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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
TopicLA wildfire

Topic: LA wildfire

New wildfire breaks out in Los Angeles, forces evacuation of over 31,000

Fuelled by strong winds & dry brush, the Hughes fire, the third this season, grew to two-thirds the size of the Eaton Fire, one of the two monster conflagrations to ravage the LA area.

Fact check: Indian-origin man didn’t start fire in LA. Fake videos are viral on social media

An official statement by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) corroborated news reports that identified the apprehended individual as a Mexican citizen, Juan Manuel Sierra.

‘West does have a plan for climate change. Catastrophe,’ says Amitav Ghosh

Amitav Ghosh gave a talk at the 41st CD Deshmukh Memorial Lecture at IIC, titled ‘Time of Monsters, Time of Possibilities: Reflections on an Interstitial Era’.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.