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It’s the weekend and a big one for cricket fans who are keenly awaiting the India vs. New Zealand T20 finals tomorrow.
As for today, New Delhi is hosting hundreds of diplomats and geopolitical experts for the third and final day of the Raisina Dialogue 2026. The conference is billed as India’s foremost geopolitics forum, and it coincides with an escalating US-Israel war on Iran.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh was present at the conference for a last-minute panel. There, he likened the war to a “TV reality show,” saying the US was negotiating one minute and “carpet bombing” Iran the next.
In India, conversations about the war among friends and family revolve around concerns regarding Indian nationals stranded in the Middle East. Plus, thefate of oil and cooking gas prices is also a big one.
Stick with us as we bring you the day’s biggest headlines and break down what Indians are talking about.