No stay on waqf law but SC puts in guardrails: Limits DC's powers, caps non-Muslim presence

Underlining that it is not inclined to stay the entire law, the Supreme Court, in an interim order Monday, limited the contentious powers the new law granted to the District Collector in determining the status of a

waqf property and also capped the non-Muslim representation in Waqf Boards, two key issues flagged by several parties and groups that have opposed the law and had sought a stay on it.

Nearly 45% of Quality Control Orders issued in 3 years, MSMEs complain 

In just three years, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has issued as many as 84 Quality Control Orders (QCOs) based on the recommendations of various ministries and departments, which is almost 45% of all 187 QCOs administered by it. These 84 QCOs cover 343 products.

Driving along NH-02: Buffer zones, Manipur’s long road to peace 

National Highway-02, often dubbed as Manipur's lifeline, passes through the everyday chaos of the town market in Imphal West's Kanglatongbi. The flow of vehicles here is slowed by an Imphal West police barricade, next to which is a check-post manned by personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

Policing charity 

SC’s interim order offers on relief from problematic provisions of waqf law.

The don’ts of SIR

In carrying out the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, Election Commission is going against its own well-laid norms and processes.

WITH US-CHINA DEAL ON TIKTOK, RECALLING THE APP'S JOURNEY

United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday announced a framework deal for the ownership of the social media app TikTok, after trade talks with Chinese officials in Spain. It follows re-peated official extensions, which were aimed at preventing a ban on the Chinese-origin app in the US.

SC’s order on Waqf Act 

While the apex court refused to stay the entire Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, it temporarily put on hold certain provisions, such as the one that had altered the composition of Waqf boards.

Check, mate: Plans for a second indigenous population of cheetahs in MP 

To build a second home for the cheetah in India, Madhya Pradesh plans to introduce a female into the Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary, the Chambal river valley wildlife park into which two males were released in April.

Unemployment rate falls, female youth joblessness up in August

Unemployment among the female youth rose for the third time in four months in August, according to data from the statistics ministry's latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), even as the all-India unemployment rate declined to a joint five-month low of 5.1 per cent.