Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday announced a ceasefire in the Ukraine war due to the Christian festival Easter. This ceasefire will start from Saturday evening and will last till Sunday midnight. According to media reports, Putin, while talking to Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov, said that Russia announces an Easter ceasefire from today Saturday evening to Sunday midnight. Russia has made this announcement at a time when recently US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had made a peace proposal to end the war during his Paris visit. America said that this proposal has been praised by all parties. Let us tell you that Easter is the most important religious festival of Christians. According to Christian religious beliefs, Jesus was resurrected on the third day after being crucified. Christians celebrate it as Easter Day or Easter Sunday. This day comes two days after Good Friday. Also read this news related to international affairs… PM Modi will arrive on Saudi tour on 22 April, Crown Prince Salman had invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Saudi Arabia on 22-23 April on the invitation of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman. This will be PM Modi’s first Saudi visit in his third term. Earlier, he has visited the Saudi Kingdom twice in 2016 and 2019. Mohammed bin Salman visited India to attend the G-20 summit in 2023. India and Saudi Arabia have very good relations. As strategic partners, both countries work together on issues such as political, defense, security, trade, investment, energy, technology, health, education and culture. The Ministry of External Affairs said that in the last decade, India’s relations with Saudi Arabia have developed as a strong and lasting partner. Investment commitments between the two countries are increasing and mutual cooperation in the defense sector is expanding. Elon Musk will visit India this year, said- It was an honour to talk to PM Modi Tesla owner and billionaire Elon Musk will visit India this year. Retweeting PM Modi’s tweet in a post on X, he said that ‘It was an honour to talk to PM Modi. I am excited to visit India later this year!’ Musk was responding to PM Modi’s post on X on April 18. Earlier, PM Modi posted- Discussed many issues with Elon Musk, including the issues during our meeting in Washington DC earlier this year. We discussed the possibilities of cooperation in the fields of technology and innovation. India is committed to furthering its partnership with the US in these areas. 21-year-old Indian student shot dead in Ontario, Canada; Harsimrat Kaur, a 21-year-old student from India who had gone to study in Hamilton city of Ontario, Canada, was shot dead after she came in the firing amid gang war. She was studying at Mohawk College and was standing at a bus stop when she was hit by a bullet in a shootout between gangs. According to the police, Harsimrat accidentally got hit by the bullet. She was taken to the hospital, but she could not be saved. The shootout took place between a black Mercedes SUV and a white car. India’s Consulate in Toronto has expressed grief over the incident and has said that it will provide all possible help to the family. Hindu leader murdered in Bangladesh; kidnapped from home, beaten to death There is news of the murder of a big Hindu leader in Bangladesh. According to media reports, this leader named Bhabesh Chandra Roy (58) was kidnapped from his house on Thursday afternoon and beaten to death. Police said that he was a resident of Basudevpur village in Dinajpur, some 330 km from Dhaka. His body was found at 10 pm on Thursday. He was the vice-president of a unit of Bangladesh Puja Udyapan Parishad. He had a big hold in the Hindu community of the area. Police is investigating the matter. Read the full news here… Security forces kill four terrorists in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Security forces killed four terrorists of a terrorist organization called Fitna-al Khawarij in Swat area of ??Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), this action was taken on Friday based on an intelligence information. ISPR said that after receiving information about the presence of terrorists, the security forces targeted their hideout and took action, in which four terrorists were killed. Weapons and explosive material were also recovered from the spot. The killed terrorists were involved in many violent activities in the area. Earlier, on Wednesday, security forces killed four terrorists in another intelligence operation in Maddi area of ??Dera Ismail Khan district. According to a report by ARY News, 152 people, including policemen, security forces personnel and civilians, were killed in terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in the first quarter of 2025. 74 people killed, more than 100 injured in US air strike on Houthi rebels 74 people have died and more than 100 have been injured in the US air strike on Yemen’s Houthi rebels. This air strike took place on an oil port Ras Eisa. US Central Command has confirmed this strike, although they have not given the exact number of those killed. The deaths in this attack may be the deadliest air action ever taken by the US on the Houthi rebels, which has been done under the new campaign launched by US President Donald Trump from March 15. The aim of this campaign is to weaken the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group, which has attacked several US ships passing through the Red Sea since the Israel-Hamas war began in October 2023. According to the Associated Press report, the Houthi rebels’ Al-Masirah satellite news channel released a graphic video of the aftermath of the attack, in which bodies can be seen scattered at the scene.
