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Iran conflict LIVE UPDATES: Modi speaks to Macron, Jaishankar to Iranian FM Araghchi

Tensions persist after Israel-US launched what they called a 'preemptive strike' against Iran on 28 February, plunging the region into chaos with Iran striking back. Stay tuned for live updates.

Nepal elections 2026 LIVE UPDATES: Reports of minor disruptions as voter turnout touches 24%

Nepal is voting today to elect a new government, months after the GenZ uprising toppled the K.P. Sharma Oli-led government. Stay tuned for live updates with ThePrint

From streets, GenZ once toppled Nepal govt. They are now fighting battle for reforms up to Parliament

As Nepal election begins 5 March, ThePrint speaks to five prominent faces of the GenZ movement about the shift—and splintering—of youth politics in the country.

Deluge of AI-generated Iran war videos from Pakistan prompts X to change its rules & warn creators

A number of users from Pakistan running accounts mimicking Iranian and Israeli accounts sharing AI generated videos were noted by X’s head of product development Nikita Bier.

Not Patriot air defence system but Kuwaiti F/A-18 shot down 3 American F-15s, says report

A Kuwaiti pilot accidentally launched missiles at the American warplanes, killing none but marking the US' first fixed-wing losses since the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader.

$35K kamikaze drone modelled on Tehran’s own Shahed design—all about LUCAS, deployed by US against Iran

In what CENTCOM called a first, Washington used these one-way attack drones during Operation Epic Fury against Iranian targets.

Iran conflict LIVE UPDATES: ‘We are just getting started, more bombers arriving today,’ says US war secy

Tensions persist after Israel-US launched what they called a 'preemptive strike' against Iran on 28 February, plunging the region into chaos with Iran striking back. Stay tuned for live updates.

Phone taps, traffic cams & an unusual move by Khamenei. How US & Israel took out the ayatollah

Though Israel focused on sabotaging enemy assets & countering proxies among others, the 7 October Hamas attacks changed its stance that the heads of enemy states were off-limits.

US has to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible

American military doesn’t have weeks to do so — only days. The waterway is world’s most important oil chokepoint, transporting about 20% of world’s crude & refined petroleum products.

BJP ‘silence’, Congress criticism on Iran conflict has a whiff of irony. 20 yrs ago, roles were reversed

Congress has accused Modi of 'genuflecting' before Trump, Netanyahu amid current round of conflict. Back in 2005, UPA govt had aligned with the western bloc in voting against Iran at IAEA.

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Nitish’s exit is good for Bihar. It’s the beginning of JD(U)’s end and BJP’s supremacy

The JD(U) may still have 12 members in the Lok Sabha and 85 in the state Assembly, but without Nitish Kumar as its face, the party is confronted with a big leadership vacuum.

India’s deadly surge in tobacco use: 60% urban spike in a decade, 565% gutka boom in rural households

EAC-PM paper finds sharp rise in rural and urban tobacco consumption between 2011-12 and 2023-24, with poorer households hit hardest even as public healthcare spending expands.

Versatile new US missile PrSM that packs twice the punch of older ATACMS debuts in Iran war theatre

US CENTCOM confirms use of Lockheed’s 500 km+ ballistic missile against Iranian missile sites in the high-intensity phase of joint US-Israel operation.

Pakistan is fighting a two-front war. I saw it coming 15 yrs ago

The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.