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(1) LPG shortage successful India owed to the on-going warfare successful West Asia
Last week, the LPG shortage successful the country, triggered by the ongoing West Asia crisis, acutely affected the non-domestic/commercial assemblage rendering hotels, restaurants, and different businesses successful the assemblage incapable to transportation connected their regular activities. Reports of hotels and eateries either trimming down their menus oregon shutting store flooded the news.
Non-domestic LPG consumers person accrued implicit the years. As of January 2026, determination was a 29.1% maturation successful the non-domestic packed conception (19 kg. cylinder) arsenic compared to January 2025, chiefly owed to terms reduction, arsenic per the ‘Industry Consumption Report POL & NG’ by the Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell. Commercial LPG depletion amounts to 10-13% of the full home consumption.
The terms of an LPG cylinder (14.2 kg)was raised by ₹60 per cylinder crossed metros arsenic lipid companies factored successful accrued vigor prices successful presumption of the West Asia conflict.
However, commercialized LPG cylinder organisation has begun successful each States and Union Territories, portion authorities person stepped up raids and astonishment inspections crossed the state to curb hoarding and black-marketing amid heightened unit connected cooking state supplies, a elder lipid ministry authoritative said connected Saturday (March 14, 2026).
Additionally, two Indian ships carrying LPG from the Gulf countries crossed the Strait of Hormuz early connected Saturday greeting (March 14, 2026), raising the fig of Indian vessels safely passing done the war-hit, constrictive shipping lane to three.
(2) Sonam Wangchuk released aft 170 days arsenic Centre revokes his detention nether NSA
Climate activistic Sonam Wangchuk was released from Jodhpur Central Jail connected Saturday (March 14, 2026), aft the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) revoked with “immediate effect” his 170-day detention nether the National Security Act (NSA).
Mr. Wangchuk was detained since September 26, 2025, 2 days aft constabulary enactment connected convulsive protests demanding Statehood and Sixth Schedule successful Leh near 4 civilians dormant and injured implicit 90.
The stringent 1980 Act enables detention of an idiosyncratic for up to a year, based connected enforcement orders and without a proceedings successful a tribunal of law, connected the grounds that the idiosyncratic poses a menace to nationalist information oregon to forestall them from disrupting nationalist order. Here is simply a timeline of however Mr. Wangchuk’s apprehension and lawsuit successful the Supreme Court unfolded, starring up to his merchandise connected Saturday.
The recently appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh Vinai Kumar Saxena, welcomed the determination but added that “there is nary abstraction for agitation and unit successful Ladakh and each issues pertaining to the aspirations and concerns of the radical would beryllium addressed done dialog with assorted stakeholders, assemblage leaders and citizens.”
(3) U.S. attacks Iran’s Kharg Island
President Donald Trump said connected Friday (March 13, 2026) that U.S. forces person “obliterated” subject targets connected Iran’s Kharg Island and warned that the lipid infrastructure determination could beryllium next. The tiny land successful the Persian Gulf is the superior terminal done which Iran’s lipid exports pass.
“The United States Central Command executed 1 of the astir almighty bombing raids successful the History of the Middle East, and wholly obliterated each MILITARY people successful Iran’s crown jewel, Kharg Island,” Trump said connected societal media.
“I person chosen NOT to hitch retired the Oil Infrastructure connected the Island. However, should Iran, oregon anyone else, bash thing to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships done the Strait of Hormuz, I volition instantly reconsider.”
(4) Schedules for Assembly elections crossed 5 States/U.T. announced
The Election Commission of India announced the schedules for the Assembly elections crossed 4 States (Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu) and the Union Territory of Puducherry connected Sunday (March 15, 2026).
Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry, Assembly elections to which volition hap successful a azygous phase, volition spell connected polls connected April 9. Meanwhile, the predetermination successful Tamil Nadu, which, too, volition hap successful a single-phase, volition hap connected April 23. One the aforesaid day, 152 constituencies, listed successful the archetypal phase, successful West Bengal volition spell connected polls. The remaining 142 constituencies volition spell connected polls connected April 29.
Here are the important dates for each of the Assembly elections, arsenic per ECI’s announcement connected Sunday:
(5) Oscars 2026: Winners
The 98th Academy Awards unfolded astatine the Dolby Theatre successful Los Angeles connected Sunday evening (early hours of Monday greeting successful India), and Paul Thomas Anderson’s governmental thriller One Battle After Another emerged arsenic the night’s largest victor with six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Casting, and Best Supporting Actor.
Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the archetypal pistillate to triumph the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for her enactment connected Sinners. She is besides the archetypal pistillate of colour to beryllium nominated successful this category.
Here are the winners and nominees of the 98th Academy Awards:
