SC modifies 3-year practice rule for judicial service entry

The Supreme Court Friday declined to revisit its May 2025 judgment restoring a minimum three-year practice requirement for entry into the judicial service but modified the manner in which the condition will now operate.

PM: India's stability, reforms bright spot for global growth

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India has political stability and continuity in its policies, and the world sees it as a "bright spot of growth and hope".

Speaking at the Economic Times World Leaders Forum 2026, the PM said India has always moved forward with the spirit of a shared future at a time when resources are being weaponised and an environment of mistrust is creating new challenges for the world.

Keep UPI free. Fund it from the savings it generates

If digitisation saves the state and the banks such sums, the answer is not to claw money from merchants and consumers through MDR. It is for the state to return a small, defined share of its savings to those who run the rails.

India, UK review defence industrial cooperation

India and the UK on Friday reviewed the ongoing defence industrial cooperation with emphasis on Research & Development through the India-UK vision 2035 and the 10-year Defence Industrial Roadmap.

FDI policy rejig for border nations spur Rs 5k cr investment: DPIIT

A Rejig in India's foreign direct investment (FDI) policy earlier this year has attracted offshore investment proposals worth Rs 4,895.65 crore till August 20, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Friday. In March, the government had allowed foreign entities with non-controlling beneficial ownership from land bordering countries of up to 10% to invest in India.

Indigenous N-reactors top pick for companies in nuclear power expansion

Indigenous Pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) are emerging as the preferred pick for new entrants into India's civil nuclear power sector due to the established supply chain and good ecosystem, as the country opens the tightly regulated strategic sector to private players.

Centre, states to bring uniform norms for GST registration

The Centre and state tax officers are working on guide-lines to bring uniformity in documents that are to be submitted for faster processing of GST registration application of businesses who pass on tax credit of over Rs 2.5 lakh a month, a senior official said on Friday.

How to define 'industry': Inside SC's split verdict

The ruling resolves the immediate problem created by the repeal of the Industrial Disputes Act without creating a new category of law for pending cases.

By retaining the 1978 test for those proceedings, the court has avoided reopening their legal basis. But it declined to carry that jurisprudence forward as the governing interpretation of the new labour code.