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Malegaon blast: SC rejects Lt Col Purohit's plea challenging HC's order

The Supreme Court has rejected Lt Col Prasad Purohit's petition challenging the Bombay High Court order dismissing his petition seeking to discharge him in the Malegaon 2008 blast case

MP CM Chouhan orders re-survey for Atal Expressway to save farmers' land

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday ordered a re-survey for the Atal Expressway in order to save the agricultural land that were getting in the way of the expressway

Nashville school shooter bought 7 guns before attack, says police

The person who killed three children and three adults at a Christian school in Nashville legally bought seven firearms in recent years and hid the guns from their parents

Apple to roll out buy now, pay later service, with guardrails this spring

Apple is getting into the buy now, pay later space with a few tweaks to the existing model including no option to pay with a credit card

Google 'repeatedly disobeying' CCI's orders on billing: Startup think tank

Accuses tech giant of charging an "exorbitant" commission without providing additional service, while India's entire payment industry is working on 1-5% service fees

Cyber incidents up 3.5x since 2019, nearly 4,000 a day in 2022

In 2022, cyber attacks on government agencies more than doubled to nearly 200,000

China spent $240 billion to bail out nations with Belt & Road loans

Beijing now fast catching up with the IMF as a lender of last resort

Marginal impact of untimely rains on wheat crop, say top officials

FCI says on track to achieve FY24 procurement target; no lifting of export ban

Govt moves to end possibility of attachment of DMRC's assets in RInfra case

On March 17, the Delhi High Court handed down an order to ensure the payment of an arbitral award due for over five years

GST rate rationalisation unlikely before 2024 Lok Sabha elections

Centre, states not in favour any major change in GST structure amid inflationary pressure

Home truths: High loan rates and job losses threaten price growth

But if rate cuts begin and layoffs are limited, the housing market could repeat FY23 showing next fiscal

Inflation, rate hikes play market party poopers in FY23; smallcaps hit hard

The small-caps were hit on the chin with the S&P BSE Small-cap index slipping nearly 7 per cent thus far during in FY23, underperforming the S&P BSE Midcap and the BSE 500 indexes

Best of BS Opinion: Policy vacuum, supporting Ukraine, and more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

MPC should raise rates by 25 bps next week: Economists tell RBI

Say current dynamics warrant hike, but RBI should keep liquidity stance flexible

BIS framing quality standards for yoga equipment amid rising popularity

Addressing a press conference, BIS Director General Pramod Kumar Tiwari said the Bureau has already framed standards on the glossary of yoga terminology, yoga mat and yoga centre

MSME, gold will grow faster than any other segment: Shriram Finance CEO

"Multiple people have shown interest (in Shriram Housing Finance), including the who's who of the private equity world"

State govt mkt borrowings up 8% YoY to Rs 7.6 trn with last auction of FY23

14 states, one UT raise Rs 41,200 cr, amount is 67% higher than that indicated for State Government Securities (SGS) for this week in the Q4FY23 auction calendar

Tata Capital Financial Services, Tata Cleantech to merge with Tata Capital

The boards of TCFSL and TCCL have also accorded their approval

Insurance companies get more autonomy to decide on commission amount

Govt gives nod to Irdai rules on payment of commissions for intermediaries

PFRDA increases Ombudsman's upper age limit to 70 years from 65 years

According to the gazette notification dated March 27, the PFRDA has amended that regulation by replacing the upper age limit for Ombudsman from 65 to 70 years