NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||15th APRIL2026
NEWS &
VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||15th APRIL2026
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painful.
INDIA: (GOI, SWARAJYA, VISHWAMITRA, HINDU POST, INDIA TODAY).
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A February tip-off about suspicious activities inside a Tata
Consultancy Services BPO campus in Maharashtra’s Nashik triggered a covert
police operation, with undercover women constables deployed as housekeeping
staff, an exercise that has now exposed an alleged conversion racket with international
links. Investigators say the probe, backed by WhatsApp chats, a suspected
Malaysia-linked preacher and victims' testimonies, points to a potentially
wider network operating from within the TCS office. Special Investigation Team (SIT) sources said that at least 12
employees have now been identified as alleged targets, up from nine. So far,
nine FIRs have been registered, filed by eight women and one man, invoking
serious charges including sexual harassment, rape on the pretext of marriage,
religious manipulation and hurting religious sentiments. According to the FIRs, the accused employees allegedly molested women
colleagues and attempted to coerce them into religious conversion. The
incidents, reported by women aged between 18 and 25, are said to have taken
place over a span of two to three years, beginning around 2022. |
India is hosting representatives from Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the UAE
for key meetings as part of its 2026 BRICS presidency. These discussions aim to
address escalating tensions in West Asia and encourage regional stability,
positioning India as a mediator amidst deep conflicts between Iran and Gulf
nations.
President Donald Trump called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday
who said they “discussed the situation in West Asia and stressed the importance
of keeping the Strait of Hormuz open and secure”.
BJP leader Samrat Choudhary will succeed Nitish as CM of Bihar. Choudhary
was first elected the BJP legislature party leader and then the leader of the
NDA legislature party, clearing the decks for him to become the first Bihar CM
from the BJP. He met Governor Syed Ata Hasnain to stake claim to form the
government and was scheduled to be sworn in at the Lok Bhavan Wednesday,
alongside Deputy CMs from the JD(U), Bijendra Prasad Yadav and Vijay Kumar
Choudhary.
The Assembly election in West Bengal will be held in two phases. The
first phase of the election will be held on 23rd April and the second on 29th
April.
*500 Ajeet Drones Delivered*:
Chennai-based Zuppa Navigation successfully delivered over 500 'Ajeet' drones
to the Indian Army, significantly enhancing its tactical ISR (Intelligence,
Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) capabilities.
IRAN WAR:(Al
Jazeera, Tehran Times, Israel Times, NYT)
The US military began a blockade
of Iran's ports, angering Tehran and adding uncertainty around the crucial
waterway, although hopes for dialogue to end the war provided some relief to
oil markets where benchmark prices fell below $100.
US President Donald Trump says
Iranian officials have called and “want to work a deal”. Messages are still
being exchanged between Iran and Pakistan, a diplomatic source has told Iran’s
IRNA. Iran is also waiting for more information regarding the next round of
talks, it added.
A third Iran-linked tanker was
entering the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on the first full day of the US
blockade on vessels calling at Iranian ports, shipping data showed.
China bound Tankers crossed HORMUZ.
Iran’s Oil Minister Mohsen
Paknejad has said Iran’s oil sales since the start of the war have been
“favourable”.
China hosts Russia, UAE and Spain
for meetings on Hormuz blockade and war on Iran.
France and the UK will cohost a
video conference on Friday for countries ready to contribute to a “purely
defensive mission” to secure the Strait of Hormuz, the French president’s
office said. France’s Macron and the UK’s Starmer are to cochair the meeting to
discuss a plan to “restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz when
security conditions allow it”, it said.
Israel and Lebanon are due to
open formal talks in Washington, DC, today at the US State Department.
Israel will be represented by its
ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, who is a US-born far-right figure and a
longtime settlement activist.
Lebanon will be represented by
its ambassador in Washington, DC, Nada Hamadeh Moawad, with the US ambassador
to Lebanon, Michael Issa, also participating.
The talks follow a
precedent-breaking phone call between the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors over
the weekend, as the two countries have no formal diplomatic relations.
The talks come amid intense
international pressure on Israel to halt its invasion of Lebanon. Israeli
forces continue their advance in southern Lebanon and have repeatedly hit the
capital, Beirut.
Israel says its invasion of
Lebanon is a response not only to Hezbollah attacks but also to the Lebanese
government’s failure to execute its own plan to disarm Hezbollah.
Israel says it will not negotiate
a ceasefire with Hezbollah, which has publicly rejected Lebanon’s direct
negotiations with Israel.
Netanyahu said late last week
Israel is open to discussing Hezbollah’s disarmament and the restoration of
peaceful bilateral relations with Lebanon.
April 14, Israel mourned the Holocaust Memorial Day.
UN Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres is calling on “all parties” to respect freedom of navigation in the
Strait of Hormuz as the US military’s blockade of Iranian maritime traffic
remains in force.
WORLD: (REUTER, AP, AFP, BLOOMBERG, CNN, WP)
“In view of the current situation, the government has decided to suspend
the automatic renewal of the defense agreement with Israel,” Italy’s PM Giorgia
Meloni said on the sidelines of an event in Verona, according to Italian news
agency Ansa.
Russia’s revenue from oil exports almost doubled in March after Moscow
received sanctions relief aimed at easing surging energy prices during the
US-Israel war on Iran, according to the International Energy Agency.
The country earned $19bn last month as crude and oil product exports
soared to 7.1 million barrels per day from just 320,000 in February, it said.
Dozens arrested in New York as protesters urge senators to block Israel
arms sales.
Prime Minister-elect Péter Magyar pledged yesterday to rebuild ties
between Hungary and the European Union (EU) and lift the country’s veto on EU
aid to Ukraine.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party secured a majority in
Canada’s lower house after a handful of special election victories yesterday,
aided by a number of defections by opposition lawmakers over the past few
months. The Liberals can now advance legislation without the support of
opposition parties. The results mark the first time Canada has had a majority
government since 2019.
China had a huge year for exports in 2025, resulting in a record $1.2
trillion surplus, and analysts had expected that strength to continue this
year. It is more than the GDP of many countries!
Chinese exports of electric and
hybrid vehicles doubled in March to a new record.
Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni won Benin’s presidential election
Sunday, electoral authorities said.
The Zambian government will lose around $100 million in revenue due to a
three-month freeze on fuel taxes intended to protect households from rising
fuel prices sparked by the Iran war, the country’s finance minister told
Bloomberg yesterday.
The International Energy Agency
(IEA) projected today that the Iran war would lead to a drop in both global oil
supply and demand in 2026, as high prices tamper consumer demand. It now
expects oil demand to fall by 80,000 barrels per day this year.
*Pakistan Seeks Chinese AWACS*: Pakistan is moving to acquire China's
KJ-500 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AWACS) aircraft to replace the two
Saab 2000 AWACS it reportedly lost during the 2025 conflict with India.
MISHAPS:
13 killed, 20 injured in boiler blast at Vedanta plant in Chhattisgarh.
SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY:
India and the United States have reached a
landmark agreement on the transfer of fighter jet engine technology, marking
the first such military technology sharing between the two nations.
The deal involves
co-production of the F-414 jet engine in India, with nearly 80 per cent of the
manufacturing technology and intellectual property rights being transferred
from US-based General Electric to India.
CLIMATE:
CRIME & PUNISHMENT:
A French court issued a more
than $1 billion fine to cement company Lafarge and sentenced its former
director to six years in prison for terrorism financing. Lafarge was convicted
for conspiring to provide material support to the self-declared Islamic State
and other terrorist groups in order to maintain the firm’s operations in Syria
between 2013 and 2014.
A court in Lucknow on Monday
sentenced three terrorists linked to the Al-Qaeda-affiliated terror module
Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH) to life imprisonment for conspiring to carry out
serial blasts in Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country. Special Judge
(NIA/ATS) Jitendra Kumar Pandey convicted and sentenced Minhaj Ahmad alias
Minhaj, Musiruddin alias Musir alias Raju, and Tauheed Ahmad Shah alias Sobu
Shah in the case investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
DAS KAPITAL:
The International Monetary
Fund (IMF) said that India’s growth
outlook remains resilient despite rising global uncertainty triggered by the
West Asia conflict.
Indian
Share Market: -
*BSE
SENSEX* 76,847.57 −702.68 (0.91%)🔻
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BULLIONS:
*GOLD*
: ₹ 15,480/ 01gm (24 krt)
*SILVER*
: ₹ 2,55,000/KG
Currency
Exchange Rates:
*Euro*
: ₹107/-*USD* ₹ 92/- *China¥* : ₹ 13/-
WHAT IS NEXT:
Today, European Council
President António Costa begins a trip to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi
Arabia, and Qatar.
Today, Russian Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov begins a visit to China.
Today, Vietnamese leader To
Lam begins a visit to China.
Tomorrow, Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Italy.
THE END.
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