US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that Iran’s new leadership had sought a ceasefire, but said Washington would consider it only if the Strait of Hormuz is “open, free, and clear", warning that military action would continue until then.

Trump, in a post on TruthSocial, said: "Iran’s New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE!

US-based IT firm Oracle has laid off thousands of employees globally, even as it continues to post strong revenue growth. The job cuts come as the company spends heavily on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and large data centre projects, putting pressure on its cash flow.

On Tuesday, the company laid off around 2,500 employees in India, with another round of job cuts expected within a month.

What is your "deep-rooted agenda", an irate Supreme Court asked a petitioner on Wednesday while dismissing his plea related to the preliminary investigation report on the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad last June.

A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi also refused to accept the petitioner's contention that authorities be directed to treat his plea as a representation.

A bill seeking to recognise Amaravati as the sole and permanent capital of Andhra Pradesh was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, with the Congress, the BJP as well as the TDP expressing support for it.

The bill, which will scuttle any future bid to alter the decision of making Amaravati the sole and permanent capital, was passed in the Lok Sabha by a voice vote.

Prices of commercial LPG were hiked by ₹195.50 on Wednesday, on back of surge in global oil prices linked to the widening West Asia conflict.

A 19-kg commercial LPG now costs ₹2,078.50 in Delhi, according to state-owned oil companies.

Rates were last increased by ₹114.5 per 19-kg cylinder on March 1.

Asian shares were sharply higher Wednesday after US stocks soared to their best day since last spring on renewed hopes that the Iran war could soon end.

South Korea's Kospi surged 5.2 per cent to 5,312.45 in early trading, while Tokyo's Nikkei 225 rose 3.5 per cent to 52,840.67.

Lauding "enormous accomplishments" in the war against Iran, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday evening that the joint Israel-US campaign was "systematically crushing" the Islamic regime while removing existential threats to the Jewish state.

Addressing the nation in Hebrew ahead of the Jewish festival of Pesach (Passover), Netanyahu stressed that "sooner or later" the Iranian regime will fall, while Israel creates "new alliances with important countries in the region" against the shared threat emanating from Tehran.

At least eight women were killed in a stampede at a temple in Bihar's Nalanda district on Tuesday, Police said.

The incident took place due to a heavy rush of devotees at the Shitala Mata temple on Tuesday morning, a senior officer said.

US President Donald Trump on Monday renewed his attack on birthright citizenship, saying the constitutional provision was meant for the “BABIES OF SLAVES” and not for children of wealthy foreigners.

“Birthright Citizenship is not about rich people from China, and the rest of the World, who want their children, and hundreds of thousands more, FOR PAY, to ridiculously become citizens of the United States of America. It is about the BABIES OF SLAVES!”, Trump wrote in a post on his social media platform Truth Social

IndiGo has appointed former British ​Airways ​chief William ‌Walsh as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the airline said on Tuesday.

Walsh is currently the Director General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). His tenure at the global aviation body will end on July 31, and he is expected to join IndiGo no later than August 3.

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