Month: May 2026

Six Indian fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy; country boat seized

May 12, 2026 admin

Image used for representation | Photo Credit: L. Balachandar Six fishermen, all natives of Kanniyakumari district, who had ventured into the sea from Mandapam, were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy in the early hours of Tuesday (May 12, 2026). According to sources, the six fishermen, including 35-year-old Alex from Kanniyakumari district, had set out…

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‘Genuine urgency’: China’s underlying concerns at the Xi-Trump talks

May 12, 2026 admin

File photo of U.S. President Donald Trump with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during a summit meeting. | Photo Credit: AP When U.S. President Donald Trump meets Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing this week, the shadow the Iran conflict casts over the summit might appear to give China’s leader a clear advantage. Beijing has…

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Fuel supply safe: Oil Minister Puri announces LPG Production boost to 54,000 tonnes/day

May 12, 2026 admin

Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas. File picture | Photo Credit: The Hindu Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) assured that there is no fuel supply issue and said the government has ramped up LPG production from 35,000-36,000 tonnes/day to 54,000 tonnes amid the West Asia conflict. Speaking…

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Oil Minister Puri dispels any fuel supply concerns; LPG production ramped up to 54,000 tonnes/day

May 12, 2026 admin

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Pakistan extends countrywide austerity drive after U.S., Iran fail to strike deal

May 12, 2026 admin

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has extended the countrywide austerity drive till June 13, 2026 in the wake of uncertainty caused by the U.S. and Iran’s failure to strike a deal to end the conflict in West Asia amid a fragile ceasefire. The government announced…

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Visakhapatnam Steel Plant: Four RINL employees hospitalised after gas leak at Blast Furnace

May 12, 2026 admin

An aerial view of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. File | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak Four employees of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), the corporate entity of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, were hospitalised late on Monday (May 11, 2026) night following a gas leak at Blast Furnace-1. The incident occurred during the third shift when a…

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Tamil Nadu CM Vijay gives maiden speech in Assembly after TVK win

May 12, 2026 admin

Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly J.C.D. Prabhakar, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, DMK MLA Udhayanidhi Stalin, and other MLAs at the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, in Chennai on Tuesday. (@CMOTamilnadu X/ANI Photo) | Photo Credit: ANI Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay made his maiden speech in the Assembly on Tuesday (May…

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As trees fall in the thousands, innovative protests erupt across India

May 12, 2026 admin

In March 2025, Dehradun’s Parade Ground transformed into a funereal space. Scores of people dressed in white, their mouths bound in black cloth, paid silent ‘homage’ to the hundreds of trees felled for development projects in Uttarakhand — past, present, and those marked to go in the future. As you read this, 4,400 trees are…

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India declines Russian LNG under sanctions, talks continue on permitted cargoes, sources say

May 12, 2026 admin

Representative image | Photo Credit: Reuters India has declined Russia’s offer to sell it ‌liquefied natural gas, subject to U.S. sanctions, despite a shortfall driven by Middle East tensions, said two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, leaving ⁠a tanker bound for India in limbo as talks continue on permitted cargoes. The stance highlights…

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Elon Musk, Apple’s Tim Cook to head to China with Trump, per White House

May 12, 2026 admin

Washington and Beijing have been at loggerheads over key issues ranging from trade tariffs to the Iran war to Taiwan [File] | Photo Credit: AP Top U.S. executives, including Tesla’s Elon Musk and Apple’s Tim Cook, will accompany U.S. President Donald Trump on his visit to China this week, a White House official said Monday….

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