An Indian-captained crude oil tanker carrying 135,335 metric tonnes of Saudi crude reached Mumbai after briefly switching off its tracking system to cross the Strait of Hormuz in dark mode.

As the US–Israel war with Iran intensifies, Tehran has laid down three clear conditions for a ceasefire: recognition of its rights, payment of reparations, and guarantees against future attacks.

Video footage shows a multi-storey building in Bashoura, Beirut, Lebanon, collapsing after a missile strike on Wednesday morning.

Nine members of a family, including three children, died after a fire broke out in a multi-storey residential building in southwest Delhi's Palam area on Wednesday morning, officials said.

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He said Washington would step back soon, even as he criticised Nato allies and reasserted US military success

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Sensex Today | Stock Market Highlights, Wednesday: In the broader markets, the Nifty MidCap and the Nifty SmallCap indices ended 1.94 per cent and 0.170 per cent higher, respectively

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The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday announced its first list of 14 candidates, including its state vice-president Anurupa Dekaraja, for the Assam assembly elections to be held on April 9.
All the constituencies included on the list are located in the Brahmaputra valley.
Dekaraja will contest from the Guwahati Central seat and Renuka Timungpi from Bokajan.
Among other candidates named on the list, issued by AAP state prabhari Rajesh Sarma, are Achyut Das (Naoboicha), Tapan Gogoi (Sivasagar), Zahidul Islam Khan (Chenga), Ranjeet Boro (Nadua), Pallav Saikia (Titabor) and Jinna Amir Hussain (East Goalpara).
The AAP, which is yet to open its account in the Assam assembly, will be contesting the polls here without an alliance with any other opposition party.
In the current 126-member assembly, the ruling BJP's strength is 64, while its allies AGP has nine MLAs, UPPL has seven, and the BPF has three members.
In the opposition camp, the Congress has 26 MLAs, AIUDF has 15 members, and the CPI(M

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Large chunks of the West Asian airspace have since remained closed for commercial flights

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The government should consider launching public offerings of highly profitable Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) to attract market capital and promote stronger corporate governance standards, a Parliamentary panel has said in its report.
Standing Committee on Finance, headed by senior BJP leader Bhartruhari Mahtab noted the successful completion of the structural consolidation of RRBs, reducing their number from 43 to 28 highly viable entities across 11 states, eliminating the need for further capital infusion in 2026-27.
RRBs have achieved a historic consolidated net profit of Rs 7,720 crore in just the first nine months of FY 2025-26, driving gross NPAs down to a 13-year low of 5.4 per cent, though vulnerabilities remain, particularly the 13.8 per cent GNPA in priority sector education loans.
The panel recommend that RRBs actively mitigate these specific sectoral risks by fully leveraging their inclusion in the Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for Education Loans (CGFSEL) and aggressively .

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About a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas normally passes through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passage of water between Iran and Oman

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Even as a crude-laden Indian tanker sailed safely from UAE's Fujairah and Tehran claimed Hormuz is closed for its 'enemies', the war continues to rattle many sectors

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