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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicIsrael-Iran conflict

Topic: Israel-Iran conflict

India seeks safe passage for 6 LPG tankers through Strait of Hormuz amid conflict

Six vessels carrying 270,000 tonnes of cooking gas are top priority for New Delhi as Hormuz disruption strains supplies. India has more than 22 ships stranded in the Gulf region.

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

Govt allows commercial use of biomass, kerosene, coal to ease LPG pressure amid West Asia conflict

States asked to permit alternate fuels for hospitality sector for a month as Centre steps up kerosene and coal supply.

India’s response to US-Israel war on Iran isn’t muted. Just read what SCO said on Khamenei killing

A close reading of the official statements made by India’s MEA, ASEAN, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and Turkiye suggests that our reticence is not exactly an outlier.

I&B’s TRP freeze can’t stop Indian news channels beating war drums—it’s ‘khooni takkar’

Despite BARC halting TRP reporting, Hindi and English news channels are still painting the Iran war red with music and drums.

Can Pakistan stay neutral on Iran? Saudi Arabia holds the purse strings

Security of Saudi Arabia is something that Pakistani armed forces have committed themselves to for a long time, even before the September 2025 agreement.

Aggressor’s remorse & half-laid plans of mice and men often go awry

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Amid the new war in Middle East, ‘God’ surfaces in oil and commodities contracts

Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.

Queues, price hikes and shortages as Asia battles fuel crunch

Stock for power distributors and refineries began to falter in the middle of the week leaving multiple countries, including China, to cut back.

Iran president says Tehran has no intention of hitting neighbours

The country’s military has been instructed ‘not to attack or launch missiles at neighboring countries unless attacked from there’, though no ease in strikes has yet been seen.

On Camera

SC decision on menstrual leave is feminist. Rani of Jhansi didn’t use period as an excuse

Women officers in the forces routinely manage the physiological realities of menstruation. Making menstrual leave mandatory would be two steps backwards for them.

India-US trade deal to be signed after Trump administration decides new global ‘tariff architecture’

New Delhi is examining the legal implications of the latest set of American investigations into Indian exports under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974, it is learnt.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.