The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) to reserve at least 1/3rd posts for women in its executive committee. Asking SCBA to implement the quota henceforth, a bench presided over by Justice Surya Kant said that the post of treasurer will be reserved for women in the ensuing 2024-25 elections.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on Thursday, submitted a preliminary status report on its investigation into the cases of illegal land grabbing, extortion and harassment of women in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali to the division bench of the Calcutta High Court’s Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya.

India's manufacturing sector continued to grow at a robust pace in April on the back of strong demand although it was a tad lower than the record-high that it touched in March, according to an HSBC survey released on Thursday. India has emerged as world's fastest growing major economy fuelled by Government expenditure on big-ticket infrastructure projects like highways, railways, power plants and seaports. This has had a multiplier effect in creating more jobs and incomes that have led to an increased domestic demand for goods and services.

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex gained more than 200 points on Thursday on strong domestic cues. Among the Sensex stocks, Powergrid was up more than 3 per cent while Tata Motors, Asian Paints, Sun Pharma, Tata Steel, M&M, Nestle India, HDFC Bank were up more than 1 per cent. BSE Senses was trading at 74,739 points, up by 256 points.

After no explosive devices were found and threats to over 80 schools across the national capital were deemed hoaxes, the Delhi Police intensified their presence at critical points, including metro and railway stations, bus stands, and markets, said an official on Wednesday. The officials said that they have stepped up security as a precautionary measure. Meanwhile, according to police sources, the threatening emails originated from a Russian domain, potentially routed through a Virtual Private Network (VPN). The intention behind these threats appears to be the incitement of panic and disruption within Delhi.

As many as 597 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) will be deployed in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal on May 13, which will be around 47 per cent higher than the figure of 406 companies to be deployed in the third phase on May 7.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann met his counterpart Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar jail on Tuesday, a prison official said. He arrived at Tihar at 12.30 p.m. and left the premises around 1.10 p.m.

A new research from IIT-Kanpur has identified major sources of air pollution along with the impact on health in North India. The study by Professor Sachchida Nand Tripathi of the Department of Civil Engineering and Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering, IIT-Kanpur, published in the journal ‘Nature Communications’ reveals that local emissions, particularly from incomplete combustion of various fuels, play a significant role in air pollution and associated health risks in the region.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday issued frequently asked questions (FAQs) to provide more clarity on its guidelines for default loss guarantee (DLG) in digital lending, which were first issued in June 2023. DLG is an agreement between the bank and an entity under which the latter guarantees to provide compensation to the bank for losses due to default up to a certain percentage of the loan portfolio of the bank. While issuing the guidelines in June 2023, the RBI had said that banks must ensure that the total amount of DLG cover on any outstanding portfolio -- which is specified upfront -- shall not exceed five per cent of the amount of that loan portfolio.

The domestic markets snapped their five-day rally on Friday, with the Nifty declining 150.40 points to close at 22,419.95, and the Sensex falling by 609.28 points to end at 73,730.16. The domestic equity benchmarks halted their five-day winning streak driven by weak global cues, said Hrishikesh Yedve, AVP, Technical and Derivatives Research, Asit C Mehta Investment Intermediates. The Nifty opened on a positive note on the first day of the May series but could not sustain at higher levels before closing the day on a negative note at 22,420 levels.