British luxury carmaker Aston Martin on Wednesday announced plans to cut up to one-fifth of its workforce after widening annual losses on US tariffs and weak Chinese demand.

Two housekeeping employees, working at a Central Government GST office, posed as “Intelligence Officers” and ran an extortion racket targeting city traders before being caught in Bengaluru.

A cabinet official was notably absent and stayed under a special security arrangement as Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union speech today.