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U.S. says ‘friendly fire’ down 3 F-15E combatant jets crashing successful Kuwait
The U.S. connected Monday (March 2, 2026) issued a clarification that 3 combatant jets crashed successful Kuwait successful an evident “friendly fire” incident. It said the cause of the incidental is nether investigation. “At 11:03 p.m. ET, March 1, 3 U.S. F-15E Strike Eagles flying successful enactment of Operation Epic Fury went down implicit Kuwait owed to an evident affable occurrence incident,” the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said successful a statement. “During progressive combat—that included attacks from Iranian aircraft, ballistic missiles, and drones — the U.S. Air Force combatant jets were mistakenly changeable down by Kuwaiti aerial defences,” it added.
India, Canada seal landmark uranium deal; acceptable $50 cardinal commercialized target
India and Canada connected Monday (March 2, 2026) sealed cardinal pacts connected supplies of Uranium and captious minerals and vowed to soon reason a broad economical concern agreement, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney finalising a caller model to enactment up ties including taking bilateral yearly commercialized to $50 cardinal by 2030.
Nagpur mill blast: Nine directors of explosives institution arrested
“Police person arrested 9 directors of an explosives manufacturing institution successful Maharashtra’s Nagpur territory wherever a blast claimed the lives of implicit 15 persons,” officials said connected Monday (March 2, 2026). “The Kalmeshwar constabulary successful Nagpur person registered a lawsuit against 21 directors and shareholders of the SBL Energy Limited nether Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,” they said. “Nine directors of the institution person truthful acold been arrested,” constabulary officials said.
TDB passes solution opposing Supreme Court verdict allowing women’s introduction into Sabarimala temple
The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) connected Monday (March 2, 2026) passed a landmark resolution opposing the 2018 Supreme Court verdict permitting women of menstruating property to worship astatine the Sabarimala Temple. The TDB solution has immense governmental ramifications, fixed the long-standing request of the electorally important Hindu societal organisations, chiefly the Nair Service Society (NSS), and belatedly the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP), that the authorities uphold Sabarimala customized and tradition, including the barroom connected women of childbearing property entering the temple.
Supreme Court takes cognisance of proceedings tribunal relying connected AI-generated ‘fake’ verdicts
Taking cognisance of a proceedings tribunal relying connected alleged non-existing verdicts that were generated with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Supreme Court has said a determination based connected specified fake judgments would not beryllium an mistake successful determination making but would magnitude to misconduct. A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe has said it volition analyse the substance successful item and issued a announcement to Attorney General R. Venkataramani, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and the Bar Council of India. The Supreme Court has besides appointed elder advocator Shyam Divan to assistance it successful the matter.
Zubeen case: Court de-freezes festival organiser Shyamkanu’s relationship implicit ‘technical lapse’
A tribunal successful Guwahati connected Monday (March 2, 2026) ordered the de-freezing of the slope relationship of an accused successful the Zubeen Garg decease lawsuit implicit “technical lapses”, portion fixing March 19 for information of complaint hearing, the peculiar nationalist authoritative (SPP) successful the lawsuit said. The Kamrup Metropolitan District and Sessions Court, which is proceeding the case, besides rejected a petition by different accused seeking study of the Singapore Police, helium said.
Fully clasp AI-driven solutions to simplify administrative systems: President Murmu to IAS officers
Asserting that technology and innovation are transforming governance astatine unprecedented speed, President Droupadi Murmu connected Monday (March 2, 2026) asked a radical of newly-inducted IAS officers to afloat clasp AI-driven solutions to simplify administrative systems too ensuring much businesslike work transportation to the past mile. She besides asked them to harvester exertion with quality sensitivity and reasoned judgement portion adopting modern systems.
Symbolic governmental critique: Delhi tribunal grants bail to 9 IYC workers successful AI acme protestation case
A court present has granted bail to 9 Indian Youth Congress workers who were arrested successful transportation with the “shirtless” protestation astatine the AI summit, saying the protestation constituted symbolic governmental critique and pre-trial detention could “illicit pre-emptive punishment”. Judicial Magistrate First Class Ravi passed the bid connected Sunday (March 1, 2026) portion proceeding the bail pleas of the 9 accused — Krishna Hari, Narshimha Yadav, Kundan Kumar Yadav, Ajay Kumar Singh, Jitendra Singh Yadav, Raja Gurjar, Ajay Kumar Vimal alias Bantu, Saurabh Singh, and Arbaz Khan.
EPFO retains 8.25% involvement complaint connected employees’ provident money deposits for 2025-26
Retirement money assemblage EPFO connected Monday (March 2, 2026) fixed the involvement complaint connected employees’ provident fund (EPF) deposits for 2025-26 astatine 8.25%, retaining the complaint for the 2nd consecutive year, a root said. In February past year, the EPFO retained the 8.25% complaint of involvement for 2024-25 fiscal year.
India’s lipid imports from Russia fell to 44-month debased successful January 2026, Gulf countries saw rising share
India continued its strategy of reducing Russian lipid imports and alternatively sourcing much from the Gulf countries and the U.S. successful January 2026 arsenic well, the latest authoritative information shows, with Russia’s stock successful India’s lipid imports falling to little than 20% for the archetypal clip since May 2022. However, events implicit the past week could render this strategy costly for India. A imaginable commercialized woody with the U.S. — allegedly the main crushed for India reducing inexpensive Russian lipid imports — is successful limbo pursuing the U.S. Supreme Court’s February 20 determination striking down that country’s reciprocal tariffs.
Iran’s information main Ali Larijani says ‘will not negotiate’ with U.S.
Iran “will not negociate with the United States”, Ali Larijani, the almighty caput of Tehran’s Supreme National Security Council said connected Monday (March 2, 2026). In a station connected X, Mr. Larijani denied media reports that Iranian officials had sought to initiate talks with the Trump medication pursuing a question of U.S.-Israeli strikes connected Iran implicit the weekend, which came aft Tehran and Washington held atomic negotiations.
Trump ‘very disappointed’ with Starmer for initially blocking usage of aerial bases
Donald Trump said helium was “very disappointed” with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for not allowing the U.S. to usage the Diego Garcia aerial basal to transportation retired strikes connected Iran, the Daily Telegraph quoted the U.S. President arsenic saying successful an interview. Britain had initially denied the U.S. support to behaviour aerial strikes from its bases, but connected Sunday (March 1, 2026) evening, Mr. Starmer said helium was accepting a petition for their usage successful immoderate “defensive strikes” the U.S. wanted to marque against Iranian targets.
Iranian drone crashes into U.K. Air Force unit; Keir Starmer allows usage of bases for ‘limited defensive’ operations
A British Royal Air Force (RAF) basal successful Cyprus was hit by an Iranian one-way onslaught drone during the ongoing U.S. and Israeli strikes launched connected Tehran implicit the weekend, confirmed by Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides connected Monday (March 2, 2026). The U.K.’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said RAF Akrotiri sustained “minimal damage” connected Sunday (March 1, 2026) astatine astir midnight section time, with nary casualties reported.
Stranded Sindhu acceptable to miss All England Championships; Lakshya and others acceptable for stiff fight
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu is acceptable to miss the All England Championships starting successful Birmingham connected Tuesday (March 3, 2026) aft being stranded successful Dubai amid the U.S. bombing of Iran and the resultant aerial abstraction closure successful the Gulf region. Travel disruptions person marred the build-up to the Super 1000 event, with Sindhu stuck successful Dubai since Saturday (February 28) aft flights were suspended amid pursuing U.S. and Israeli strikes connected Iran and the consequent retaliation by Tehran.
T20 World Cup | Coach Conrad wants South Africa to clasp the ‘favourite’ tag
The pressure of expectations tin astatine erstwhile beryllium a blessing and a burden. In past ICC white-ball events, South Africa has appeared to beryllium mostly weighed down by that pressure. As it gears up to look New Zealand successful the T20 World Cup semifinal astatine Eden Gardens successful Kolkata connected Wednesday, caput manager Shukri Conrad wants his squad to clasp the attention. The Proteas, aft all, are afloat deserving of the tag of being the squad to bushed successful the shortest format’s showpiece event. Having strung unneurotic 7 wins successful arsenic galore matches, Aiden Markram and Co. are the lone undefeated outfit successful the tournament.
