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The US Supreme Court has rejected Pakistani-Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana's application to block his extradition to India, where he faces charges related to the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. This ruling removes the final obstacle preventing Indian authorities from bringing the 64-year-old back to face legal proceedings.

Rana, currently detained at Los Angeles' Metropolitan Detention Centre, had previously filed an emergency application in February seeking to prevent his extradition, which was denied last month. After this initial rejection, he submitted a renewed emergency request directed to Chief Justice Roberts

An IndiGo flight from Jaipur made an emergency landing at Mumbai airport following a bomb threat, authorities said on Monday evening. In a statement, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Mumbai said, "A threat note was discovered in an aircraft en route from Jaipur (JAI) to Mumbai (BOM). As a precaution, full emergency was declared at Mumbai Airport at 2043 hrs. The flight landed safely at 20.50 hrs. Airport operations remain unaffected. CSMIA is actively coordinating with the airline and security agencies. The safety of passengers and staff remains our top priority.

China threatened to "resolutely take countermeasures to safeguard its own rights and interests", in response to President Donald Trump's threat of an additional 50 per cent tariff on Chinese imports. The Commerce Ministry statement issued early Tuesday said the US's imposition of "so-called reciprocal tariffs" on China is "completely groundless and is a typical unilateral bullying practice". China has taken retaliatory tariffs and the ministry hinted more may be coming.

"The US threat to escalate tariffs on China is a mistake on top of a mistake and once again exposes the blackmailing nature of the US. China will never accept this. If the US insists on its own way, China will fight to the end."

11:33 PM

Byju Raveendran files FIR against former Byju’s resolution professional, EY, and Glas Trust

FIR filed against those involved in a criminal conspiracy against BYJU'S: Pankaj, the RP who illegally handed over the insolvency process to Dinkar, Rahul & Lokesh from EY who are the agents of GLAS, a collective of crooks. I am not a flower; I am the fire that will shatter GLAS,” Raveendran wrote in a post on X

10:14 PM

Govt notifies Rs 23K cr electronics component manufacturing scheme

The government on Tuesday notified the Rs 22,919 crore scheme to promote domestic manufacturing of electronics components, display and camera modules, non-surface mount devices, multi-layer printed circuit boards and lithium-ion cells for digital applications, among others.

9:33 PM

IRB Infra, InvIT clock Rs 6,360 cr in toll revenues, up 23% YoY

IRB Infrastructure Developers and its private infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) IRB Infrastructure Trust, collectively clocked a toll revenue of Rs 6,360 crore in the financial year 2024-25 (FY25), up 23 per cent year over year (YoY).

9:04 PM

Bank fraud: Court sends SP leader Vinay Shankar Tiwari, his firm's MD to ED custody till Apr 11

8:45 PM

Those who thought India will go slow and steady are seeing a fast and fearless India: PM Modi

8:36 PM

US stocks lose some ground, but the S&P 500 ends up 3%.

8:04 PM

Drones to deliver packages in Delhi-NCR this year

Residents of the national capital region (Delhi-NCR) will soon have drones delivering their packages. Skye Air, a company that uses drones to deliver ecommerce and quick-commerce packages, plans to expand operations to Delhi-NCR this year. The company currently delivers packages via drones in Gurugram and parts of Bengaluru.

7:54 PM

Sembcorp to form JV with BPCL for renewable energy, green hydrogen

7:52 PM

Garden Reach Shipbuilders signs MoU with Swan Defence

7:27 PM

Trump wants fair, reciprocal trade: Hassett

7:23 PM

China boosts Indian rapeseed meal purchases after tariff on Canadian imports

China has bought 52,000 tons of Indian rapeseed meal in the past three weeks - four times the amount Beijing imported from India in the whole of 2024 - after Chinese authorities imposed a 100 per cent retaliatory tariff on Canadian imports, industry sources said.

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