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Chandrachud said here on Friday. Office-bearers and members of the bar should not forget while reacting to judicial decisions that they are officers of the court and not laypersons, he said. The CJI was speaking at the centenary year celebration of the High Court Bar Association of Nagpur. The judiciary has time and again risen to the occasion to assert its independence and non-partisanship, Justice Chandrachud said.

Venture capital (VC) funding in the crypto space has experienced a surge in the first quarter of 2024, breaking a two-year downtrend.

BlockDAG (BDAG) has grabbed the spotlight in the presale arena and its current sixth presale batch offers BDAG tokens at $0.035 each, set to increase gradually with subsequent batches, culminating at $0.05 by the final batch. Toncoin (TON) price has surged by 138% year-to-date, hitting a new high of $5.69, attributed to Telegram's revenue-sharing system and IPO considerations. Telegram's initiative allows channel owners to earn 50% of ad revenue in Toncoin, contributing to TON's rapid rise.

Plastic Export Promotion Council (Plexconcil) recently published an in-depth report that thoroughly analyses India's plastic export trends for February 2024. Drawing upon data from the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, the study reveals that India reported its highest-ever monthly export of made-up fishing nets during February 2024. The cumulative value of merchandise exports during April 2023 – February 2024 was $395 billion as against $409.1 billion during the same period last year, reflecting a decline of 3.5%. Overview of Overall Plastic Exports In February 2024, India exported plastics worth $997 million, an increase of 14.3% from $872 million in February 2023. The cumulative value of plastics exports during April 2023 – February 2024 was $10,433 million, as against $10,911 million during the same period last year, registering a decline of 4.4%.

In the wake of Bitcoin (BTC/USD) rebounding from a crucial $65,000 support level, the market is buzzing with speculation about its next move.

Pakistan that the intelligence officials deemed a threat to the nation's security, a report has claimed. These killings were reportedly part of India's plan to eliminate terrorists living on foreign soil, news daily The Guardian reported citing Indian and Pakistani intelligence operatives. The Guardian claims it has seen documents related to these 20 killings but was unable to independently verify them. ET Online has not verified these reports independently.

La Niña phenomenon, according to initial forecast by hurricane researchers at Colorado State University (CSU), as per a Fox Weather report. The Colorado State University hurricane research team has issued a bold forecast for the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, projecting the development of 23 named storms. Among these, they anticipate that 11 will strengthen into hurricanes, with five potentially reaching major hurricane status, characterized by winds exceeding 115 mph. With their extensive expertise and cutting-edge analysis, the CSU researchers provide valuable insights into the potential intensity and impact of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin, Fox Weather reported.

An environmental group is challenging the U.S. Energy Department's decision to award over $1 billion to help keep California’s last nuclear power plant running beyond 2025

₹244 crore plus interest to Ericsson for infringing on the telecommunications firm’s 2G and 3G patents. A spokesperson for Lava International said, “Lava will explore all viable legal avenues, including the possibility of filing an appeal in response to the judgement.

What the numbers say: According to the National Family Health Survey, which covered 14 states in India during 2019 to 2021, ownership of land or property among women was higher in rural areas than in urban areas. Of the women respondents surveyed, 38.3% women in urban areas had house or land ownership compared to 45.7% in rural areas. This was in the case of women in the age-group of 15-49 years.

Urban Cruiser Taisor, the brand's newest SUV offering. In a strategic move, Toyota has opted for collaboration with Maruti Suzuki, releasing the Taisor as its fourth rebadged vehicle from the Maruti lineup. This partnership underscores Toyota's commitment to expanding its footprint in India's competitive automotive landscape.

Hotel bookings are up across the nation for travel to the line of totality for the solar eclipse.

₹22,000 per scooter to a maximum of ₹10,000 per scooter. This can lead to a price hike of ₹1,000-5,000 per scooter, where prices range from ₹80,000 to well over ₹1.5 lakh (ex-showroom).

Mumbai, 3 April 2024 – Tata AIA Life Insurance Company – one of India’s fastest-growing life insurance companies has chosen SAS, a leader in AI and analytics, to help the insurance company in its adoption of the Indian equivalent of IFRS 17 reporting standards. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is expected to mandate a transition to the new reporting standards for Indian insurers, which will require the insurers to modernize and upgrade technology, especially data capabilities in risk and actuarial operations, to comply with the accounting reporting standards.

IT services companies recorded their first rise in the past 20 months, with the total number of open positions accepting applications rising to 82,000 in March from a low of 50,000 in January this year, data from LinkedIn and other top job boards showed. But on the back of dipping attrition, the collective gross hiring by the top IT services companies fell 4-6% QoQ in the quarter ending March, shows an analysis done for ET by staffing firm Xpheno, based on talent movement patterns in the January-Mar period. The analysis looked at Wipro, Infosys, TCS, HCL, LTI Mindtree, L&T Technology Services, Tech Mahindra and Cognizant.

Mint. To assess this, the analysis used interest coverage ratio (ICR), or the ratio between operating profit and interest outgo: if the former exceeds the latter, a company has sufficient cover for its interest obligations. Companies for which the ratio was less than one were classified as ‘stressed’.

Harvard University said it has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th century book about the afterlife that has been in its collections since the 1930s. The decision came after a review found ethical concerns with the book's origin and history. The book, «Des Destinees de L'ame,» meaning «Destinies of the Soul,» was written by Arsene Houssaye, a French novelist and poet, in the early 1880s. The printed text was given to a physician, Ludovic Bouland, who «bound the book with skin he took without consent from the body of a deceased female patient in a hospital where he worked,» Harvard said in a recent statement. The book has been at the university's Houghton Library. Bouland included a handwritten note inside the book. It said «a book about the human soul deserved to have a human covering,» associate university librarian Thomas Hyry said in a published question-and-answer segment online Wednesday. The note also detailed the process behind preparing the skin for binding.

imports from China declined 3% in calendar year 2023 over 2022, the commerce and industry ministry said Monday, adding that exports to both China and the EU rose 7.1% and 2.1%, respectively during the period. The statement comes more than a week after report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) showed that India’s trade dependence on China and the EU increased in 2023 while it reduced on Saudi Arabia. In its Global Trade Update on March 22, the UNCTAD said that India’s trade dependence on China and the EU increased 1.2% each in 2023 while it reduced 0.6% on Saudi Arabia. Trade interdependence between China and the US decreased further in 2023.

With Bitcoin’s impressive reversal rally from the $61,500 level leading the cryptocurrency market’s bullish resurgence, Bitgert coin is also gaining significant momentum. With a remarkable 25% gain in a month, the bull run in BRISE is picking up pace.

hydroelectricity output fell at the steepest pace in at least 38 years during the year ended March 31, a Reuters analysis of government data showed, as erratic rainfall forced further dependence on coal-fired power amid higher demand. The 16.3% drop in generation from the country's biggest clean energy source coincided with the share of renewables in power generation sliding for the first time since Prime Minister Narendra Modi made commitments to boost solar and wind capacity at the United Nations climate talks at Paris in 2015. Renewables accounted for 11.7% of India's power output in the year that ended in March, down from 11.8% a year earlier, a Reuters analysis of daily load despatch data from the federal grid regulator Grid-India showed.