The Supreme Court’s judgment on Friday asked authorities to review the suspension of Internet services in Kashmir within seven days was seen by experts as a small step in reducing the government's indiscriminate shutting down of internet access.

The court had held that complete suspension of services should be considered only if necessary and unavoidable.

French car maker Renault's India unit has reported 7.9 per cent sales growth in 2019, gaining business with the new models of Triber, Kwid and Duster.

Company's domestic sales stood at 88,869 units in 2019 as against 82,368 in 2018, a growth of 7.9% from year-ago.

As many as twenty people are feared dead after a double-decker bus carrying at least 45 passengers collided with a truck at Dewar Marg in Kannauj district late on Friday and went up in flames.

A bus travelling from Kannauj to Jaipur collided with a truck at Dewar Marg in Kannauj, following which both went up in flames. Locals rushed to the spot and rescued several people from the bus, Inspector General of Police, Kanpur, Mohit Agarwal said on Saturday.

The Railways claimed to have suffered losses of properties worth Rs 84 crore in violence related to protests against CAA and NRC in West Bengal from December 13 to 15, according to reports filed by it before the Calcutta High Court.

The Eastern Railway said in an affidavit before a division bench comprising Chief Justice TBN Radhakrishnan and Justice A Banerjee on Friday that it suffered the brunt of the protests with losses amounting to Rs 72.2 crore, with the maximum being in the Sealdah division, which suffered damages worth Rs 46 crore.

David Drummond, the legal chief of Google parent company Alphabet, is leaving at the end of the month, following accusations of inappropriate relationships with employees.

Alphabet did not give a reason for Drummond's departure in a short regulatory filing Friday.

The company said last November that it was investigating sexual misconduct cases against executives. Claims against Drummond were included in the investigations.

Local sources of pollution such as traffic, construction, and domestic heating contribute significantly to the Delhi National Capital Region's high concentrations of harmful air pollutants, a new comprehensive study suggests.

Researchers from the University of Surrey in the UK noted that given the dominance of local sources, efforts to control pollution are needed throughout the year, not just during winters, when the problem reaches its peak.

US intelligence officials believe that the Ukraine International Airlines plane that crashed in Iran on Wednesday with 176 people on board was downed by an Iranian missile, multiple US media reports said on Thursday.

CBS News reported that intelligence officials have evidence to back up the belief. The report said that US intelligence picked up signals of a radar being turned on, detected two surface-to-air missile launches just before the plane exploded.

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the NCLAT order restoring Cyrus Mistry as executive chairman of the Tata Sons.

A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant agreed to hear Tata Sons' plea challenging the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) decision and issued notices to Mistry and others.

World Bank's investment arm International Finance Corporation (IFC) will buy a 4.5 per cent stake in Navi Technologies (NAVI), a company founded by Filpkart founder and former CEO Sachin Bansal, for $30 million.

NAVI is in the process of acquiring 100 per cent ownership Chaitanya Rural Intermediation Development Services (CRIDS) via shares from Sachin Bansal and existing investors.

The Special Investigation Team probing the murder of activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh has arrested one person in connection with the case.

Rushikesh Devdikar alias Murali, 44, who was absconding was arrested on Thursday from his hideout at Katras in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand, the SIT said in a statement.

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