NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||13th APRIL2026
NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||13th APRIL2026
MONDAY| VOL—V/2026/APRIL
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painful.
INDIA:
(GOI, SWARAJYA, VISHWAMITRA, HINDU POST, INDIA TODAY).
India boosts 5-kg LPG supply, accelerates PNG rollout amid
West Asia disruption. Government has prioritised LPG supply to domestic
households at the cost of cuts in supplies to commercial users like hotels and
restaurants.
The Indian Navy and the multi-ministry task force are
evacuating 18 ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, carrying cargo bound for
India. The operation aims to restore
energy security in the country and clear more than 100,000 TEUs of backlogged
cargo at Indian ports.
The Iranian mission in India on Saturday said that a second
consignment of medical supplies funded by donations from people in India has
now been sent to the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran, even
as earlier efforts to move a larger shipment faced disruptions.
Polling for all 28 seats of the Tripura Tribal Areas
Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) was completed peacefully yesterday. Voting
commenced at 7 AM and concluded smoothly at 4 PM, as per the scheduled time.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has appointed senior leader and
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan as the central observer for
the election of the legislative party leader in Bihar.
The Department of
Posts, Karnataka Postal Circle, yesterday unveiled two commemorative postage
stamps and souvenir sheets celebrating the remarkable progress of India’s human
spaceflight programme led by the Indian Space Research Organisation.
External Affairs
Minister S Jaishankar has formally handed over a fleet of 90 electric buses to
the Prime Minister of Mauritius, Navin Ramgoolam, during a high-level
diplomatic visit to the island nation.
India’s electoral process drew significant international
attention during the International Election Visitors’ Programme (IEVP) 2026,
conducted alongside Assembly elections in Kerala, Puducherry and Assam. A total
of 38 delegates from 22 countries observed the conduct of elections, praising
the scale, organisation and public participation.
IRAN
WAR:
US-Iran talks in Islamabad end without a deal, on SUN DAY, with
each side blaming the other for the failure of the 21-hour-long negotiations.
“The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement,
and I think that’s bad news for Iran much more than it’s bad news for the
United States of America,” Vice President JD Vance, the head of the US
delegation, told reporters shortly before he left Islamabad.
In Iran: Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said no one had
expected the talks to reach an agreement in one session after the negotiations
in Islamabad stalled on Sunday. “Naturally, from the beginning, we should not
have expected to reach an agreement in a single session. No one had such an
expectation,” ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said, according to state
broadcaster IRIB.
In Tehran, residents told The Associated Press news agency
they were sceptical yet hopeful after weeks of air attacks left destruction
across their country of some 93 million people. More than 2,000 Iranians have
been killed in the US-Israel war on Iran.
In USA: “We leave here with a very simple proposal, a method
of understanding that is our final and best offer. We’ll see if the Iranians
accept it,” Vance said, before flying out of Pakistan.
Vance said he spoke with President Donald Trump “a half
dozen times, a dozen times, over the past 21 hours” and also spoke with
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Brad
Cooper, head of the US Central Command.
“We were negotiating in good faith,” Vance said, speaking at
a podium in front of a pair of US flags with special envoys Steve Witkoff and
Jared Kushner to his side.
Trump insisted several hours into the talks that Washington
had already triumphed on the battlefield by killing Iranian leaders and
destroying key military infrastructure. “Whether we make a deal or not makes no
difference to me … because we’ve won.”
The US military said two destroyers transited the Strait of
Hormuz in advance of mine-clearing work, a first since the war began. Iran’s
state media, however, reported that the joint military command denied that.
David Des Roches, professor at the Thayer Marshall Institute
in the US, told Al Jazeera that while Washington clarified its position to Iran
during the talks in Islamabad, it did not shift its stance. “There’s a defining
of the goalposts. I think that President Trump has been clear, saying Iran
cannot be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon as an American war aim, and they
can’t do it.”
In Lebanon: Israel
pressed ahead with strikes in Lebanon, with the military claiming it attacked a
“loaded and ready-to-launch rocket launcher” overnight in Jouaiya, in the
south.
In recent days, Lebanon has seen a wave of protests,
including one in Beirut, opposing the prospect of direct negotiations between
Israel and Lebanon.
Al Jazeera’s Heidi Pett reported that US pressure on Israel
has led to a moment of pause in Beirut, but strikes have continued with a great
deal of intensity across the south of the country. “But the experience for
residents living in the south has really not changed that much,” she reported.
In Israel: Israel’s Channel 12 broadcaster said a drone was
launched from Lebanon, setting off sirens in the Upper Galilee region; it was
intercepted.
IMP: Donald Trump has issued a strong warning, declaring that the
United States is “ready for action”, escalating concerns over a potential
military confrontation. The statement comes at a time of heightened
geopolitical tensions, with ongoing conflicts and fragile ceasefire agreements
adding to global uncertainty.
Trump’s remarks signal a possible shift toward a more
aggressive stance, as diplomatic efforts struggle to contain the situation.
Analysts believe the warning is aimed at increasing pressure on adversaries
while maintaining leverage in ongoing negotiations.
WORLD:
(REUTER, AP, AFP, BLOOMBERG, CNN, WP)
United States President Donald Trump has
issued a stern warning to China, cautioning that the nation will face "big
problems" should it proceed with shipping weaponry to Iran during a period
of fragile ceasefire.
Trump
says U.S. to start blockading the Strait of Hormuz immediately.
“I
have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in
International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal
toll will have safe passage on the high seas”, says U.S. President Donald
Trump.
U.S.
official denies report Washington agreed to unfreeze Iran assets
Tehran
earlier said any agreement on a permanent end to fighting must include the
unfreezing of sanctioned Iranian assets and an end to Israel's war on Hezbollah
in Lebanon.
China
sets up new county in Xinjiang near PoK, Afghan border. The county, named
Cenling, is the third new county established by China in Xinjiang, a
predominantly Muslim Uyghur region, in just over a year. A move that comes amid ongoing tensions with
India over disputed territories, particularly in Ladakh. This is the third
county created by China in Xinjiang in just over a year. India had previously
lodged a protest with Beijing over the establishment of Hean and Hekang
counties. ( SOURCE—HINDU/PTI)
Nationalist Viktor Orban, who has ruled Hungary for 16
years, on Sunday (April 12, 2026) conceded defeat to conservative Peter Magyar
in parliamentary elections.\
Bangladesh government starts China outreach, to send
20-member delegation this week. Apart from commercial ties, China is also
involved in several major projects in Bangladesh, including the Teesta River
Comprehensive Management and Restoration Project.
Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is re-elected for a
sixth term, winning 97.81% of the vote in Friday's election.
MISHAPS:
At least 100 people were killed in ‘MISTAKEN’ air force attack on Nigerian market. The air
strike was on a village in Yobe State near the border with Borno State, the
epicentre of the jihadi insurgency.
Stampede at Haitian mountaintop fortress kills at least 25
people and injures dozens.
In Assam: Earthquake and cyclonic storm hit Cachar
district. In Silchar, the Cachar
district was struck by a dual natural disaster yesterday. At around 9:21 AM, an
earthquake of magnitude 4.3 with its epicentre in Irongmara struck, triggering
widespread panic across the region. This was the second tremor within a week,
with the first one triggered on 7th of April with 4.9 magnitude.
WILD
LIFE:
India-born cheetah gives birth to four cubs at Kuno; total
population reaches 57. Environment Minister said that this is the first
recorded cheetah birth in the open forest since India’s reintroduction
programme for the big cat in 2022. The cubs have been born to a daughter of
South African cheetah Gamini.
The myrrh tree, key to luxury perfumes and African incomes,
is threatened by drought.
CLIMATE:
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast hot
and humid weather conditions over Andhra Pradesh, Coastal Karnataka, Gujarat,
Kerala, Mahe, Madhya Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal
for the next two days.
CRIME
& PUNISHMENT:
The Uttar Pradesh ATS (Anti-Terrorist Squad) has arrested a
mufti (Muslim cleric) from Deoband for allegedly sharing inflammatory and
objectionable posts on social media and maintaining contacts with individuals
in Pakistan.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued summons to two individuals in connection with the Sona Pappu case in Kolkata, West Bengal. Sources at the ED said that the summons has been issued to Howrah Joint Commissioner Gaurav Lal and alleged land mafia figure Joy Kamdar.
SEPARATIST
INSURGENTS killed three Pakistan
Coast Guard personnel on Sunday in the first-ever attack on one of the maritime
authority's patrol boats operating in the Arabian Sea, security officials said.
GAMES
& SPORTS: -
India’s Ayush Shetty secured silver medal at the Badminton
Asia Championships in Ningbo, China yesterday.
India concluded its campaign at the Asian Wrestling
Championships with a total of 17 medals, adding two silver and one bronze on
the final day in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
DAS
KAPITAL:
Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, which operates as
India’s premier Defence Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of
Defence, Government of India, has officially announced a landmark international
expansion. The company has successfully completed the acquisition of a
controlling 51 per cent stake in Colombo Dockyard PLC, the largest shipyard in
Sri Lanka.
Indian Share Market: - Will open today.
Currency Exchange Rates:
*Euro* : ₹107/-*USD*
₹ 92/- *China¥* : ₹ 13/-
OBITUARY:
Legendary singer Asha Bhosle died at Breach Candy Hospital
in Mumbai on Sunday (April 12, 2026). She was 92. Hospital officials said the
cause of death was multi-organ failure following a cardiac arrest.
THE END.
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