Month: April 2026

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has warned that the US–Iran war has dealt a serious blow to Pakistan’s economic gains, with the country’s weekly oil‑import bill more than doubling from $300 million to about $800 million since the conflict began in February 2026. Speaking during a cabinet meeting in Islamabad, Sharif described the surge in fuel

The Iran–Israel–US war remains in a tense, high‑stakes phase on April 30, 2026, with the US‑led blockade of Iranian ports, Iran’s tightened closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and continuing strikes in Lebanon keeping the region on edge and oil prices elevated. American, Israeli and Iranian officials are publicly trading hard‑line statements even as modest

Exit polls for the 2026 Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry have begun to roll in, offering early‑stage seat‑share sketches before the official results on May 4. Broadly, the “poll‑of‑polls” and individual surveys point to a strong BJP‑led edge in Bengal and Assam, a Congress‑led UDF comeback in Kerala,

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured a sweeping victory in Gujarat’s 2026 local body elections, winning all 15 municipal corporations across the state including major urban centres such as Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and Gandhinagar. The result marks the party’s biggest mandate in civic‑body polls so far, underscoring its continued dominance in the

The TS SSC (10th Class) results for 2026 have been declared by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Telangana, with the marks memo going live on April 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM on the official portal. Nearly 5.3 lakh students, including over 2.6 lakh boys and 2.5 lakh girls, appeared in the Class 10 public exams conducted

The United Arab Emirates’ unexpected exit from OPEC and OPEC+ effective May 1, 2026, is reshaping the global oil order just as the Iran war and a blockaded Strait of Hormuz keep crude prices elevated and supply tight. The UAE—one of OPEC’s largest and most flexible producers—says it will now manage its own output targets

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has issued a blunt warning to automakers at the Busworld India 2026 summit: petrol and diesel have no future in India’s public transport ecosystem, and companies that fail to adapt risk being left behind. Speaking directly to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), Gadkari emphasized that India’s heavy dependence

The daily “Quote of the Day” on LiveMint features a now‑famous line by British physicist Stephen Hawking: “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” This aphorism has been widely circulated in speeches, opinion pieces, and workplace‑inspiration posts, especially in the age of AI‑driven disruption, automation, and fast‑shifting job markets, where the capacity to learn, unlearn,

Clerical Authority Gives Way to Military Command Iran’s internal power structure is undergoing a significant transformation, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) emerging as the dominant force in governance and strategy amid the ongoing war. According to recent assessments, the traditional clerical leadership model—once centred around the Supreme Leader—has