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National News
India Lifts ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Final Cup against New Zealand
India faced New Zealand in the final of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup at the Narendra Modi Stadium on 8th March 2026. India reached the final after defeating England in the semifinal, while New Zealand secured their place by beating South Africa.
It might not have been the thriller neutrals wanted, but it was everything India desired. They became the first men’s team to defend the T20 World Cup and the first side to win it at home, after drowning New Zealand in a deluge of runs in front of 100,000 giddy and almost universally blue‑clad supporters.
New Zealand looked forlorn while conceding 255 and wretched when attempting to chase it, and after meandering through much of their innings with defeat already a certainty they were still 96 behind when it ended. They have now reached four World Cup finals of various hues since 2015 and lost them all, plus the Champions Trophy last year to boot.
Final: India, 255-5, beat NZ, 159, by 96 runs
Samson’s 89 leads way before Bumrah takes four for 15
Source: The Guardian, March 8, 2026
Delhi Gets India’s First Ring Metro
Delhi inaugurated India’s first operational Ring Metro after completing a new section of the Pink Line. The project includes an extension of 12.3 km with eight stations and a new bridge over the Yamuna River. The development is expected to improve connectivity, reduce traffic congestion, and promote public transport in the capital. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for development projects worth around Rs 33,500 crore in the national capital. The projects include new metro corridors, housing redevelopment and major infrastructure upgrades aimed at improving connectivity and urban infrastructure in Delhi.
Source: The Times of India, March 8, 2026
LPG price hike: Domestic cooking gas cost up by Rs 60 a cylinder
Domestic cooking gas will cost Rs 60 more per cylinder from Saturday while commercial LPG price rose by Rs 114.5, amid pressure on global energy markets and rising costs due to the West Asia conflict
The 14.2-kg domestic LPG cylinder now costs Rs 913 in the capital.
Officials said there will be no revision in the retail price of petrol and diesel, as oil marketing companies (OMCs) have enough cushion to absorb the rise in global crude prices.
Source: The Times of India, March 8, 2026
India's tech state Karnataka bans social media for children under 16
The southern Indian state of Karnataka, home to the tech hub of Bengaluru, banned the use of social media by those under the age of 16 on Friday, becoming the first in India to join global calls for more scrutiny of minors' digital usage.
Concerns surrounding children's growing social media addiction and exposure to unrestricted internet access have fired up a global debate, prompting Australia to become the first country to ban social media for children in December. Britain, Denmark and Greece are also studying the issue and similar considerations are taking shape elsewhere in India, one of the world's largest social media markets.
Source: Reuters, March 6, 2026
India, Canada aim for trade pact by year-end, strike uranium deal
India and Canada will aim to conclude a free trade pact by the end of this year, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday during his first visit to New Delhi, as the two countries seek to move past years of diplomatic friction to get economic ties back on track. New Delhi and Ottawa hope to increase bilateral trade to $50 billion by 2030, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during a joint media appearance with Carney, from nearly $9 billion in 2025-26.
Source: Reuters, March 2, 2026
Regional News
(Kolkata and West Bengal)
Mamata Banerjee Holds Dharna in Kolkata
Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, held a sit-in protest (dharna) in Kolkata against alleged deletion of voters’ names during the revision of the electoral rolls. She accused political opponents of trying to remove legitimate voters before the upcoming elections
Source: Economic Times, March 8, 2026
Rumours About ‘Chicken’s Neck’ Union Territory Declared Fake
The Indian government clarified that social media claims about turning the Siliguri Corridor (“Chicken’s Neck”) into a Union Territory are false. The corridor is a strategic region connecting mainland India to the Northeast, and officials urged people not to believe misinformation online.
Source: Times of India, March 8, 2026
West Bengal Assembly Election Preparations Begin
Political activity is increasing ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections. The state has 294 seats and a majority mark of 148, and parties have started preparing campaigns and strategies for the upcoming polls. The West Bengal Legislative Assembly has a strength of 294. It has a majority mark of 148. At present, Mamata Banerjee-led TMC enjoys a comfortable majority in the House, with 215 MLAs.
Source: India Tv News, March 6, 2026
International News
Iran accused of attacks in the UAE and Bahrain, while Tehran blanketed by smoke from Israeli strikes
Israel on
Sunday struck southern Lebanon, Beirut and an oil storage facility in Tehran as
the war in the Middle East keeps escalating, and Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu promised “many surprises” for the next phase of the conflict. Iran
also hit a desalination plant in Bahrain. Earlier Sunday, Iran’s Foreign
Minister Abbas Araghchi said a U.S. airstrike damaged an Iranian desalination
plant on Qeshm Island, warning that in doing so “the U.S. set this precedent,
not Iran.” Such infrastructure is critical for drinking water supplies in the
parched deserts of the Gulf. An Israeli attack on an oil storage facility in
Tehran sent up pillars of fire that could be seen in Associated Press video as
a glow against the Saturday night sky. It appeared to be the first time a civil
industrial facility has been targeted in the war.
Source: AP
News, March 8, 2026
Iran war inflation shock could wreck global economic recovery
An
inflation shock triggered by the US-Israel attack on Iran could wreck a fragile
global economic recovery that had been expected to gain momentum this year.
With oil
and gas prices spiking, despite a pledge from Donald Trump to protect tankers
making their way through the crucial strait of Hormuz shipping chokepoint,
central bankers and economists have warned that a prolonged conflict could
increase retail prices around the world and force them to rip up growth
forecasts for this year.
Source: The
Guardian, March 8, 2026
Global bond markets tumble on inflation fears
LONDON,
March 6 - Global government bond markets were headed for one of their worst
weekly losses in months, on concerns that war in the Middle East will renew
upward pressure on inflation and force more hawkish pivots from central banks.
Crude oil
was set on Friday for its strongest weekly gain since the extreme volatility
of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020, as conflict halted shipping and energy
exports through the vital Strait of Hormuz.
Some German
bonds posted their largest yield increases in almost three years and some U.S.
short-term debt was on track for its worst week since the Liberation Day tariff
turmoil.
"Energy
price inflation is generally shorter term in nature. But that's going to hit
headline inflation hard," said Thomas Urano, co-chief investment officer
at Sage Advisory in Austin.
Two-year
government bonds, the most sensitive to shifting rate expectations, have taken
the brunt of the selloff, remaining weak even after news that the U.S. economy
unexpectedly shed jobs last month.
Source: Reuters, March 6, 2026
Scientists Create Biodegradable Plastic from Milk
The
research was conducted by scientists at Flinders University in Australia, in
collaboration with international researchers. The study was published in the
scientific journal Polymers.
In
a recent study published in Polymers, researchers created a thin, flexible film
using calcium caseinate, a commercially available form of casein, the primary
protein found in milk. They blended it with modified starch and bentonite nano
clay, then added glycerol and polyvinyl alcohol to improve durability and
flexibility. The goal was to produce a material that performs like conventional
plastic while being far more environmentally friendly.
The
scientists created the plastic-like material using natural ingredients:
· * Calcium
caseinate – a protein derived from milk (casein)
· * Modified
starch
· * Bentonite
nano clay (volcanic clay)
· * Glycerol and polyvinyl alcohol to improve flexibility and strength
Source:
ScienceDaily, February 28, 2026
Climate change and geopolitics threaten water supplies
The United Nations warned in January that the world faces imminent water ‘bankruptcy’. Overuse, pollution and climate change are threatening water systems; many will not return to their historical levels. Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are melting at a rapid rate, for instance. This affects the seasonal volumes of melt water entering the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra river systems as well as the dynamics of monsoons in South Asia.
Source: Earth.Org, March 6, 2026
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