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Saudi lipid tanker reaches Mumbai aft crossing Strait of Hormuz
A Liberia-flagged lipid tanker that acceptable sail from Saudi Arabia connected March 3 carrying astir one cardinal barrels of crude lipid docked successful Mumbai connected Wednesday (March 11, 2026), crossing the Strait of Hormuz wherever marine postulation had stalled pursuing the commencement of hostilities connected February 28.
U.S. subject says refuelling craft crashed successful Iraq ‘during Operation Epic Fury’
A U.S. subject refuelling craft crashed successful occidental Iraq on Thursday (March 12, 2026), successful an incidental U.S. Central Command said involved different craft but was not the effect of hostile or affable fire. In a statement, U.S. Central Command said it was carrying retired rescue efforts aft the U.S. KC-135 refuelling craft went down. The 2nd craft landed safely.
LPG crisis: PM Modi hits retired astatine those creating panic; asks States to show achromatic marketers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Thursday (March 12, 2026) deed retired astatine those trying to make panic connected the LPG situation successful India, and said they are not lone exposing themselves earlier the radical but besides hurting the country. “I petition the State governments to heighten monitoring to halt black-marketers and hoarders successful specified times,” helium said.
Congress urges authorities to clasp an all‑party gathering connected women’s quota law
The Congress has conveyed to the authorities that alternatively of consulting governmental parties individually connected the anticipation of bringing an amendment to beforehand the timeline for implementing the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act oregon the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, the government should convene an all-party meeting. The Act seeks to allocate 33% of seats successful straight elected legislative bodies, including the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies, to women.
President’s secretariat declines TMC plea for assignment citing clip constraints
Days aft President Droupadi Murmu’s circuit of West Bengal became a governmental flashpoint betwixt the BJP-led Union authorities and the Trinamool Congress-led State government, a TMC petition to conscionable the President to little her connected “welfare and improvement programmes for the upliftment of tribal communities” has been turned down by the President’s Secretariat, citing paucity of time.
Reports of Iran allowing Indian ships done Strait of Hormuz ‘premature’: Centre
The External Affairs Ministry connected Thursday (March 12, 2026) said it is rather “premature” to sermon reports astir India receiving permission for ships to transverse the Strait of Hormuz. “External Affairs Minister and Foreign Minister of Iran person had 3 conversations successful the past fewer days. The past 1 discussed issues pertaining to information of shipping and India’s vigor security. Beyond that, it would beryllium premature for maine to accidental anything,” said Randhir Jaiswal, authoritative spokesperson of the Ministry
PM Modi speaks to Iranian President, discusses ‘serious’ concern successful West Asia
Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Thursday nighttime (March 12, 2026) spoke to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian implicit the telephone and discussed the “serious situation” successful West Asia. Mr. Modi expressed heavy interest implicit the escalation of tensions successful the portion and the nonaccomplishment of civilian lives arsenic good arsenic harm to civilian infrastructure.
Food transportation companies’ bid volumes whitethorn dip successful Q4FY26
Food transportation companies Swiggy and Eternal whitethorn acquisition a moderation successful their gross bid worth (GOV) arsenic restaurants person started either cutting down menus oregon shutting down aft the shortage successful commercialized state availability, a brokerage study read. According to a probe study by Motilal Oswal Financial Services, Swiggy and Zomato’s GOVs are expected to turn astatine 20% and 15.3% arsenic of Fiscal 2026.b
Transpersons, men having enactment with men, enactment workers cannot donate blood, Centre insists successful SC
The Union authorities connected Thursday (March 12, 2026) stood steadfast by its 2017 guidelines which exclude transgender people, men having enactment with men (MSM), and pistillate enactment workers from donating blood. Insisting that these are ‘at risk’ population groups, the Centre told the Supreme Court that sometimes, a nationalist wellness position indispensable trump idiosyncratic rights.
How the Indian women sealed their spot successful the World Cup adjacent earlier last excavation match
Even earlier its last Pool B lucifer of the Qualifiers against Wales connected Wednesday (March 12, 2026), India had secured its spot successful this year’s FIH Women’s World Cup. The eventual 4-1 triumph was simply the icing connected the cake. Under FIH rules, 2 qualification tournaments — 1 successful Hyderabad and the different successful Santiago, Chile — find the last 7 teams that marque the World Cup cut. The apical 3 teams from each tourney suffice directly, portion the seventh spot goes to the champion fourth-placed squad crossed some events.
