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Iran hits Gulf vigor sites aft onslaught connected its state field
Iran overnight struck lipid facilities successful Persian Gulf countries, pursuing the U.S. and Israeli strikes connected state facilities successful Iran’s confederate Bushehr province. This came hours aft Israeli aerial strikes killed Iran’s Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib, the 3rd high-profile assassination successful 24 hours. The South Pars/North Dome mega-field is the largest known state reserve successful the world. Iran had earlier warned that immoderate onslaught connected its vigor infrastructure would trigger retaliatory strikes astatine vigor facilities successful the region.
Government pledges to allocate further 10% commercialized LPG to States, UTs
Seeking to heighten penetration of piped earthy state (PNG) among commercialized entities whilst according enactment amidst the setback to liquified petroleum state (LPG) owing to tensions successful West Asia, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) has written to State governments and Union Territories pledging to allocate an further 10% of the cooking gas. Furthermore, the Ministry sought to supply an further quantum, successful a tiered structure, should the respective governments beryllium capable to attain definite eligibility criterions.
22 India-bound ships connected Hormuz evacuation list
22 India-bound vessels successful the Persian Gulf portion person been identified for evacuation and harmless transition done the Strait of Hormuz by the Indian government. Of these, 20 vessels person been assessed arsenic captious to India’s vigor security, carrying immoderate 2.15 lakh metric tonnes of liquefied earthy state (LNG), 3.21 lakh tonnes of liquefied petroleum state (LPG) and 16.76 lakh tonnes of crude oil. These vessels are some Indian-flagged and foreign-flagged but each are bound for India.
Kolkata I-PAC raids case: ED not a ‘person’ to assertion usurpation of cardinal rights by a State, Bengal argues successful SC
The Supreme Court asked the West Bengal authorities if the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) was expected to simply “look and watch” erstwhile Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee “barged” successful and obstructed ongoing raids astatine the offices of the governmental consultancy steadfast I-PAC at Kolkata successful January. The remark from Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, heading a Bench, was successful effect to the poll-bound State’s submissions that the ED was neither a “body corporate” nor a “legal oregon earthy person” to attack the apex tribunal nether Article 32 of the Constitution claiming usurpation of its “fundamental rights”.
2-3 drones sighted on India’s borderline each day: Parliament sheet report
In the past 5 years, about two-three drones were sighted each day and astatine slightest 1 drone incursion was reported each time on India’s planetary borders, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has informed a Parliamentary Standing Committee. The Ministry said that during the past 5 years, 4,323 cases of drone sightings were reported. However, 967 cases of drone incursions occurred, which were intercepted oregon neutralised, resulting successful the seizure of 710 ammunitions, 75 arms and 641 kg of drugs.
China-bound Russian lipid tanker diverted to India
A crude lipid tanker that acceptable sail from Primorsk successful Russia for Rizhao larboard successful China has changed people successful Southeast Asia and is present heading towards the New Mangalore larboard with 1.1 lakh tonnes (7.7 lakh barrels) of Urals crude, showed ship-tracking data. The vessel is expected to scope Mangaluru connected March 20. According to marinetraffic.com, Aqua Titan, a Cameroon-registered tanker, near the Russian larboard connected January 18. It anchored astatine Port Suez and departed connected February 21, showed vesselfinder.com.
17 killed successful Delhi, Indore blazes; large fires reported successful Ahmedabad, Chandigarh
Devastating fires successful Delhi and Indore killed 17 people, galore of them children, and gutted respective shops successful engaged markets successful Ahmedabad and Chandigarh, triggering panic and large-scale firefighting operations. Authorities rushed teams to incorporate the flames and rescue those trapped, ordered probes into the incidents and announced fiscal compensation for the victims.
U.S. offers $2,600 ‘exit bonus’ for amerciable migrants to self-deport voluntarily
The United States Department of Homeland Security announced a strategy offering fiscal incentives and escaped question to undocumented migrants who take to permission the state voluntarily, utilizing a authorities mobile application. The station connected X by the section had promotional posters for escaped flights to India, Colombia and China.
‘No afloat stops successful politics’: PM arsenic Rajya Sabha bids farewell to 59 retiring MPs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that “in politics, determination is nary specified happening arsenic a afloat stop”, as the Rajya Sabha bid farewell to 59 Members retiring betwixt April and July, including Deputy Chairman Harivansh, erstwhile Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, and Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge. Lauding their contributions, Mr. Modi urged the Members to stay progressive successful nationalist life. He singled retired Mr. Deve Gowda, Mr. Kharge, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) person Sharad Pawar and Mr. Harivansh for their committedness to parliamentary work, calling their agelong tenures “a substance of immense significance”.
TVK main Vijay rules retired alliances, says ‘no compromise connected secular societal justness principles’
Dismissing reports of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) likely joining the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the ensuing Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, enactment president Vijay asserted determination is nary compromise successful his party’s basal connected “secular societal justice” principles. Speaking astatine an iftar event organised by the enactment astatine Mamallapuram, 60 km southbound of Chennai, Mr. Vijay said from the precise opening of his introduction into politics, galore rumours person been dispersed astir his enactment being a proxy of immoderate different party.
About 90 ships person crossed Strait of Hormuz truthful acold arsenic Iran exports millions of barrels of lipid contempt war
About 90 ships including lipid tankers person crossed the Strait of Hormuz since the outset of the warfare with Iran and it is inactive exporting millions of barrels of lipid astatine a clip erstwhile the waterway has been efficaciously closed, according to maritime and commercialized information platforms. Many of the vessels that passed done the strait were alleged “dark” transits evading Western authorities sanctions and oversight that apt person ties to Iran, maritime information steadfast Lloyd’s List Intelligence said.
Tamil Nadu Assembly election: DMK allots 5 seats to CPI, portion talks with CPI(M) continue
The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finalised a seat-sharing agreement with the State portion of the Communist Party of India (CPI), allotting 5 seats to the enactment — 1 little than what it had contested successful the 2021 Assembly election. The statement was signed by DMK president and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and CPI State caput M. Veerapandian. However, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] remained steadfast on securing much seats or astatine slightest retaining the six allotted to it successful the erstwhile election. Hence, the 2 parties could not scope an agreement.
Trump temporarily waives maritime shipping instrumentality to easiness vigor costs
U.S. President Donald Trump temporarily waived a century-old shipping law to assistance easiness vigor costs that person surged since U.S.-Israeli strikes connected Iran plunged the West Asia into war. Mr. Trump’s determination to contented a 60-day Jones Act waiver would assistance a prohibition connected foreign-flagged vessels transporting cargo betwixt U.S. ports implicit this period. The 1920 instrumentality was aimed astatine promoting American shipbuilding, but critics reason that it hampers escaped commercialized and has raised costs for consumers.
Vacancies, rising backlog, non-transparency weaken user quality redressal strategy successful India: report
Mounting vacancies, crisp emergence successful pending cases and non-transparency successful presumption of lawsuit disposals have importantly weakened India’s user grievance redressal mechanism, finds Consumer Justice Report 2026 released successful Delhi. Released by the India Justice Report (IJR) with an purpose to assesscapacity of redressal commissions successful India, this archetypal of its benignant study chiefly relied connected information from nationalist platforms, websites of redressal commissions, Right to Information (RTI) replies, and Parliament responses collected betwixt 2020 and 2024. It finds that Indian consumers stay astir aggrieved astir insurance, lodging and banking.
Mass ceremonial held successful Kabul for victims of onslaught connected infirmary that Afghanistan blames connected Pakistan
Bulldozers dug pits successful a cemetery successful the Afghan capital up of a wide ceremonial connected Wednesday (March 18, 2026) for immoderate of the victims of what officials person said was a Pakistani airstrike that deed a cause rehabilitation hospital in Kabul earlier this week. The onslaught was the deadliest successful an escalating struggle betwixt the 2 neighbours, now successful its 3rd week. Afghan officials person enactment the decease toll astatine 408 people, with 265 wounded. The toll could not beryllium independently verified.
West Bengal Assembly elections: BJP ‘trapped’ Mamata successful her spot by nominating Suvendu from Bhabanipur, says Dilip Ghosh
Senior BJP person Dilip Ghosh said the enactment has “trapped” TMC main Mamata Banerjee successful her constituency, Bhabanipur, by fielding person of absorption Suvendu Adhikari from the spot successful southbound Kolkata. He asserted that the determination has removed the elbow country the Chief Minister usually keeps to screen her bases across West Bengal during her canvass campaigns for the Trinamool Congress.
Centre taking enactment against coaching centres for misleading advertisements: Pralhad Joshi
The authorities has taken assorted measures to support the involvement of consumers, including enactment against coaching centres for misleading advertisements, Union curate Pralhad Joshi said. Responding to supplementaries during Question Hour successful the Lok Sabha, the Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister said galore notices were issued to coaching centres. Besides, penalties person been levied for misleading advertisements.
Cuba vows ‘unbreakable resistance’ arsenic U.S. unit mounts
Cuba’s person said the U..S would look “unbreakable resistance” if it tries to instrumentality implicit the impoverished land nation, arsenic communist authorities scrambled to hole a nationwide energy blackout. Cuba’s authorities is nether progressively crushing pressure, with Washington enforcing an lipid blockade and openly stating it wants to extremity the astir seven-decade-old US standoff with the one-party communist state.
