The National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange are closed for trading on Friday, April 3, on account of Good Friday. This marks the second market holiday this week and the first for April. Markets were closed on Tuesday on account of Mahavir Jayanti. The commodity exchange MCX is also closed on April 3 on…
India’s real-time payments network National Payments Corporation of India reported record activity on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in March 2026, with total transactions reaching 22.64 billion, the highest-ever monthly volume to date. In value terms, UPI transactions stood at ₹29.53 lakh crore during the month, according to official data. The figures mark a rise…
US President Donald Trump has mocked international allies over escalating fuel shortages, taunting nations to “keep the oil” as the Iran-Israel-US conflict enters its 36th day. In a sarcastic outburst, posted to Truth Social on Saturday, Trump wrote, “Keep the oil, anyone?” targeting countries like the UK that have expressed alarm over soaring energy prices…
NEW DELHI: In a major shift, Parliament has cleared the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, removing jail terms for a wide range of minor violations in the healthcare sector and replacing them with fines. The move is aimed at reducing litigation, easing compliance and creating a more trust-based system.The law amends 784 provisions…
Puka Nacua might have taken a decision that will keep him out of the court. The Los Angeles Rams wide receiver’s attorney on Wednesday confirmed that he has checked himself into a rehab and is focusing on his health. This comes as last month a woman filed a lawsuit against the 24-year-old, alleging that he…
Ever since ‘Dhurandhar 2’ has released, the film has been the talk of the town. While people were yet not over ‘Dhurandhar’, the sequel released on March 19 and set the box office bells ringing. Not to mention, every character is being spoken about on the internet and one of them is Arshad Pappu. Actor…
Bank of Baroda Ltd. reported its fourth quarter business update on Thursday, April 2. Its total business globally increased 13.93% to ₹30.78 lakh crore at the end of March 2026 from ₹27.02 lakh crore in the previous year. Its deposits globally were up 12% at ₹16.48 lakh crore from ₹14.72 lakh crore in the previous…
A proposal in the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2026 to relax statutory audit requirements for certain companies could reduce compliance burdens for smaller businesses, though its final impact will depend on how eligibility is defined. The Bill proposes inserting a new Section 139(12) in the Companies Act, 2013, enabling the government to exempt specific classes of…
Anthropic’s Claude Code creator Boris Cherny confirmed that a missed manual step in the deployment process caused the accidental release of 512,000 lines of internal source code. Nobody was fired. His fix: more automation, with Claude checking its own deploys. The irony isn’t subtle—Cherny is the same person who predicted the software engineer job title…
NEW DELHI: Funding for rare disease treatment at Centres of Excellence has dropped sharply, with allocations falling from Rs 82.87 crore in 2024–25 to Rs 32.73 crore in 2025–26, even as several institutions continue to carry forward unspent funds.The funds are released under the National Policy for Rare Diseases, which supports treatment for conditions such…
