Markets rebounded sharply from yesterday's crash with the Sensex rising 1,700 points, recovering from Trump's tariff shock. By noon, the White House confirmed implementation of 104% tariffs on Chinese goods, effective from April 9, escalating the US-China trade war despite China's vow to "fight to the end."
The Supreme Court delivered a landmark verdict restraining governors' powers, declaring that Tamil Nadu's Governor acted illegally by indefinitely withholding 10 bills. The Court ruled that governors cannot sit on legislation passed by elected assemblies, effectively approving the pending bills.
The newly amended Waqf Act came into force, triggering violent protests in West Bengal's Murshidabad where demonstrators torched vehicles and clashed with police. The Supreme Court scheduled hearings on legal challenges to the Act for next week.
In Rajasthan, four persons received life sentences for the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts that killed 71 people.