As the US-Israel war on Iran deepens and tensions continue to disrupt the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical energy and fertiliser shipping routes, anxiety and fear is quietly spreading across India’s farm belt.
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According to local authorities and humanitarian agencies, nearly 71,000 people remain in Tyre and nearby towns, many now at risk of being cut off from essential supplies as the Qasmiyeh crossing and other routes come under repeated attack.
At a time when militarisation is intensifying, public discourse is increasingly soaked in nationalism, and the spectre of conflict looms from West Asia to South Asia, the Pakistan India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) convened a cross-border webinar titled “Counting the Costs of Conflicts — Why Peace Matters”.
While the US, Israel and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, the truce does not extend to Lebanon, where Israel continues to pound civilian areas. The strikes have killed over 1,500 people, displaced nearly 1.2 million, and pushed the whole country to the brink of collapse.
The blast, which occurred around 1.30 am on Monday, hit a residential house in Tronglaobi Awang Leikai, a vulnerable settlement lying close to the heavily guarded "buffer zone" that separates the Meitei-majority valley districts from the Kuki-Zo-dominated hill areas of Churachandpur.
At a time when Assam’s political climate is deeply polarised, Chowdhury’s candidature has come to embody a larger generational question: can a young woman, entering politics barely weeks before polling, shift the conversation away from fault lines of identity politics?
Shortages triggered by West Asia tensions and disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz push small LPG cylinders out of reach, forcing Delhi’s most vulnerable to fall back on unsafe and unsustainable alternatives.
Kuki-Zo leaders meet CM Yumnam Khemchand Singh in Guwahati for an “ice-breaking” dialogue, even as protests and violence underscore the fragility of peace efforts.
A high-budget tennis-ball league promises opportunity to small-town players, but its mix of religion, identity, and sport raises deeper questions about what cricket in India is being asked to represent.
Long queues, rising black-market prices and shrinking meals mark the capital’s unfolding cooking gas crisis.
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