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Israel, U.S. onslaught Iran, Tehran retaliates
The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran connected Saturday (February 28, 2026) successful what President Donald Trump said was a monolithic cognition to destruct the country’s subject capabilities and destruct the menace of it creating a atomic weapon. Iran’s Foreign Ministry said it would support its homeland, and its Revolutionary Guard said it launched counterattacks, firing drones and missiles astatine Israel and strikes aimed astatine U.S. subject installations successful Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar.
India issues advisory to its nationals successful West Asia
India connected Saturday (February 28, 2026) issued an advisory for its citizens successful Israel to “exercise utmost caution and stay vigilant astatine each times” aft the state launched a associated onslaught with the U.S. against Iran. In its advisory, India said, “In presumption of the prevailing information concern successful the region, each Indian nationals successful Israel are advised to workout utmost caution and stay vigilant astatine each times.”
Air India, IndiGo cancel each West Asia-bound flights
Air India’s Delhi–Tel Aviv formation was forced to crook backmost connected Saturday (February 28, 2026) aft Israel and Iran closed their airspaces, followed by the airline cancelling each its West Asia-bound flights amid escalating determination tensions. IndiGo besides announced the cancellation of each flights to and from Middle East...till 0000hrs.”
West Bengal’s elector number successful post-SIR rolls astatine 7.04 crore aft deletions, additions; astir 60 lakh ‘under adjudication’
The fig of electors successful the State aft the completion of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) stands astatine 7.04 crore, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said connected Saturday (February 28, 2026). The canvass assemblage began publishing the post-SIR electoral rolls successful West Bengal successful phases earlier successful the day.
Above-normal heatwave days apt successful astir parts of India during March-May: IMD
Above-normal fig of heatwave days are expected implicit astir parts of the state betwixt March and May, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said successful its monthly forecast connected Saturday (February 28, 2026). These parts see West Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, southbound and eastbound Maharashtra, eastbound Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and parts of northbound Karnataka and northbound Tamil Nadu.
Centre’s gross absorption has shifted from selling PSUs to earning much from them, information shows
Despite having launched a revamped ‘disinvestment policy’ successful 2020, the Central Government’s absorption has decisively shifted from selling disconnected its assets to extracting the maximum worth from them, an investigation of information shows. The caller motorboat of the National Monetisation Pipeline 2.0 marks an hold of this argumentation shift.
PM Modi launches nationwide HPV vaccination thrust for 14-year-old girls
Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Saturday (February 28, 2026) launched a nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign for 14-year-old girls from Ajmer successful Rajasthan. The run against cervical crab was formally inaugurated astatine a programme held successful Kayad, Ajmer, wherever respective girls were administered the vaccine. The Prime Minister besides interacted with the beneficiaries connected the occasion.
Justice Unplugged 2026
‘Justice Unplugged 2026’, a associated inaugural of The Hindu and VIT, Chennai, is being held connected Saturday (February 28, 2026) successful New Delhi. Experts and practitioners successful the ineligible tract person been discussing topics ranging from ineligible acquisition and exertion to law reasoning and enhancing ineligible access.
Modi’s Israel sojourn ‘ill-timed’, creates cognition of governmental endorsement of subject action: Congress
The Congress connected Saturday (February 28, 2026) termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sojourn to Israel “shameful” and “ill-timed,” saying it creates the cognition of a governmental endorsement of subject escalation, which is profoundly antithetical to India’s historical committedness to a rules-based planetary order.
Jammu and Kashmir wins maiden Ranji Trophy against Karnataka
For long, Jammu & Kashmir was simply a distant outpost successful India’s cricketing map. On Saturday (February 28, 2026) astatine the KSCA Rajnagar Stadium here, it moved to the beforehand and centre by winning its maiden Ranji Trophy crown aft overcoming eight-time titlist Karnataka. The lucifer was drawn, and J&K was adjudged the champion aft having secured a humongous 291-run first-innings lead.
OPEC+ whitethorn see larger lipid output boost, sources accidental aft Israel-U.S. strikes connected Iran
OPEC+ whitethorn consider a larger than planned output increase connected Sunday (March 1, 2026), 2 sources adjacent to talks said, and starring producers Saudi Arabia and the UAE person already raised exports successful anticipation of imaginable lipid disruption from the U.S.-Israeli onslaught connected Iran.
