NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||07th APRIL2026

 

NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||07^th APRIL2026

TUESDAY| VOL—V/2026/APRIL

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“अकर्तव्यं न कर्तव्यं प्राणैः कण्ठगतैरपि ।

कर्तव्यमेव कर्तव्यं प्राणैः कण्ठगतैरपि” ॥

*Meaning* : Whatever is not right to be done, must never be done even on pain of death; and what is right to do, must be done even if one should die for the same.

*भावार्थ* : जो कार्य निषिद्ध है, उसे प्राण कण्ठगत (मृत्यु संकट उपस्थित होने की स्थिति) पर भी नहीं करना चाहिये। जो कर्तव्य है, उसे अपने प्राण की परवाह न करते हुये भी अवश्य करना चाहिये.

INDIA: (GOI, SWARAJYA, VISHWAMITRA, HINDU POST, INDIA TODAY).

Rajya Sabha Chairman C. P. Radhakrishnan and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla have rejected a notice submitted by 193 Opposition MPs across both Houses seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. No specific reasons were cited for the rejection.

Prime Minister pays tribute to workers who sacrificed their lives in line of duty; says party is addressing challenges such as demographic shifts, illegal infiltration, corruption, dynastic politics.

Govt raises gas allocation for fertilizer sector to 90% as India set to get 62,000 tonnes LPG this week

In the first high-level political outreach to Delhi by the new government in Dhaka, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman will travel to India Tuesday on a two-day visit.

Khalilur Rahman, who was NSA in the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, will meet NSA Ajit Doval in the evening.

IRAN WAR:

Trump threatened yesterday to attack Iranian power plants and bridges Tuesday if Iran did not agree to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. In an expletive-laden social media post, the president warned Iranians would be “living in Hell” if the waterway was not swiftly reopened.

Both countries received a proposal from mediators for a forty-five-day ceasefire, Axios reported, citing unnamed sources. Iran’s foreign ministry  said Tehran would respond formally to the proposal but that negotiations were “incompatible with ultimatums and threats to commit war crimes.”

The energy facilities at Iran's South Pars gas field have been targeted in fresh US-Israel missile salvo against Tehran on Monday, Iran's state media reported.

The gas field under the Gulf is the world's largest and is shared by Iran and Qatar. It is called South Pars on the Iranian side and North Field or North Dome on the Qatari side. Iran relies on the field to meet its domestic energy requirements, while Qatar uses it for global LNG exports.

Iran threatens Bab al-Mandeb closure: If the chokepoint were shut, along with the Strait of Hormuz, a quarter of the world’s energy and a very big chunk of Asia’s exports to Europe would be blocked.

Iran has continued negotiating with countries individually over their access to the strait, clearing Iraqi ships for passage over the weekend.

Attacks across Iran, Israel, Lebanon, and the Gulf continued over the weekend, and Monday. The intelligence chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ,Major General Majid Khademi, was killed in a suspected joint U.S.-Israeli airstrike in Tehran. He was killed at dawn, marking a major escalation and a significant strike against Iran's security leadership, Iranian state media reported today.

Airstrikes hit the vicinity of an Iranian nuclear power plant Saturday, prompting a worker evacuation and a warning from the UN nuclear watchdog against targeting the site.

Israel claimed responsibility for striking Iran’s largest petrochemical complex Saturday, while an Iranian strike on the Israeli city of Haifa killed four people. Fires from air interceptions near a United Arab Emirates petrochemical plant temporarily closed the facility Sunday.

Iran has previously targeted energy infrastructure in GULF countries.

Attacking power plants won’t lead to capitulation or regime change or an open Strait, but it may trigger Iranian attacks against water and energy infrastructure throughout the region, which Iran is presently doing in a slow gear.

WORLD: (REUTER, AP, AFP, BLOOMBERG, CNN, WP)

Russian tanker reaches Cuba amid critical energy shortage. A Russian tanker has delivered enough fuel to meet Cuba’s energy needs for up to 10 days, following a three-month blockade.

Senegal announced Friday it is banning government ministers from nonessential foreign travel due to rising fuel costs.

France announced it would offer loans of up to nearly $58,000 to small businesses hit hardest by the price increases.

Oil alliance OPEC+ agreed yesterday to modestly raise oil output for May, though many members’ ability to do so is hampered by the war.

Ukraine and Syria agreed to cooperate on security and economic issues during Zelenskyy’s trip to Damascus yesterday. Turkey’s foreign minister also attended a portion of the talks.

The Democratic Republic of Congo will start receiving third-country migrants deported from the United States this month, the Congolese communications ministry said yesterday. The United States is paying for the program and has reached similar deportation deals with at least seven other African countries.

Chinese-mediated Afghanistan-Pakistan peace talks between the two countries are advancing, Beijing said Friday. Envoys from the countries began meeting last Wednesday in western China.

Ukraine has regained control of 480 sq. km of territory in the southeastern and eastern parts of the front since late January, its army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said, adding that Russia was continuing its spring offensive.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called an emergency defense council meeting after powerful explosives were found near a pipeline in Serbia that carries Russian gas to the country.

Envoys from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan attended a trade meeting in Kabul yesterday. Afghanistan aims to increase trade with Central Asian countries from $2.7 billion in 2025 to $10 billion within the next three to four years, Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s teenage daughter is being positioned as his successor, South Korea’s intelligence chief told lawmakers yesterday.

MISHAPS:

3 killed after  Tempo Traveler carrying 20 tourists veers off road in Himachal's Kullu on Sunday.

OBITUARY:

FAREWELL TO PADMA SHRI PHYSICIAN MANI CHHETRI, WHO EXPIRED AT THE AGE OF 105 YEARS.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:

The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis II mission entered the moon's gravitational sphere of influence as they cruised along a path that took them over the shadowed, lunar far side to become the farthest-flying humans in history.

NASA's Artemis II faced a planned communication blackout for nearly 40 minutes as Orion passed behind the Moon.

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CRIME & PUNISHMENT:

Behind multiple frauds, a common playbook: Govt funds, fake FDs, shell firms. The four frauds that came to light have several similarities, including the bank branch where they were detected, key players and modus operandi. NO BANK FRAUD CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT INVOLVEMENT OF BANK OFFICIALS.

GAMES & SPORTS: -

India didn’t have a flawless FIH Women’s World Cup Qualifiers campaign at the G.M.C. Balayogi Hockey Ground here, but it left the tournament with its main target achieved — qualification for the marquee event secured without any trouble. Penalty Conversion is most critical.

DAS KAPITAL:

Indian Share Market: -

*BSE SENSEX*74,106.85,+787.30 (1.07%)

*NIFTY*22,968.25, +255.15 (1.12%)

BULLIONS:

*GOLD* : Rs.150,240.00/ 10 gm, 24 Carat

*SILVER* : ₹  234,170.00/Kg.

Currency Exchange Rates:

*Euro* : ₹107/-*USD*  ₹ 92/-  *China¥* : ₹ 13/-

WHAT IS NEXT:

Today, Chilean President José Antonio Kast is visiting Argentina.

Today, the Artemis II mission is expected to break the record for the farthest distance humans have ever travelled from Earth during its lunar flyby.

Tomorrow, U.S. Vice President JD Vance begins a visit to Hungary.

 

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