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Iranian President Confirms Khatib’s Killing

March 18, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Mar 18: Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday late evening confirmed the death of Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib, describing it as a “cowardly assassination”, hours after Israel said its forces had killed him in an overnight airstrike on Tehran. Israel’s Defence Minister earlier said Khatib was “eliminated” in strikes on Tuesday night, just […]

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West Asia War: Iran Confirms Assassinations of Larijani, Soleimani, but No Word on Khatib

March 18, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Mar 18: Iran has confirmed the killing in the on-going West Asia war of its security chief Ali Larijani and the head of the Basij forces, Major General Gholamreza Soleimani, However, there was no confirmation from Iran of Israel’s claims of having eliminated Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib. Israel’s Defence Minister […]

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Upping the ante: Now, the US drops 2,200-kg bunker buster bombs on Iran’s missile site

March 18, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Attempting to conclude the expensive war at the earliest, the United States on Wednesday dropped 2,200-kg bunker buster bombs on Iran’s key missile site near the crucial Strait of Hormuz, the chokehold behind the global price rise of crude oil and gas, the media reported. The US military claimed that […]

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Crude oil: Amid demand surge, China-bound Russian tanker diverts towards India

March 18, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Aqua Titan, a Russian crude oil carrier that was bound for China, has taken a U-turn in the South China Sea and is now rushing to reach India on March 21, the media reported on Wednesday. Its move came after New Delhi began doubling down on imports from Moscow. […]

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Roving Periscope: Cycle of violence continues in the Gulf region; Israel ready for a long haul

March 18, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With Iran confirming the killing of its security chief Ali Larijani and Israel saying its ready for a long haul, the ongoing conflict in West Asia continued unabated as Tehran targeted allies of the US amid no clarity on whether America and/or Israel will land their ground troops to tame […]

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Close Trump Aide Quits over Iran War “Drawn into by Israel”

March 17, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Mar 17: In a major setback to the United States President Donald Trump, the director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, announced on Tuesday that he has resigned owing to the ongoing war with Iran. Once a staunch backer of Trump who championed for him and his foreign policies […]

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Roving Periscope: Lonely and unfriended, Trump flummoxed as Arabs push him against Iran

March 17, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: His wild claims, boasts, threats, and requests not working any more anywhere, US President Donald Trump appears bewildered both at home and abroad as none of his frenemies in the West, not even China, are helping him secure the Strait of Hormuz, and the Arab allies are now pushing him […]

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Afghanistan: India condemns Pak’s attack on Kabul rehab centre that killed 400

March 17, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India on Tuesday severely condemned Pakistan over its airstrike on a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul which, the ruling Taliban said, killed more than 400 people and injured over 300 patients on Monday, the media reported. Calling it a “barbaric massacre” and a cowardly and unconscionable act of violence, the […]

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LPG: West Asian war-related shortages pull down gas consumption in India

March 17, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid the raging war in West Asia, causing shortages of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) worldwide, the cooking gas consumption in India has slumped over 17 percent in the first two weeks of March 2026, the media reported on Tuesday. Citing preliminary industry data, the report said the LPG consumption in […]

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Economy: India to remain the world’s fifth-largest economy in FY27

March 17, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India will remain the world’s fifth-largest economy in the fiscal year 2026-27, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India, said on Tuesday. Dr. Nageswaran told a parliamentary panel that India will retain this position mainly on account of base-year revision and exchange rate, the media reported. […]