Social media platforms are required to enable users to voluntarily verify their accounts, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said. The voluntarily verified users must also be provided with visible verification marks, he added. We're aware of the risk and danger posed by growing phenomenon of misinformation, bots, criminality and users' harm in general, he said.

After US President Donald Trump raised tariffs imposed on China to 104%, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said the country has ample policy tools to "fully offset" any negative external shocks. He also reiterated his optimism about growth of the world's second-largest economy in 2025. Trump raised tariffs after China retaliated to US' 34% tariffs with equivalent tariffs on US goods.

US President Donald Trump reiterated that "major tariffs" on pharmaceutical imports will be announced by the US "very shortly". He said, "Once we do that, they will come rushing back to our country...The advantage we have over everybody is that we're the big market." Notably, as of 2024, India has emerged as the world's largest supplier of generic medicines.

PBKS defeated CSK by 18 runs in their IPL 2025 match in Mullanpur on Tuesday. CSK have now lost four matches in a row in the tournament. PBKS put up a total of 219/6 despite being 83/5 after eight overs. CSK were restricted to 201/5, with PBKS fast bowler Lockie Ferguson taking two wickets.

Australian cricketer Will Pucovski has retired at 27 due to concussion. Pucovski hadn't played since March 2024 when he suffered a severe concussion after he was hit in a Sheffield Shield game. He said, "I really struggle with things on my left side. If I've things happening in my left I feel sick and dizzy. I struggle with motion sickness."

US President Donald Trump-led administration has raised tariffs on Chinese goods to 104%, White House said. The new tariffs will be effective from April 9. The reported move comes after Trump on Monday threatened to impose additional tariffs on Chinese imports if the Asian country didn't withdraw its 34% retaliatory tariffs.

WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that the next pandemic is inevitable. "It could happen in 20 years or more, or it could happen tomorrow. But it will happen, and either way, we must be ready," he added. "This is not a theoretical risk; it is an epidemiological certainty," Ghebreyesus asserted.

PBKS opener Priyansh Arya on Tuesday became the fifth cricketer to hit hundred in less than 40 balls in IPL history. He took 39 balls to reach the three-figure mark against CSK. The other four batters to have achieved the feat are Chris Gayle (30 balls), Yusuf Pathan (37 balls), David Miller (38 balls) and Travis Head (39 balls).

PBKS opener Priyansh Arya on Tuesday smashed the second-fastest hundred by an Indian in IPL. The 24-year-old took 39 deliveries to reach the three-figure mark in their IPL 2025 match against CSK. Arya got out for 103(42), including seven fours and nine sixes. Yusuf Pathan has hit the fastest IPL hundred by an Indian off 37 deliveries.

Congress leader P Chidambaram was rushed to hospital after he fainted at the Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat on Tuesday. The 75-year-old former Finance Minister was attending an event at the ashram when he fell unconscious reportedly due to heat exhaustion. A video has also surfaced showing party workers carrying him to an ambulance.

LSG fast bowler Shardul Thakur on Tuesday bowled the joint-longest over in IPL. The 33-year-old bowled a total of 11 deliveries in his third over against KKR. Shardul bowled five wide balls before delivering the first legal ball. Mohammed Siraj and Tushar Deshpande have also bowled 11-ball overs in IPL.