Parliament passes MSME Amendment Bill

IANS | August 7, 2026 2:10 PM

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Parliament has approved the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill 2026, aimed at addressing payment delays faced by MSMEs and simplifying dispute resolution, with the Lok Sabha passing the Bill on Friday after the Rajya Sabha cleared it on Monday.

Over 10,000 Indians safeguarded from WhatsApp malware attack: Govt

IANS | August 7, 2026 1:47 PM

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Centre on Friday said that coordinated action by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), including geo-blocking of command-and-control (C2) servers through the Sahyog Portal, has protected more than 10,000 Indians from a WhatsApp account takeover campaign.

Pakistan: Transporters announce strike against daily revision of fuel price, excessive fines

IANS | August 7, 2026 1:42 PM

Islamabad, Aug 7 (IANS) The Pakistan Mini Mazda Association and the All Pakistan Goods Transport Owners Association have announced a wheel-jam strike across the nation from August 8 against the government's daily pricing mechanism for fuel, excessive fines and several issues that impact the transport sector, warning that the strike would severely affect the movement of imports and exports, local media reported on Friday.

e-Courts Mission Mode Project speeds up disposal of cases

IANS | August 7, 2026 1:41 PM

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The e-Courts Mission Mode Project has transformed India's paper-based judiciary into a digitally enabled and trackable justice delivery system. Since 2014, both case filings and disposals have nearly tripled, with courts consistently disposing of more cases than are filed each year, according to a factsheet released by the Government on Friday.