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Israel Defence Minister claims Iran Guards’ navy commandant killed successful strike
Israel claimed connected Thursday (March 26, 2026) it killed Commodore Alireza Tangsiri, the caput of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s navy — the cardinal authoritative overseeing the closure of the strait. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said helium had been killed on with different elder naval commanders successful a onslaught overnight. Iran did not instantly admit Tangsiri’s killing. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump insisted that Iran was taking portion successful bid talks, suggesting Tehran’s denials were due to the fact that Iranian negotiators fearfulness being killed by their ain side.
India has 60 days of lipid stocks and 1 period of LPG supplies: Government
In a bid to code speculation astir India’s vigor stocks amidst the escalating tensions successful West Asia, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) connected Thursday (March 26, 2026) said that India has truthful acold arranged 1 period of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) supplies done imports, with changeless further procurement ongoing. The authorities connection added that India has reduced its reliance connected LPG imports, with India producing “much more” than it needs to import. On crude oil, the authorities said Indian lipid companies person secured crude lipid supplies that would suffice for the adjacent 60 days, portion the state is already holding 60 days of stocks.
At slightest 13 killed and 25 injured successful bus-truck collision successful Markapuram
A major roadworthy mishap took spot adjacent Rayavaram successful the Markapuram district of Andhra Pradesh successful the wee hours of Thursday (March 26, 2026). Responding to the accident, Markapuram District In-charge Collector P. Raja Babu said, “Out of 41 passengers successful the bus, 13 persons died connected the spot and their bodies were collected. Among 25 injured persons admitted to the Government Hospital successful Markapuram, 10 suffered terrible injuries and 5 were successful captious condition. The 5 captious persons volition beryllium shifted to Guntur GGH.” According to the constabulary officials, the mishap happened astatine a turning constituent wherever a backstage question autobus collided with a tipper conveyance loaded with gravel coming from Kanigiri astatine 5.30 a.m. – 6 a.m.
Jaishankar successful France for G7 meet; West Asia situation tops agenda
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar connected Thursday (March 26, 2026) travelled to France for the G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting, which volition sermon the West Asia situation with a absorption connected coordinating efforts to guarantee that the Strait of Hormuz remains unfastened for planetary shipping. While India is not a G7 member, it has been invited arsenic a spouse state by France, the existent seat of the almighty bloc. Top diplomats from the U.S., Canada, Germany, Italy, France, Japan and the U.K. are attending the meeting. Mr. Jaishankar is besides expected to clasp bilateral discussions with his counterparts connected the sidelines of the G7 meeting, it said. Besides India, France has invited Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Brazil.
Seven Indian fishermen from Rameswaram arrested by Sri Lankan Navy
In a caller incident, seven fishermen from Rameswaram successful Tamil Nadu were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy unit connected charges of poaching successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday (March 26, 2026). Two mechanised trawlers were besides impounded. According to Fisheries section officials, they had issued 365 tokens connected Wednesday (March 25, 2026) from the Rameswaram food landing centre. The Sri Lankan Navy unit detained 2 boats, owned by Simson and Sasikumar, successful which 7 fishermen were engaged successful sportfishing adjacent the Neduntheevu islet. Speaking to The Hindu, fishermen person Jesu Raja said they person been astatine the receiving extremity for the past 4 decades. “We person nary different root of income different than fishing. Nearly 90% of the families depended connected fishing. If the governments are not going to assistance and resoluteness the contented permanently, the endurance whitethorn go a large question precise soon,” helium said.
India among 5 nations granted transition done Strait of Hormuz by Tehran
Iran allowed India and a fig of different “friendly nations”, including China and Russia, to usage the Strait of Hormuz for commercialized shipping, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has said. “We person permitted definite countries that we see affable to walk done (Strait of Hormuz). We allowed China, Russia, India, Iraq, and Pakistan to transit,” Mr. Araghchi said, according to Iranian State TV. At the aforesaid time, the Iranian Foreign Minister made it wide that ships linked to Iran’s adversaries volition not beryllium allowed to transit done the strategical waterway. “We are successful a authorities of war. The portion is simply a warfare zone, and determination is nary crushed to let the ships of our enemies and their allies to walk through. But it remains unfastened to others,” helium said.
DGCA asks Air India to instrumentality corrective actions aft incorrect level deployment to Vancouver
Aviation watchdog DGCA has asked Air India to instrumentality corrective measures aft the hose deployed a incorrect craft for operating a formation to Vancouver past week, a elder authoritative said connected Thursday (March 26, 2026). Action has besides been taken against an hose authoritative for the incident, the elder authoritative astatine the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) told PTI. A Vancouver-bound Air India Boeing 777-200 LR aircraft, aft being airborne for implicit 7 hours, returned to Delhi connected March 19 aft it was recovered that the level was not approved for operating the flight. The support is lone for the Boeing 777-300 ER to run that flight. Following the incident, the DGCA had sought a study from the airline.
Broken state turned into ‘broker country’ owed to ‘self-styled’ Vishwaguru’s failures: Congress
The Congress connected Thursday (March 26, 2026) took a excavation astatine the Modi government implicit its “dalaal nation” notation to Pakistan’s reported mediation successful the West Asia conflict, saying the “self-styled Vishwaguru’s” diplomacy and communicative failures person turned a “broken state into a broker country”. Congress wide caput successful complaint of communications, Jairam Ramesh, said the dapper and long-experienced External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is doing his champion to screen up India’s “extreme embarrassment” and the setback to its determination diplomacy from Pakistan’s emergence arsenic a mediator and facilitator of talks to extremity the existent warfare successful West Asia.
Trump to sojourn China successful May aft rescheduling travel owed to Iran war
U.S. President Donald Trump volition question to China connected May 14 and 15 for a rescheduled acme with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, the White House has announced. Mr. Trump, who was earlier scheduled to question to Beijing by the extremity of this month, postponed his travel owed to the warfare successful Iran. Announcing Mr. Trump’s “long-awaited” travel to China, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the U.S. President and First Lady Melania volition besides big President Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, for a reciprocal sojourn to Washington D.C. astatine a aboriginal day this year.
North Korea, Belarus motion ‘friendship’ pact during Lukashenko visit
North Korea and Belarus’s strongmen leaders signed a “friendship and cooperation” treaty connected Thursday (March 26, 2026) aft Kim Jong Un gave a lavish invited to President Alexander Lukashenko connected his maiden visit. Besides supporting Russia’s warfare against Ukraine — astir 2,000 North Korean soldiers are thought to person died — some nations are nether Western sanctions and are accused of gross quality rights violations. The 2 men met past twelvemonth successful China. “In the modern realities of planetary translation — astatine a clip erstwhile the world’s large powers openly disregard and interruption the norms of planetary instrumentality — autarkic countries indispensable cooperate much intimately and consolidate their efforts aimed astatine protecting their sovereignty and improving the well-being of their citizens,” Belarusian authorities quality bureau Belta quoted Mr. Lukashenko arsenic saying.
Chinese Envoy assures Pakistan of ‘continued support’ successful gathering with PM Shehbaz Sharif
Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zaidong met with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif connected Thursday (March 26, 2026) and pledged his country’s “continued support” for commercialized and concern successful Pakistan, a connection said. Mr. Zaidong besides appreciated Pakistan’s “economic resilience” successful the meeting, besides attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and different officials, a connection by the PM Office said. Appreciating China’s steadfast economical support, the Prime Minister reaffirmed Pakistan’s committedness to advancing the 2nd signifier of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, called CPEC 2.0, with a absorption connected agriculture, concern cooperation, and precedence infrastructure projects, it stated.
Panel wants prosecution of ousted Nepal PM Oli implicit unit successful Gen Z protests
A Nepali sheet acceptable up to analyse the violence during anti-corruption protests successful September past twelvemonth has recommended that erstwhile Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli beryllium prosecuted for “negligence” for failing to forestall dozens of deaths. The report comes 2 days earlier rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah is sworn successful arsenic the caller Prime Minister aft winning a landslide successful the parliamentary predetermination pursuing the protests. “As the enforcement caput ... Oli should beryllium held liable for thing bully oregon bad,” the 970-page study said successful Nepali. The study also held Mr. Oli’s location curate Ramesh Lekhak and the then constabulary main Chandra Kuber Khapung liable and said they should beryllium prosecuted. None of them could be instantly reached for comment.
Nayara Energy hikes petrol terms by ₹5 per litre and diesel by ₹3
Nayara Energy, India’s largest backstage substance retailer, connected Thursday (March 26, 2026) raised petrol prices by ₹5 per litre and diesel by ₹3 a litre, passing connected portion of the caller surge successful planetary lipid prices pursuing the warfare successful West Asia, sources said. Fuel selling companies successful India person been nether strain arsenic retail petrol and diesel prices remained frozen contempt a astir 50% surge successful planetary lipid prices since February 28, erstwhile the United States and Israel launched subject strikes against Iran, triggering sweeping retaliation from Tehran. Nayara Energy, which operates 6,967 of India’s 102,075 petrol pumps, has decided to walk connected portion of the summation successful input costs to consumers, 2 sources with nonstop cognition of the substance said. A institution spokesperson did not instantly connection immoderate remark connected the story.
