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Islamic militants kill 11 people, burn homes in late-night attack in Nigeria

It was the latest violence in Africa's most populous country, which has long been battling a complex security crisis. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/qWHbJQG

Chemical leak at U.S. plant kills two, sends 19 more to hospital: Officials

A chemical gas reaction occurred at the plant involving nitric acid and another substance, an official said from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/rAXVpQh

LPG ships from Gulf idle after unloading; foreign ships bringing U.S. cargoes

Nine Indian-flagged LPG carriers—Shivalik, Nanda Devi, BW Elm, BW Tyr, Pine Gas, Jag Vasant, Jag Vikram, Green Sanvi and Green Asha—have been moved out of the Gulf from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/QNwz14x

Gartner forecasts global tech spending to grow 13.5% in 2026, totalling $6.31 trillion

IT services, including application implementation and managed services, infrastructure implementation and managed services and IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), are forecast to see the largest overall spending, surpassing $1.87 billion in 2026 from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/kDSiBP7

SBI seeks review of SC verdict that 'spectrum' does not count as an asset in IBC proceedings

The court had held that the mere grant of spectrum under a licence did not mean a complete transfer of a finite natural resource from the Union government to a TSP from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/H0sxCop

Trump extends ceasefire until Iranian proposal is submitted, talks are over

The U.S. President ⁠said he was acting at the request of ​Pakistan to ‌hold off attacks until Iranian leaders and representatives could come ‌up with what ​he called a unified proposal from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Cd7xfQb

Iran to restart domestic flights; charts phased airspace reopening

Iranian government sources told The Hindu that they plan to first reallow overflight operations that will bring a huge respite to all international airlines connecting Europe with Asia, including Indian carriers from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/7lw8eYn

India’s March oil imports dip on West Asia war, Russian volumes hit record high: data

Due to lower ​imports from the region, the share of OPEC’s oil in India’s overall imports declined to the lowest ever of 29% from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/7h8wGWc

U.S. Labour Secretary resigns amid misconduct probe

Her departure ‌makes her the third to leave U.S. ‌President ⁠Donald Trump’s cabinet in recent weeks from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/nhR83PH

Tim Cook to step down as Apple CEO as hardware chief John Ternus takes over

Mr. Cook, who has led Apple since 2011, will become the company’s ‌executive chairman from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/LvU5x0d

Doval’s Riyadh visit on PM’s instructions, part of government outreach to Gulf: MEA

In a statement, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the talks between the Saudi Foreign Minister and Mr. Doval had reviewed areas of India-Saudi cooperation, “alongside a discussion of the latest developments in the regional situation and an exchange of viewpoints regarding it”. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/4R8cbvi

Iran-Israel war live: Iran accuses U.S. of ceasefire breach, vows to 'soon respond' after U.S. destroyer hits cargo ship

Iran is not currently planning to attend talks with the United States on Monday from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/6hYjAyq

Canada PM Carney calls U.S. economic ties a ‘weakness’ that needs correction

Mark Carney said tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump have affected workers in the auto and steel industries from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/2zJSbnX

Lessons from Hungary’s vote and Orbán’s defeat

Hungarians have defeated a national autocrat and challenged a broader illiberal international alliance from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/JNjQ3Rg

Mass shooting in Kyiv leaves 6 dead before police kill gunman

The mass shooting — unheard of in wartime Kyiv — took place in a busy central district of the city from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/gm3GD7Z

Iran fully closes Strait of Hormuz over U.S. blockade

Iran's Revolutionary Guard navy warned vessels not to move from their anchorage in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, as “approaching the Strait of Hormuz will be considered as cooperation with the enemy" from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/nlhIdZ6

Trump vs Pope | Two Americans, two paths

The 70-year-old pontiff, leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, has spoken out against the American President over the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, saying that in a world ‘being ravaged by a handful of tyrants’, peace ‘is everyone’s responsibility’ from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/7YwsO0J

India ‘calls in’ Iranian envoy, conveys ‘deep concern’ after two oil tankers prevented from crossing Strait of Hormuz

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) describes the meeting as the Ambassador being “called in”, not “summoned” from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/AtuDbiV

India-flagged vessels start sailing out of Hormuz

Most of these ships are critical to India’s energy needs and are carrying crude oil from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/bn1LaM8

Temporary truce: On U.S.-Israel ceasefire with Iran

The U.S.-Israel ceasefire with Iran must hold across all fronts from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/6sZBugy

10-day ceasefire deal between Israel, Lebanon takes effect

Donald Trump later said he expected Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Aoun to visit the White House "over the next four or five days"; It would be the first time the leaders of Israel and Lebanon have ever met. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Xma9OxZ

Trump says Iran deal 'very close,' may go to Pakistan to sign

The U.S. leader praised Pakistan's "really great" Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and powerful army chief Asim Munir for their role in brokering the talks with Iran from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/qj4P31f

Syria says takes over northeast base after international coalition pullout

Syrian army forces "took over the Qasrak air base... after the withdrawal of international coalition forces", said a defence ministry statement carried by state news agency SANA. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/EjSbBvl

Israeli support for Iran attack slumps, shows survey

Data shows that only 57% now hold the view that Netanyahu’s decision to launch the Operation was primarily driven by strategic security-related considerations from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/VHxYbun

Trump posts image of himself with Jesus as administration's Pope criticism continues

High-profile individuals with ties to politics and Catholicism continued to weigh in on the administration’s feud with the Pope. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/bRr0LSm

Winners of The Hindu Best Places to Work Awards 2026

When organisations prioritise their people, results are transformative — there is stronger talent retention, higher productivity, and enhanced innovation from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/32ZpyBV

India to host Foreign Minister-level meetings of BRICS and Quad in May

The confirmation has come days after U.S. Ambassador Sergio Gor said on a social media post that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit India “next month”, i.e. in May from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/e3RarFC

Trump nominates former lawmaker Michelle Steel as U.S. ambassador to South Korea

A senior State Department ​official, Kevin Kim, ‌has been serving as acting ambassador since last October from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/zDm6HXa

IMF, World Bank, IEA urge countries to stop hoarding energy supplies, imposing export controls

IEA Executive Director Birol said earlier that the conflict had triggered the worst global energy disruption ever, with more than 80 ‌oil and gas facilities across West Asia damaged to date. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/EdVrDsK

Hungary for change: On Victor Orban’s ouster

Peter Magyar’s win may reverse hard-right domestic and foreign policies from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/lxsDWzA

Trump deletes Jesus post of himself after outcry

Asked about the post, Mr. Trump denied that he was trying to look like Jesus Christ from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/lFh6mSd

Orban concedes 'painful' defeat to conservative Magyar in Hungary polls

Mr. Magyar, 45, a political newcomer and former government insider, posed on social media that Mr. Orban "just called to congratulate us on our victory" from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ZIhGie3

Elusive deal: On the Iran-U.S. ceasefire talks

U.S. and Iran must continue diplomatic efforts to end the war from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/LKeqayE

Why India’s established elite is afraid of taking risks

The inherited elite, the people who control the most capital and have the most institutional access, are opting out of the riskiest, and most transformational kinds of building from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ulaJ5B6

U.S. warships transit Strait of Hormuz in mine clearance operation

Iran "strongly rejected" Washington's claims that U.S. vessels entered the strait, military spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaghari told state TV from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/wLbnAMQ

Campaign against Iran not over, existential threats removed: Netanyahu

He also claimed major achievemnets on other fronts that posed threat to Israel-Syria, Houthis in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/IMKQ0NL

Centre meets seafood exporters, offers support

The meeting noted that India’s seafood exports have crossed a new milestone, growing from ₹62,000 crore last year to approximately ₹68,000 crore this year, reflecting a net increase of about ₹6,000 crore from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/UwHeB4K

Hezbollah | Ayatollah’s allies in Lebanon

After Israel killed Hassan Nasrallah in September 2024 and launched a ground offensive in Lebanon, many saw Hezbollah weakened; but over the past 40-plus days, the ‘Party of God’ has fired hundreds of rockets and drones, denying an easy victory to the invading Israeli forces from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/RZQP6GW

Trump says U.S. will have Strait of Hormuz 'open fairly soon'

The ​blockade of the ‌strait by Tehran since the start of the Iran war has caused the worst disruption to global energy supplies in history from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/iCcpHJW

Federal court hears new case against Trump's latest global tariffs

The judges intensely questioned lawyers for both the plaintiffs and the government about what certain terms mean, including what precisely the term “balance-of-payments deficits” meant when it was used in the Trade Act of 1974 and what it means today from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/OEp5lJ9

Lebanon says first contact with Israel held ahead of U.S.-brokered talks

from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/0GHFXxw

Firmly oppose the targeting of civilians and infrastructure in West Asia conflict, says Jaishankar

IOR Ministers in Mauritius, for conference overshadowed this year by the US-Israel war with Iran and peace talks from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/vXBtweS

Pakistan prepares for U.S.-Iran talks with anxiety

from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/WCBaGti

Putin declares ceasefire in Ukraine for Orthodox Easter

Russian President Vladimir Putin orders Russian forces to observe a ceasefire starting 4 p.m. (local time) Saturday (April 11, 2026) and lasting until the end of Sunday (April 11, 2026) from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/MHhgrBl

Iran's Supreme Leader says does not seek war in written message

"We did not seek war and we do not want it," Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in the message read out on state TV from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/4rVjR6F

Melania Trump says she never had a relationship with Epstein

First Lady ‌Melania Trump said she ‌had never had ​a relationship with Epstein or his associate ⁠Ghislaine Maxwell, with whom she said ‌she had only a casual correspondence from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/43Q6yaX

At least 4 dead, 38 rescued during attempted channel crossing from France to U.K.

Migrants were carried away by dangerous currents as they were trying to embark on a “taxi-boat” from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/otQjyXp

Amid gas supply constraints, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri to visit Qatar on April 9, 10

Union Minister Hardeep Puri had met Bangaladeshi Foreign Minister earlier this week. from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/gxHW5fC

China denies reports of support to Iran's military during war with U.S.

China's position on the Iran issue is above-board and straightforward. We have always upheld an objective and impartial stance, says Defence Ministry spokesperson Zhang Xiaogang from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/n197aiY

Cabinet Committee hikes HPCL Rajasthan Refinery project cost by 84% to ₹79,459 crore

Hindustan Petroleum would be infusing ₹8,962 crore of additional equity investment. from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/h0L31cY

​A respite: On the two-week U.S.-Iran ceasefire

U.S. should not allow Israel to sabotage the ceasefire with Iran from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/86lE25y

The thermal cost of India’s textile surge

The productivity crisis is no longer a theoretical risk; it is a mechanical and biological reality crippling India’s industrial heartlands from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/OaFbfCN

Cabinet approves two hydro-electric projects in Arunachal Pradesh with a total outlay exceeding ₹40,000 crore

Cabinet approved proposal for construction of two major hydro-power electric projects, that is Kamala Hydro Electric project and the Kalai-II Hydro-electric project. from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/W8wYyn0

U.S. disrupts Russian military-run DNS hijacking network, Justice Department says

U.S. Justice Deartment said that the ‌GRU used routers ​to facilitate hijacking operations against worldwide ⁠targets, including individuals in military, government and critical ‌infrastructure sectors from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/I58r26v

Trump branded ‘crazy’ over apocalyptic Iran threats

Even some former allies have called for the 79-year-old Republican's removal from office after a series of outlandish and sometimes expletive-riddled social media posts from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/2uMlAzH

Government doubles 5-kg LPG cylinder quota to ease supply concerns amid Hormuz tensions

These cylinders are available across-the-counter at LPG distributorships on production of a simple identity card from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/aQbsMK4

Indian refiners postpone maintenance shutdowns to meet local fuel demand, government says

However, Nayara Energy ‌will shut its ​400,000 barrels per day Vadinar refinery for ⁠maintenance from April 9, tightening supply of liquefied ‌petroleum gas in the country, she said from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/pQJsBTm

‘New’ Bangladesh-India ties will avoid ‘mistakes of the past’: Foreign Affairs Adviser Humayun Kobir

The Foreign Affairs Adviser to Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman says the two sides should do more frequent exchanges at the level of political parties and officials to deal with ‘difficult issues’ so that misunderstandings are avoided. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/a8X6DWd

Iran hangs two convicted of links with Israel in pre-war protests: judiciary

The two men were involved in the anti-government protests that peaked in January, the judiciary said from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/YfwuW97

Eight Israelis held after assault on Palestinian village

Violence in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, has risen sharply since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel triggered the Gaza war from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Dv2IfTs

The World Trade Organization is flailing

The WTO’s fourteenth Ministerial Conference has showed up the cracks in the rules-based system from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/9KAgdGr

India-flagged LPG tanker Green Asha crosses Strait of Hormuz

Jag Vikram, carrying 20,000 tonnes of LPG, and three more foreign-flagged vessels cumulatively carrying 87,000 tonnes of LPG are awaiting a safe passage from the strait from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Ug82for

Ro Khanna | Exploring the new middle

The Democratic congressman, who combines points from America First nationalism with the welfarism of the Democratic left, proposes state support for the development of manufacturing and the working class, and calls for moderation in maximalist tech capitalism from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/JhS3ioq

Trump gives Iran 48 hours to make deal or face ‘Hell’

U.S. President Donald Trump's latest threat came after a strike near an Iranian nuclear power plant prompted evacuations, with the Revolutionary Guards saying they hit a commercial ship in Bahrain allegedly linked to Israel from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/50has9n

Two U.S. aircraft shot down as war in Iran escalates; at least one crew member is missing

Separately, Iranian state media said a US. A-10 attack aircraft crashed in the Persian Gulf after being struck by Iranian defence forces from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/msWRQJB

U.S. experts say American strikes on Iran may amount to war crimes

Over 100 international law experts in the U.S., ‌including from ⁠schools like Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and the University ⁠of California, say the conduct of U.S. forces and statements by senior U.S. officials “raise serious concerns about violations of international human rights ​law and international humanitarian law, ‌including potential war crimes” from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/OFmkbqB

PNB officers’ union flags large-scale transfers of Scale IV officers, seeks review

The All India Punjab National Bank Officers’ Association said that 1,142 Scale IV officers, nearly one-fourth of its strength, have been given transfer orders, creating huge disruption from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/7FTVA84

Trump announces destruction of Iran's tallest bridge

Trump posted footage on social media of smoke rising from the B1 bridge in Karaj, around 35 km southwest of Tehran — and warned that there would be further destruction unless Iran comes to the table to end the five-week war from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/2ahUrXP

UN to vote on using 'all defensive means' to secure navigation in Strait of Hormuz

Previous drafts would have authorized countries “to use all necessary means” — UN language including possible military action — to secure passage and deter attempts to interfere with international navigation from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/RDhvWns

France bans planned gathering of Muslims in Paris area, citing security risk

“At the request of the ‌Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, I have issued an order ‌prohibiting the 40th edition of ‌the ⁠Annual Meeting of Muslims of ⁠France, from April 3 to April 6 at the Paris–Le Bourget Exhibition Centre,” the ​Paris Police ‌Chief Patrice Faure said in a post on X from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ceOkuf1

The long and lingering shadow of war

Even after a ceasefire is declared, the effects of violent conflict take years to heal from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/saLlkBQ

7.4-magnitude quake off Indonesia kills one, tsunami warning lifted

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the tremor hit at a shallow depth of 35 kilometres in the Molucca Sea between the Sulawesi and Maluku island groups in the early morning from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/J2kqIMj

Trump says U.S. objectives in Iran ‘nearing completion’

“We ‌are going to hit them extremely ‌hard over ​the next two to three ⁠weeks. We are ‌going to bring them back to the ‌Stone Ages, where they ​belong,” Mr. Trump said. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/fEY83RJ

Trump says Iran president requests ceasfire, Tehran says 'false'

Pezeshkian had said Iran had the "necessary will" for a ceasefire, but only if its foes guaranteed that hostilities would not return from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/2wf35jO