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INS Aridhaman, nuclear-powered submarine, enters India’s naval fleet
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh presided implicit a little ceremonial to formally committee the country’s 3rd atomic submarine, INS Aridhaman (S4), which is the 3rd successful the Arihant-class of SSBNs (Submersible Ship Ballistic Nuclear), connected Friday (April 3) astatine Visakhapatnam. The boat, being portion of the strategical weapons programme, falls nether the domain of the Strategic Forces and is portion of the country’s atomic triad. As per sources successful the Navy, the commissioning was not made nationalist and was carried retired quietly, but Mr. Singh dropped capable hints to admit the commissioning of the vessel.
Iran subject says downed 2nd U.S. pitchy successful Gulf
Iran changeable down 2 U.S. subject planes successful abstracted attacks connected Friday (April 4, 2026), with 1 work subordinate rescued and astatine slightest 1 missing, successful a melodramatic escalation since the warfare began astir 5 weeks ago. It was the archetypal clip U.S. craft had been downed successful the struggle and came conscionable 2 days aft President Donald Trump said successful a nationalist code that the U.S. has “beaten and wholly decimated Iran” and was “going to decorativeness the job, and we’re going to decorativeness it precise fast.” One combatant pitchy was changeable down successful Iran, officials said. A U.S. unit subordinate from that level was rescued, but a 2nd was missing, and a U.S. subject search-and-rescue cognition was underway.
Earthquake tremors felt successful respective parts of northbound India
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake centred successful Afghanistan astatine a extent of 150 km has been reported precocious Friday (April 3, 2026). Tremors were felt successful respective parts of Delhi NCR, Suresh Gaddale of the National Centre for Seismology confirmed to The Hindu .The tremors, which lasted a fewer seconds, occurred astir 9:45 p.m. and they were felt successful respective parts of northbound India, including Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Haryana, officials said. There were nary contiguous reports of immoderate damage.
Union Home Ministry revises classification of districts affected by left-wing extremism
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has re-categorised the full fig of left-wing extremism (LWE) affected districts successful the state replacing the earlier classification of “most affected” with “LWE affected,” “districts of concern” and “legacy and thrust districts.” While the fig of districts successful the LWE class remains unchanged astatine 38 compared to 2024–25, the classification present reflects shifts successful the severity of unit reported successful these areas. The reddish corridor has importantly contracted – from implicit 200 districts successful 2005 to conscionable 2 successful 2026 – and its explanation has besides been revised.
Congress calls delimitation determination ‘dangerous,’ says women’s instrumentality amended to drawback governmental mileage successful polls
The Congress connected Friday (April 3, 2026) warned that a hurried determination to amend the Constitution for delimitation, alongside amendments to the women’s preservation law, during a projected peculiar sitting of Parliament could person “dangerous consequences” for respective States, peculiarly successful the south, northeast and the northwest. The enactment alleged that the peculiar sitting — scheduled for April 16 to 18 — to amend the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam oregon the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023, is aimed astatine grabbing “political mileage” successful the Assembly elections successful West Bengal and Tamil Nadu and called it a “gross violation” of the Model Code of Conduct.
White House seeks $1.5 trillion defence fund arsenic Iran warfare drives costs
U.S. President Donald Trump asked lawmakers connected Friday (April 3, 20276) to o.k. a monolithic $1.5 trillion defence budget for 2027, arsenic the United States faces rising costs from its warfare with Iran and mounting planetary information commitments. The connection would assistance Pentagon spending by much than 40 percent successful a azygous twelvemonth — the sharpest summation since World War II — arsenic Washington seeks to prolong subject operations and rebuild depleted weapons stockpiles.
14 dormant arsenic Russia launches caller daytime attacks connected Ukraine
Russian strikes killed 14 radical successful Ukraine connected Friday (April 3, 2026), officials said, arsenic Moscow launched the latest successful an expanding fig of daytime barrages. Moscow has been firing aerial broadsides astatine Ukraine passim its much than four-year invasion, mostly astatine night, but successful caller weeks it has stepped up daytime attacks. The Russian subject utilized much than 500 drones and dozens of missiles successful its salvo connected Friday (April 3), according to the Ukrainian aerial force.
Election petitions indispensable beryllium decided connected the ground of worldly connected record: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed successful an bid that election petitions challenging canvass results indispensable beryllium decided by courts connected the worldly connected record. A Bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath precocious said it was impermissible to stall proceedings until caller evidence, if any, was unearthed. The bid was based connected an entreaty challenging a February 2025 Punjab and Haryana High Court order.
IPL 2026: Kings ace a large chase, marque it 2 retired of two
A gangly target, the bowlers trying to instrumentality power and a tricky asking rate. It is simply a concern Shreyas Iyer has revelled successful rather a fewer times, some for India and his IPL teams. It requires gumption to spell connected the violative portion inactive relying connected accepted methods. The Punjab Kings skipper yet again demonstrated wherefore helium was 1 of the champion white-ball batters going around, striking a important half-century (50, 29b, 4x4, 3x6) and guiding his broadside to a five-wicket triumph implicit Chennai Super Kings successful IPL 2026 astatine the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium successful Chennai connected Friday (April 3, 2026).
