SC HOLDS THAT CONSENT DEMOLISHES RAPE CHARGE
NEW DELHI,21March 2026 : Drawing a sharp line between criminal culpability and a failed relationship, the Supreme Court has quashed a rape case against a Haryana man, holding that a consensual relationship cannot later be recast as rape merely because the promise of marriage did not materialise. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and K […]
QATAR’S LNG EXPORTS DISRUPTED FOR 5 YEARS: INDIA’S RESTAURANT INDUSTRY HIT
NEW DELHI, 21 March 2026 : The Iranian strikes on its Gulf neighbours have disrupted about 17 per cent of Qatar’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity, causing an estimated $20 billion in lost annual revenue, Saad al-Kaabi, Qatar Energy’s CEO and state minister for energy affairs, said. Those losses have implications ranging from LPG […]
PREMIUM PETROL COSTLIER BY RS 2, NO CHANGE IN NORMAL PETROL PRICE
NEW DELHI,21 March 2026 : Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has increased the price of its premium petrol price by Rs 2 per litre. The revised rates came into effect on Friday itself. Although the state-run petroleum company didn’t specify any reason behind the hike, it is believed that fluctuations in global crude oil prices […]
US Court Divorce On ‘Irretrievable Breakdown’ Not Enforceable In India; SC Grants Relief Under Article 142
New Delhi,19 March 2026 : The Supreme Court has held that a divorce decree granted by a United States court on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage is not enforceable in India where the parties are governed by the Hindu Marriage Act, which does not recognise such a ground. At the same time, the […]
The End of Strategic Patience: A New and Volatile Frontier in the Middle East
Ali Larijani The assassination of Ali Larijani on the night of March 17, 2026, represents far more than the loss of a seasoned statesman; it marks the definitive collapse of the old rules of engagement. By targeting a residential home in Tehran to eliminate the man who had become the primary architect of Iran’s defence […]
RUSSIAN OIL TANKER MEANT FOR CHINA IS NOW HEADING TO INDIA
NEW DELHI,18 March 2026: Russian oil tanker bound for China is now heading to India. The Aqua Titan is set to arrive in New Mangalore on March 21 with its Urals cargo that it loaded from a Baltic Sea port in late January. The Aframax vessel originally signaled the Chinese port of Rizhao as its […]
NOT JUST BENGAL, EC TRANSFERS OFFICERS IN TAMIL NADU, ASSAM
NEW DELHI,18 March 2026 : The Election Commission of India has stepped up administrative changes in election-bound states, not only in West Bengal by removing several district police chiefs in both Assam and Tamil Nadu as part of its efforts to ensure free and fair polls. In Assam, the poll body has removed five district […]
GOVT OF INDIA & CONG CONDEMNS PAK ATTACK ON AFGHAN HOSPITAL AS BARBARISM
NEW DELHI,18 March 2026: India has condemned Pakistan’s airstrikes on a hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul, calling the attack a “barbaric” and “cowardly” act of violence. This came after the Taliban regime accused Pakistan of killing at least 400 people in an airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in the Afghan capital late on […]
HORMUZ SHUTDOWN HITS ASIA’S CRUDE OIL SUPPLY
NEW DELHI,17 March 2026 : An estimated 20 million barrels of oil – a fifth of the world’s seaborne crude – ships through the Strait of Hormuz daily, and nearly half that, i.e., around 8.2 million barrels, is bound for India and China, two countries with vast and energy-hungry populations and economies. India typically collects […]
TRUMP MAY SEND TROOPS TO CAPTURE CROWN JEWEL OF IRAN
NEW DELHI,17 March 2026 : US President Donald Trump is reportedly weighing the possibility of seizing Kharg Island– a scrubby stretch of land in the Gulf that handles almost all of Iran’s crude exports– amid a growing energy crisis due to war in the Middle East. Trump may order the seizure of Iran’s critical oil […]
