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The highlights from the Budget that sought to emphasise the govt's commitment to fiscal consolidation while introducing new tax slabs.The survey estimated India’s GDP growth in FY24 at 6.5 per cent, while the growth for the ongoing year has been projected at 7 per cent, compared to 8.7 per cent in FY22.

In her last full Budget ahead of Lok Sabha elections next year, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman kept her focus on two key aspects: one, growth – by setting aside a large outlay for an unprecedented surge in capital spending, and two, fiscal consolidation, by slashing subsidies and spending on the job guarantee scheme.

PIL against Vice President Dhankar, Law minister Rijiju for 'no faith' in Constitution

It said the VP and the law minister "insulted the Supreme Court using derogatory language". The petition pointed out remarks made by the two against the collegium system as well as the doctrine of basic structure and called it "unbecoming behaviour". The plea also made VP Jagdeep Dhankar and law minister Kiren Rijiju respondents. 

The plea said that the two holding constitutional posts is "lowering the majesty of the Supreme Court in the eyes of the public". 

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha on Tuesday decided to hear in the third week of March a batch of petitions, challenging the government’s electoral bond scheme allowing anonymous funding of the political parties.

The SC said petitions on the electoral bonds scheme, bringing political parties within the ambit of the Right to Information Act and those challenging amendments in the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) will be heard separately.

With India facing formidable opponents in China and Pakistan across the Himalayan frontiers, the Indian Army has felt the need for a light artillery gun for several years now.

The indigenously developed Dhanush 155mmX45 caliber artillery guns which had faced complaints regarding quality, has now been cleared in the latest test.

The Indian Army has recommenced induction of the Dhanush artillery system and is raising a second regiment of the indigenously upgraded gun. The process of inducting the second Dhanush regiment into the Indian Army is scheduled to be completed in March. A regiment comprises 18 guns.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has interrogated about six media persons in Kerala on suspected ties with terror organisations.

It has been reported that a NIA team from Hyderabad had the other day interrogated at least six  media persons in Kerala at its Kochi office  on suspected links with terror outfits. They were under the scanner of the NIA for the last so many  months.

According to NIA sources, a group of journalists in Kerala was maintaining a close association with the terror outfits.