NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||26th APRIL2026
NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||26th
APRIL2026
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*“शरीरमाद्यं खलु
धर्मसाधनम्”*
-- 'कुमारसम्भव'
शरीर के माध्यम से ही धर्म, ईश्वर व जीवन के वास्तविक लक्ष्य
तक हम पहुँच सकते है। इसलिए हमारे शास्त्रों में मानव तन की इतनी महिमा गाई गई है।
English Equivalent: “HEALTH IS WAELTH”.
INDIA: (GOI, SWARAJYA, VISHWAMITRA,
HINDU POST, INDIA TODAY).
India-Africa ties signal “stability in a turbulent
world”: Jaishankar.
India advises Indian nationals in Mali to stay
indoors, exercise caution due to security developments. The Indian embassy
added that it was closely monitoring the evolving situation in coordination
with Malian authorities and will issue further updates as required.
‘What Modi does in Delhi, Mamata does in Bengal’:
Rahul says CM ‘opening the road’ for BJP.
The prolonged suspense over two key Legislative
Council nominations came to an end on Saturday as Telangana Governor Shiv
Pratap Shukla approved the names of former Indian cricket captain Mohammad
Azharuddin and Telangana movement ideologue Prof K Kodandaram as MLCs under the
Governor's quota.
The Government has reconstituted the NITI Aayog. Economist Ashok Kumar Lahiri
from West Bengal has been appointed as the Vice Chairperson of the Aayog. He
will replace the current Vice Chairman, Suman K Bery.
The names of 33,000 Indian Army soldiers who sacrificed their lives during the First World
War for BRITISHERS but were missing from the Basra Memorial in Iraq have now
been commemorated through new digital panels. The initiative by the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) aims to correct a long-standing
historical omission and restore recognition to Indian soldiers who served and
died in the Mesopotamia Campaign.
Iranian
Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on
Friday to discuss proposals for restarting peace talks with the U.S., offering
some hope for an end to the eight-week war.
He has
departed Islamabad, after holding
high-level meetings and delivering Tehran’s list of demands for ending the war
to Pakistani officials.
Mr. Donald
Trump later cancelled a planned trip to Pakistan by envoys Jared Kushner and
Steve Witkoff for peace talks with Iran saying it takes too much time and is
too expensive.
Iran’s
President Masoud Pezeshikian said Tehran will not enter into forced negotiations
with the United States.
Iran’s
Foreign Ministry said it is committed to “strengthening mutual trust” in the
Gulf region, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s visit to Oman is the
first to the region since the US launched its war on Iran.
Araghchi is
reportedly expected to visit Pakistan again after completing his trip to
Oman, before travelling to Russia.
What Emerge:
Iran’s leaders, based on their statements on
social media, seem to have concluded that they can withstand the blockade
longer than Trump can bear soaring gas prices and an unpopular war, especially
with US midterm elections later this year. That is why they are not in a hurry
to negotiate peace.
Trump’s
strategy: “China can survive for a time without Iranian oil,” he said, noting
that Beijing gets 15 percent of its oil from Iran. “But Iran cannot survive
that long without getting the money from the Chinese.”
This
is where US President Donald Trump is trying to apply pressure on Iran’s
leadership through the blockade, Pfeifle explained.
The
aim is to “choke off the Iranian revenue stream as much as possible in the
hopes that it “brings them to the negotiation table”.
HORMUZ:
After mining
the Strait of Hormuz to block global shipping, Iran said, now they can’t fully reopen it—because they
don’t know where many of those mines are. Some mines drifted, and weren’t
tracked at all.
I consider this is a ‘BLUFF’!!Have
USA purchased this? Precondition of the talk is to remove all mines, and Iran
to give undertaking that it will never mine ‘HORMUZ’ in future.
Lebanon:
Not much of progress in Lebanon peace talk. Skirmishes
continue.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has described the
US-Israel war on Iran as “completely unnecessary”.
WORLD: (REUTER, AP, AFP, BLOOMBERG, CNN,
WP)
Islamic militants, separatists claim simultaneous
attacks across Mali. The U.S. Embassy in Bamako issued a security alert citing
reports of explosions and gunfire near Kati and the international airport, and
urged U.S. citizens to shelter in place and avoid travel there.
Trump administration imposed economic sanctions on a
major China-based oil refinery and around 40 shipping companies and tankers
involved in transporting Iranian oil.
D-Company associate and drug kingpin Salim Dola
detained in Turkey. Dola’s role came into focus in 2024 after a Mumbai Crime
Branch probe into a 4 kg MD seizure traced the supply chain from Sangli and
Surat to the UAE and Turkey, where he allegedly directed operations through
associates.
Paternity leave in Italy remains just 10 days compared
to five months for mothers, but a growing number of Italian "dad
influencers" are reshaping how fatherhood looks online.
Suspected Somali pirates have hijacked a fuel tanker
off the northeastern coast of Somalia. Local officials and the British military
said the vessel was seized between Hafun and Bandarbeyla in Puntland on
Wednesday as it travelled from Berbera to Mogadishu.
In Ukraine, Russian drone and missile strike in Dnipro
caused human casualty.
HEALTH &MISHAPS:
World Health
Organization has classified Bangladesh as facing a high risk of a measles
outbreak, warning that urgent action is needed to address critical immunity
gaps. In its latest assessment, the agency said a sharp rise in infections
signals a growing public health concern, with the outbreak already spreading to
58 of the country’s 64 districts.
SCIENCE
& TECHNOLOGY:
Noida-based
Aerosys Aviation has achieved a significant milestone with the delivery of its
first Shaurya drone to IIT-Kanpur.
This
professional-grade platform is equipped with advanced payloads, including
LiDAR, multispectral, and thermal imaging systems, making it a versatile tool
for precision data collection.
CLIMATE:
Forecasts
for the strongest El Niño in a decade promise hotter, drier weather across Asia
in the second half of 2026, hitting crops and food supplies while farmers
grapple with fertilizer shortages and costly fuel caused by the Iran war.
IMD issued
detailed heatwave guidance and advisories in the wake of rising temperatures
and above-normal conditions across the country. It informed that heatwave
conditions will persist over Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan,
Kerala, Mahe and central India over the next seven days.
CRIME
& PUNISHMENT:
Police said
they had seized artworks, including paintings possibly by Pablo Picasso and
Joan Miro, at a house in Portugal and were questioning the former butler of
the late owner on suspicion of trying to sell some of them.
47 Maoists
including some women from Chhattisgarh surrendered before DGP Shivdhar Reddy in
Hyderabad.
In Bangladesh, the recovery of a Hindu temple
caretaker’s body in Cox’s Bazar has sparked protests and raised concerns over
the safety of minority communities, even as police said the exact cause of
death remains unclear. The body of Nayan Das, also known as Nayan Sadhu, was
found in a forested hill area of Khurushkul on 22nd of this month, three days
after he went missing.
GAMES
& SPORTS: -
Indian
shooters continued their dominance on the 7th day, winning one gold and one
bronze medal in the Junior Shooting World Cup in Cairo. Vanshika Chaudhary and Chirag Sharma
won the gold medal in the 10 metre air pistol mixed team event. Mohini Singh
and Himanshu Rana secured the bronze. India is leading the medal tally with
five gold, five silver, and four bronze medals.
Virat Kohli becomes
the first batter in IPL history to reach 800 boundaries, achieving the
milestone against Gujarat Titans at Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium. He also
crosses 300 sixes for a single franchise, marking another record in his IPL
career.
DAS
KAPITAL:
The US
Department of Commerce has announced the preliminary duty on the solar cell and
panel imports from the India. This duty is exceeding the 123%. This move will
be expected to intensify the trade tensions and could significantly impact the
India’s solar export industry. Present USA doesn’t
practice fair business rules.
Indian Share Market: - Was Closed.
Bullions:
*GOLD* : ₹ 15,400/ 01gm (24 krt)
*SILVER* : ₹
2,60,000/KG
Currency Exchange Rates:
*Euro* : ₹107/-*USD*
₹ 92/- *China¥* : ₹ 13/-
OBITUARY:
Veteran Indian hockey player Gurbax Singh Grewal passes
away at 84 after a heart attack. An Olympic bronze medalist from the 1968
Mexico City Games, he later served in Indian Railways and supported grassroots
hockey development in Mumbai.
THE END.
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