Yashwant Varma's transfer, Karnataka’s Muslim quota bill, UPI IDs to be inactive & more

Last Updated: Mar 21 2025 | 7:02 PM IST

A fire at the residence of Delhi High Court Judge Yashwant Varma led to the discovery of a large stash of unaccounted cash. Following this, Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna ordered Justice Varma’s immediate transfer to the Allahabad High Court, his parent court. The Karnataka Assembly today approved a bill granting 4% reservation for Muslim contractors in state-awarded projects. Calling it unconstitutional, BJP MLAs stormed the House, tore copies of the bill, and hurled them at the Speaker. US President Donald Trump signed an order aimed at "eliminating" the Department of Education, a decades-old goal of the Republicans, which wants individual states to run schools free from the federal government. Citing security concerns, the National Payments Corporation of India announced that it will delete UPI IDs linked to inactive mobile numbers, blocking access to payment apps like Google Pay, Paytm, and PhonePe.

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