत स्वीकार कर ली है।

कार के रजिस्ट्रेशन नंबर से गिरोह तक पहुंची पुलिस

एयरपोर्ट पर लगे सीसी कैमरे के फुटेज में शिंदे एक कार पर बैठते दिखे थे। उसके रजिस्ट्रेशन नंबर से पुलिस ने कार मालिक की पहचान वैशाली जिले के जंदाहा थानांतर्गत लक्ष्मणपुर निवासी विपातरा कुमार के रूप में की। पुलिस ने जब उसे गिरफ्तार किया तो उसके पास से स्कार्पियो बरामद हुई।

हुंडई आइ-20 की बाबत पूछने पर उसने रंजीत पटेल का नाम लिया। पुलिस ने जब उसकी मोबाइल लोकेशन निकाली तो वह नवादा जिले के हिसुआ स्थित एक होटल का मिला। लोकेशन के आधार पर पुलिस ने होटल में दबिश देकर युवती समेत सात आरोपितों को दबोच लिया। उनकी निशानदेही पर चार और आरोपित अन्य जिलों से पकड़े गए। उनके नाम और पते का सत्यापन कराया जा रहा है।

नवादा जिले से इनकी हुई गिरफ्तारी

रंजीत पटेल उर्फ मुन्ना (छद्म नाम-शिवराज सागी) (रहीमचक, पावापुरी, नालंदा), विकास उर्फ मोहित (मेयार, नूरसराय, नालंदा), लाल बिहारी (नवाडीह, हिलसा, नालंदा), संगीता कुमारी (सौरे, बेन, नालंदा), कुंदन कुमार (खरुआरा, चेरो, नालंदा), करण उर्फ कुणाल उर्फ कुंदन (रानापर, वैशाली) और सचिन रंजन (रानापर, वैशाली)। 

क्या है पूरा मामला

पुणे के कोर्थूड़ थानांतर्गत एकलव्य कालेज के निकट इंद्रायणी को-आपरेटिव हाउसिंग सोसायटी डी/01 के रहने वाले स्क्रैप व्यवसायी लक्ष्मण साधु शिंदे (55) 11 अप्रैल की शाम साढ़े सात बजे पटना एयरपोर्ट पहुंचे थे। अगले दिन जहानाबाद जिले के घोसी थानांतर्गत झुमकी एवं मानपुर गांव के बीच उनका शव बरामद हुआ था।

इधर, संपर्क नहीं होने पर 12 अप्रैल को ही शिंदे के साढ़ू विशाल लवाजी लोखंडे ने कोर्थूड़ थाने में गुमशुदगी की शिकायत की थी, फिर पुणे पुलिस के साथ पटना आकर हवाईअड्डा थाने में अपहरण की प्राथमिकी कराई थी। 14 अप्रैल को पटना पुलिस ने शव की पहचान की थी।

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China appointed as its new trade negotiator on Wednesday a former representative to the World Trade Organization who replaces Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen, amid an escalating tariff war with the United States.Li Chenggang, 58, a former assistant commerce minister during the first administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, takes over from Wang, 59, the human resources and social security ministry said in a statement.The change comes as Beijing pursues a hardline stance in an intensifying trade war with Washington triggered by Trump's hefty tariffs on items imported from China.Li, who has held several key jobs in the commerce ministry, such as in departments overseeing treaties and law and fair trade, has an academic background in the elite Peking University and Germany's Hamburg University.He replaces Wang, a veteran commerce official and top trade negotiator since 2022.In the leadup to the U.S. tariff escalation, Wang welcomed foreign executives in Beijing, some from PepsiCo, Visa, P&G, Rio Tinto and Vale, reassuring them of China's economic prospects.The step came after official data showed foreign direct investment plummeted 27.1% in local currency terms in 2024 on the year, for its largest such drop since the 2008 global financial crisis.

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Sunil Subramaniam, Market Expert, says do not put in all your money now, stagger it over the next six months, because the uncertainty will continue to prevail. There will be days of bad news and there will be days of good news, so there will be volatility. But once the BTA is signed, a huge positive move may come in. So, diversify across the pack, but start taking exposure and stagger it because in a year-and-a-half from now, all of these are going to benefit. The long weekend seems to be working well for our markets because each time we are welcomed by a big move in the global markets. But would you say that the uncertainty on tariffs is behind us now, at least for the equity markets?Sunil Subramaniam: I would not say it is behind us, but it has definitely calmed down. I think the markets have overreacted as far as India is concerned to this uncertainty of tariffs. So, all the clarity that is coming – whether it is negative for A country, B country; negative for America, – whatever has happened definitely reduces the uncertainty and fund managers can plan their allocations. India stands in a very good position here, because I do not think there is any negative or bad news. I know there is this pharma related thing which Trump might come up with, but apart from that, if you see India’s position, whichever way this knife cuts the cake is going to be favourable for India. The markets are recognising that and also bear in mind that India specific, there has been a slew of positive things which have been happening over the last month or so, which the markets had not recognised because of this uncertainty overhang. It started from the Budget related tax giveaways to the RBI's policy being very supportive, to initial targets on the monsoon being very favourable, and India's trade deal talks progressing well. There were some leaks saying that it could be signed very soon. So, everything is positive. So far, the market has not discounted this latest bit of Mr Trump rolling back for the 90-day pause as well as the fact that he brought down the tariffs on the electronic components. All of these, plus the fact that the bond market has made Mr Trump to also now hold on in terms of the action because that is finally where it has hit them where it hurts. He was not worried about the dollar, he was not worried about the stock market, but the bond market because the US has a huge $7 trillion refinancing this year of their debt coming up. So, the bond market is something that they listen to and to that extent, the weakening dollar is positive for India. Brent at around $65, again, positive for India. The whole bunch of positive news around India which unfortunately could not be implemented by fund managers taking action and now with the results season coming, fund managers are going to be eager and waiting to take out guidance from the company's earnings and quickly act. You will see this sustained domestic buying now sustaining the market and FII return, of course, it all depends on the global macro, how that pans out but definitely if the actions of the bond market are any indication, it means that Mr Trump is going to slow down in this whole. He has created that major big bang impact. He will now get to the negotiating table and do it and he will try to manage this situation, which is positive from an uncertainty removal for the stock market. Overall, it is reasonably good news and from a domestic perspective, it is time to gradually start accumulating the broad market. How should one look at this space because there was a time when they were benefiting from the China plus one strategy and it looks like almost two years later, a similar strategy is at play for these chemical stocks?Sunil Subramaniam: I think that we will be a beneficiary this time of China plus one. Earlier, the China plus one meant we were trying to snatch from China and supply to America. Now, it is America trying to shut down Chinese imports and hence, the opportunity is now coming from the fact that with the bilateral trade agreement this is going to be one of those key spaces, I suspect would be a winner from the whole BTA. The only point you should watch out for is that if the US is getting shut down as a market, China will try to dump their intermediate chemicals to all countries including India. So, in any country other than the US to which these people were exporting, if China is going to compete by dumping, that could be a threat. Second, we have to put in strong anti-dumping duties for Chinese products into India because a lot of the value chain also comes from China. We need to protect our industry. So, both from a regulatory perspective and from a non-US market perspective, one needs to wait and watch all of these. From the US exports perspective, this will turn out to be a positive story for the specialty chemicals space. Is there going to be some leg up for the recovering rural play and rural demand? Is that going to see an impetus once the monsoon kicks in and is above normal as IMD predicts?Sunil Subramaniam: Yes, absolutely. And it does not need to wait for the actual monsoon to be normal. They say the khabar of a good monsoon means positivity. See, last year was a good year for the rural space because last year's monsoon was also good. Harvests were better. For some reasons, inflation for the urban consumer went up. But for the rural population, rural demand was the one which was recovering and held up whatever consumption there was. So, already the mood is turning positive there and if they know that they are going to sow well, the monsoon is good, their propensity to spend will be higher because it is the outlook for the future which decides today's expenditure. So, it does not need to wait for the monsoon itself to come through. IMD's forecast will see a follow through by Skymet. If that comes in, the news spreads about this itself, the spending will go up on the anticipation of that. So, yes, good harbinger of the rural consumption bit for this rest of the year. What is your anticipation from some of these private banking names and where do you think leadership is going to come in once they report their numbers? Sunil Subramaniam: Sequentially they will do better. They have good control over the NPAs. I do not see a problem there. Given the news that they are cutting deposit rates, it indicates that they are feeling very comfortable on the asset and liability space. So, we are feeling that the deposit growth is good enough, it gives that the overall sense of their business is good. Following the rate cuts, their numbers should be on track and those with a good spread of network and I would rather play the top end of the private sector banks with the top five or six names because the comfort of regulatory overhang is definitely less with the top banks. While up until now, it was all about looking at domestic facing sectors, maybe one could take a contra call on any of these names. Should one steer clear of the ones which are more susceptible to tariffs or what happens globally like Tata Motors, Sona Comstar, Bharat Forge, or Motherson?Sunil Subramaniam: No, enter with a staggered approach. Do not put in all your money now, stagger it over the next six months, because what I see is the uncertainty will continue to prevail. There will be days of bad news and there will be days of good news, so there will be volatility. But once you are past this, once there is a BTA signed, I see a huge positive move coming up here. There will be a few losers as well. So, diversify across the pack, but start taking exposure and stagger it because in a year from now, in a year-and-a-half from now, all of these are going to benefit. The point is we would not know when exactly to start buying. So, I would say start today, but stagger the approach, stagger it over the next six months and diversify it across all these international sectors. I think it is a good time to start doing that. What is your view on the entire quick commerce space as well as the QSR space because of late, a lot of brokerage notes are saying that it looks like the QSR space is going to make a comeback. Are you from that camp as well?Sunil Subramaniam: Yes, I am of that camp. The only thing is that finding the winner is going to be a challenge. Again, my philosophy is to diversify across all the quick commerce players, but overall the quick commerce market is going to grow rapidly, in fact, boom. Who will win, who gives more discounts, who will incur more losses in a longer term win, that is hard to say. So diversify because it is a space as a whole which will do well and the market will respect that. Stay invested in that space. That is my recommendation. Look at these FMCG names given that we are in a new financial year. Now, all those tax cut bonanzas are also at play. The interest rate cut bonanza also will be at play to benefit most of these FMCG plays?Sunil Subramaniam: I would put more of my money in the consumer discretionary space as oppose to FMCG because the giveaway will be used by people to leverage to buy better products. So, whether it is bigger refrigerators, bigger air conditioners, bigger cars, so people use it to upscale because it is the middle class we are talking about and the FMCG piece, just because I get more money, I am not going to go and buy more soap or more hair oil. I would closely track FMCG, from their input perspective on the margins to look at how the commodity cycle plays out. They are heavily dependent on crude and commodities. That is a good reason to buy FMCG from a margin perspective. But on core demand, tax giveaway will benefit the consumer discretionary more than the consumer staples. So just for volume growth, I would not go there. But for margin, I would look at specific companies and buy.

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