President Donald Trump claimed Iran has made key concessions in negotiations with the US and that a deal to end the war — which has left thousands dead and rattled energy markets — could be announced “fairly soon.”

The US president said it may be unnecessary to renew a two-week ceasefire with the Islamic Republic before it expires next week, defying expectations that an extension will be needed to allow more time for diplomacy.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday pulled out ₹2.00031 trillion transient liquidity from the banking system through a seven-day variable rate reverse repo (VRRR) auction.

The central bank had received higher bids worth ₹2.28098 trillion than the notified amount of ₹2 trillion in the auction.

The Supreme Court on Friday said rampant illegal riverbed sand mining has created an "environmental crisis" and wreaked "havoc" in the National Chambal Gharial Sanctuary, causing a grave risk to the gharial (long-snouted crocodile) preservation project.

Slamming the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh for their utter failure in dealing with the issue.

A SpiceJet aircraft collided with a stationary Akasa Air plane while taxiing at Delhi airport on Thursday afternoon, causing minor damage to both aircraft. No injuries were reported.

The incident occurred at around 2:15 pm when the SpiceJet aircraft, arriving from Leh, was moving towards its gate and made contact with the Akasa Air plane, which was preparing for departure to Hyderabad.

US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran has agreed to hand over its enriched uranium stockpile, signalling that both countries are “close” to reaching a peace deal.

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said Iran had agreed to hand over what he described as “nuclear dust”, his term for highly enriched uranium that the US believes could be used to build nuclear weapons.

The Congress on Thursday said the true intent of the bills being brought by the government in the garb of implementing women's quota law is mischievous and they have to be rejected completely in their present shape and form.

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the three bills are being taken up in Lok Sabha and the packaging and marketing is women's reservation but the fundamentals have to do with delimitation.

Hours before the convening of a special Parliament sitting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India was set to take a "historic step" towards women's empowerment.

"Starting today, in the special session of Parliament, our country is all set to take a historic step towards women's empowerment. The respect for our mothers and sisters is the respect for the nation, and with this very spirit, we are moving forward resolutely in this direction," the PM posted on X.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed condolences over the road accident in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district that claimed eight lives, and announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for the victims' families.

"The mishap in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh is deeply painful. I extend my condolences to those who have lost their loved ones and pray for the speedy recovery of the injured," the Prime Minister's Office posted on X.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday burnt a copy of the delimitation bill and dubbed it a "black law" and alleged it seeks to make the Tamil people "refugees" in their own land.

Stalin hoisted a black flag and burnt a copy of the bill on delimitation circulated by the union government and raised slogans condemning the move, hours before the Parliament was to sit for a special session.

The United States and Iran have agreed “in principle” to extend their week-old ceasefire, even as tensions intensified over Washington’s blockade of Iranian ports and fresh threats from Tehran, Associated Press (AP) reported on Wednesday, citing officials.

According to the report, officials familiar with the mediation efforts said both sides were making progress and appeared willing to prolong the truce to create space for continued diplomatic engagement.

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