While Home Minister Amit Shah was speaking in Lok Sabha, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav questioned him about CM Yogi Adityanath's future in UP. Responding to him, Shah said, "Wo bhi repeat hone wale hai (He's going to be repeated)." Notably, UP Assembly elections will be held in 2027 where BJP will look to retain power for third straight term.

All Supreme Court judges, including Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, agreed to voluntarily disclose their assets on the apex court's website for the first time, reports said on Thursday. This comes after large amount of cash was found at ex-Delhi HC judge Yashwant Varma's residence. Thirty judges have reportedly declared their assets which are yet to be made public.

BJP-led NDA has 125 MPs in Rajya Sabha, where Waqf Bill was tabled on Thursday, with 98 MPs being BJP members. BJP's NDA allies JD(U), NCP, TDP have four, three and two members respectively, while six are nominated. Opposition INDI Alliance has 88 MPs, including 27 from Congress and 13 from TMC. NDA needs 119 votes to pass the Bill.

US will charge 27% tariffs on goods that India exports to the country, White House said. According to an annex listing future reciprocal tariff rates, the 26% tariff on Indian imports has been changed to 27%. The US government noted that initially, a 10% tariff will be imposed on all countries, which will later be increased to the mentioned rates.

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju tabled Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 in Rajya Sabha on Thursday after Lok Sabha passed it with 288-232 vote. The Bill that aims to change the regulation and administration of properties by Waqf Boards, was discussed in the Lower House for 12 hours. It was passed by Lok Sabha at around 2 am on Thursday.

Home Minister Amit Shah said Waqf Boards in India owned 18 lakh acres of land from 1913 to 2013 (100 years). However, this increased by 21 lakh acres in last 12 years (2013-2025), bringing the total to 39 lakh acres, Shah said. He said 20,000 properties were originally recorded as leased, but in 2025 none of these are leased properties.

Certain commodities have been kept out of the ambit of US President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs announced on Wednesday (April 2). Pharmaceuticals, Bullion (physical gold and silver of high purity), energy, some minerals not available in US, copper, steel, aluminium, semiconductors and lumber articles are among them. Pharma products comprise nearly $9 billion worth of exports from India.

Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni called the US reciprocal tariffs "wrong", while Canada's PM Mark Carney said, "We're going to fight these tariffs." Japan said the levy was "extremely regrettable". "It is the American people who will pay the biggest price for these unjustified tariffs," said Australian PM Anthony Albanese. British PM Keir Starmer said, "Trade war is in nobody's interests."

Russia didn't feature on the list of reciprocal tariffs released by US President Donald Trump, who earlier said he'd "tariff the entire world". "Russia isn't on this list because sanctions from the Ukraine war have already rendered trade between the two countries to zero," a White House official told news outlet NOTUS. Trump imposed a 26% reciprocal tariff on India.

A senior Indian government official said the Commerce Ministry is analysing the impact of the 26% tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on Indian goods. "It's a mixed bag and not a setback for India," the official told PTI. The official said that 10% universal tariffs will come into effect from April 5 and remaining 16% from April 10.

Canada and Mexico were excluded from list of countries on which US President Donald Trump imposed new reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday (April 2). However, this doesn't mean they don't face any action as existing 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods are in effect, while some tariffs on automotive products will take effect on Thursday. India faces 26% reciprocal tariffs.