NewsFeed Video shows the moment Iran’s military ordered an Indian ship to abort its passage of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran says it has closed the Strait again, calling the decision a response to a continued blockade of its ports by the United States. Published On 18 Apr 202618 Apr 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link
MUMBAI: India said it had called in the Iranian envoy to New Delhi and flagged its “deep concern” over the attack on two Indian-flagged ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday (Apr 18). One of the vessels attacked was identified as the Sanmar Herald, an Indian government source said. The crew on board and the vessel were safe, the source said. India’s top foreign ministry official asked the Iranian ambassador to convey India’s view to Iranian authorities and resume at the earliest the process of facilitating India-bound ships across the Strait, a statement from the ministry said. The ambassador said he would convey these views to Iranian authorities, the statement said. IRAN REVERSES DECISION On Saturday, Iran reversed its decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and fired on tankers attempting to pass through the waterway on Saturday (Apr 18). It also warned that it would continue to block transit through the strait as long as the US blockade of Iranian ports remains in effect. Iran’s joint military command said on Saturday …
NEW DELHI, April 17 (Reuters) – Indian oil refiners are doing their best to line-up oil cargoes to meet local demand, an Indian government official said on Friday, after the United States decided not to extend a waiver from sanctions on crude purchases from Russia and Iran. The U.S. waiver for sanctioned Russian oil purchases expired on April 11 and the exemption on Iranian oil is due to end on April 19. (Reporting by Nidhi Verma, writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by YP Rajesh) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters. Photos You Should See – April 2026 Source link
NewsFeed Police have scaled up enforcement in the Indian city of Noida as a factory workers’ protest turns violent for the fourth consecutive day, amid global cost-of-living pressures linked to the US-Israeli war on Iran. Published On 13 Apr 202613 Apr 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link
Bhosle recorded more than 12,000 songs in multiple Indian languages over a seven-decade career. Published On 12 Apr 202612 Apr 2026 Legendary Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle, whose voice defined Bollywood music through the 1970s and 80s, died in Mumbai aged 92, her family says. The two-time Grammy nominee died on Sunday at the Breach Candy Hospital, where she had been admitted for “extreme exhaustion” and a chest infection. Recommended Stories list of 2 itemsend of list “My mother passed away today. Her last rites will be held tomorrow at Shivaji Park in Mumbai,” her son Anand Bhosle told reporters on Sunday. Bhosle recorded more than 12,000 songs in multiple Indian languages over a seven-decade career. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was “deeply saddened” by her death. In a post on X, Indian President Droupadi Murmu said her death is “an irreparable loss to music lovers”. Born on September 8, 1933, to a musical family, Bhosle began singing as a child alongside her elder sister, Lata Mangeshkar, after their father’s death. Often compared with …
BENGALURU, April 6 : Top Indian information technology firms are set to report another lacklustre quarter, with revenue and profit seen rising around 10 per cent year-on-year largely on a weaker rupee rather than underlying growth, seven brokerages said. Uncertainties due to wars, weak discretionary spending and concerns around artificial intelligence will keep weighing on client budgets, making the revenue forecast for the next fiscal year a key focus for investors, they added. Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, HCLTech and other software services exporters are due to report fourth quarter results starting April 9. “We expect limited deal win surprises, patchy ex-BFSI growth and slow start to (the first half of 2027) on macro/gen AI uncertainty,” Ambit Capital analysts said in a preview note. The Indian rupee fell 4 per cent against the U.S. dollar during the March quarter, and slid to record low levels. Software services companies typically benefit as they bill in foreign currencies while incurring most costs in rupees, inflating profits when dollar revenues are converted. The $315 billion sector, employing about 5.9 …
A painting by Raja Ravi Varma has set a new auction record for the work of an Indian artist, signaling continued strength at the top end of the market. Yashoda and Krishna (ca. 1890s) sold for $17.9 million at Saffronart in Delhi on April 1, surpassing the previous benchmark for Indian painting at auction, held by M.F. Husain’s Untitled (Gram Yatra), which sold for $13.8 million at Christie’s New York last year and was purchased by ARTnews Top 200 Collector Kiran Nadar. The result also comfortably eclipses Varma’s prior record of $4.5 million, set in 2023 Related Articles The buyer was pharmaceutical billionaire Cyrus Poonawalla, founder of the Serum Institute of India, according to Artsy. Characterizing Varma as “indisputably remains the most influential pioneer of early modern Indian art,” Saffronart called Yashoda and Krishna “one of the artist’s most accomplished works,” in its lot description. “In this painting,” the essay continues, “he interprets the universally resonant theme of maternal love through the mythological figures of the infant Lord Krishna and his foster mother Yashoda, a subject strongly embedded in Indian …
The findings were submitted to the state coroner for a coroner’s inquiry, which establishes the cause and circumstances of a death. “The state coroner considered all evidence, including the SPF’s investigation findings, and ruled the death of Mr Zubeen Garg as an accidental drowning on Mar 25, 2026, with no evidence of foul play, consistent with what SPF had found through our investigations,” the police said. “The coroner also found no evidence to suggest that Mr Zubeen Garg’s death was caused by an anaphylactic reaction to medications, substances, food or drinks.” SPF said in October that it did not suspect foul play in Mr Garg’s death and reiterated this in December. Directly addressing a concern raised by Mr Garg’s widow about this finding, State Coroner Adam Nakhoda said in his ruling that the police had carried out a comprehensive investigation. He said that Mr Garg’s death was “simply due to an unfortunate and tragic accidental drowning” and that no one had forced, coerced or pushed him into the water. There was also no evidence that …
Summary Mimamsa philosophy interprets early Vedas to define ritual duties (dharma), not to describe ultimate reality. The connection between words and their meanings is considered eternal and inherent, not based on human convention. Vedic language prescribes action and creates duties rather than simply describing the world as it is. Mimamsa’s ideas on language surprisingly resonate with the modern Western philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Show more The humble quest of Mīmāṃsā thinkers consisted in seeking the right interpretation of the early Vedas, rather than the true description of reality or salvation. This means they did not waste much time on quarreling with peers who adhered to other schools of Indian philosophy, or darśanas. Mīmāṃsā became famous for its philosophy of language, in which a word’s meaning is inherent, while the connection between words and objects is eternal. This is a direct parallel to contemporary semantic realism in the Western philosophy of language. Moreover, to determine the proper way to perform Vedic rituals, prompted Mīmāṃsā thinkers to establish a codifiable set of actions prescribed as duties that may resonate with some of the pinnacles …
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services finally followed through on a plan it first outlined for several of its top officials nearly a year ago: It reassigned them to positions in the Indian Health Service. Many of the officials who were sent the reassignments—a group that includes at least half a dozen top-ranking employees at the National Institutes of Health, the CDC, and other agencies—have been on administrative leave since last spring, when they were abruptly ousted from their roles without explanation, or any indication of how long their hiatus might last. So they were shocked last week when, with no preamble, they received phone calls, then a letter, informing them of their new role, and an April 8 deadline to decline or accept. In most or all cases, accepting these new roles would represent a major career shake-up and force a move across the country: Many senior HHS officials are based in Maryland—where the FDA and the NIH are located—or near Atlanta, where the CDC is headquartered; the recent letters lay …
