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PM Modi may meet Trump on margins of G7 summit

1 min readUpdated: Jun 19, 2026 07:53 AM IST US President Donald Trump said he expects a ceasefire on all fronts in West Asia following the interim agreement with Iran. (Image via TruthSocial: @realDonaldTrump)After signing the interim deal with Iran, US President Trump has called for a ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon, Hezbollah, and Israel. He called for all countries in the Middle East region to remain committed to allow the negotiations unfold. Pointing out the dropping oil prices, Trump said that the global markets are “loving what is happening”. The Express Global Desk at indianexpress.com which delivers authoritative, verified, and context-driven coverage of key international developments shaping global politics, policy, and migration trends. The desk focuses on stories with direct relevance for Indian and global audiences, combining breaking news with in-depth explainers and analysis. A major focus area of the desk is US immigration and visa policy, including developments related to student visas, work permits, permanent residency pathways, executive actions, and court rulings. The Global Desk also closely tracks Canada’s immigration, visa, and study policies, covering changes to study permits, post-study work options, permanent residence programmes, and regulatory updates affecting migrants and international students. All reporting from the Global Desk adheres to The Indian Express’ editorial standards, relying on official data, government notifications, court documents, and on-record sources. The desk prioritises clarity, accuracy, and accountability, ensuring readers can navigate complex global systems with confidence. Core Team The Express Global Desk is led by a team of experienced journalists and editors with deep expertise in international affairs and migration policy: Aniruddha Dhar – Senior Assistant Editor with extensive experience in global affairs, international politics, and editorial leadership. Nischai Vats – Deputy Copy Editor specialising in US politics, US visa and immigration policy, and policy-driven international coverage. Mashkoora Khan – Sub-editor focusing on global developments, with a strong emphasis on Canada visa, immigration, and study-related policy coverage. ... Read More Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram Tags: donald trump us-iran

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3 days left to lock in 50% off a second ticket to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Spotify’s move to cater to music’s superfans is now going live. On Thursday, the streaming giant announced the launch of “Reserved by Spotify,” a new system that will identify eligible top fans of an artist, then hold two tour tickets for them before the general ticket sale opens. The feature will first be available starting today in the U.S. for Premium subscribers (ages 18+). Timed alongside his tour news, Role Model will be the first artist partner to take advantage of the ticket-holding system, and fans will begin to receive notifications about their secured tour tickets starting on June 23, before the general public sale. Spotify said it won’t collect any fees on the transactions. The feature is only available for artists playing at the Live Nation venues for now, and ticket sales are through Ticketmaster. The streamer said it aims to add more partners over time to include smaller venues as well as international users. Image Credits:Spotify The Reserved system is designed to reward music fans at a time when tickets for new concerts are immediately captured by scalpers using automated tools, which are then resold at a higher price as the event sells out. For Spotify, Reserved serves as an easy way to encourage paid subscriptions and increase engagement with its app. If fans are getting concert tickets held for them by streaming their favorites, they’re more likely to log on and do just that. Spotify first announced its plan to cater to superfans in May, noting that it would use signals like streams, shares, and other activity to determine who it considers a real fan. The company also said the platform would monitor activity to ensure that fans don’t game these stats using bots or AI agents. In other words, it won’t be possible to snag the ticket by endlessly playing an artist’s music over and over — the company will be looking for signals that you’re still engaging with its app as a normal user would. Or, as Spotify puts it, “leaving music on in the background won’t give anyone a leg up.” Reserved will also look at the user’s location to ensure they’re near the show before making an offer. After going live, eligible fans will see a personalized offer on their Spotify Home screen, allowing them to view tour dates, see the Reserved window, and set a reminder to buy the tickets. When the window for the Reserved tickets opens — usually around a day — they can purchase two tickets before they’re on sale to the public. In addition, Spotify noted that there will be more superfans than there are seats available in many cases, which means not every fan will get an offer of tickets every time. Role Model, whose tour is reaching 17 U.S. cities and shows, will be the first of “a slate” of additional artists’ tours launching this week, noted Spotify without naming names. When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. This doesn’t affect our editorial independence. Sarah has worked as a reporter for TechCrunch since August 2011. She joined the company after having previously spent over three years at ReadWriteWeb. Prior to her work as a reporter, Sarah worked in I.T. across a number of industries, including banking, retail and software. You can contact or verify outreach from Sarah by emailing sarahp@techcrunch.com or via encrypted message at sarahperez.01 on Signal. View Bio

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Before Bumrah, there was the man who invented the Moonball

2 min readMay 5, 2026 10:22 AM IST Jasprit Bumrah had seemingly dismissed Himmat Singh, except that the sirent went off for no ball soon after MI started celebrating. (File Photo/BCCI-Creimas)Batting great and former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has often quite publicly made known his disdain for bowlers conceding front-foot no-balls and as it turns out, even someone of the stature of Jasprit Bumrah is not immune from this. Bumrah is enduring arguably his worst season in the Indian Premier League this year and it simply didn’t get better on Monday night in Mumbai Indians’ match against the Lucknow Super Giants. The ace pacer went wicketless and conceded 45 runs in his four overs. His night was summed up in the 14th over, which was his third of the match. Bumrah sent in the third ball back of a length. It stayed low and moved away late a tad bit from the batsman Himmat Singh, who poked at it and ended up edging it to the wicketkeeper. Except none of it mattered because the siren went off for a front-foot no-ball. That was alread his second no-ball of the day.Bumrah followed that up by smearing a yorker outside off stump too wide and that became another extra. He re-bowled the free-hit delivery, Himmat sliced his shot off side and Suryakumar Yadav took the catch, which didn’t matter. The batters ran a single but it was made even worse than that because the siren went up for no-ball again. Gavaskar was in commentary at this point for Star Sports and he said: “Do not tell me again. Do not tell me. Do not tell me that Bumrah has bowled a no-ball.” “That is not acceptable. That is not acceptable. You are a professional cricketer; it is not acceptable. Wides, yes, I understand, but no-balls, no,” Gavaskar further said. on air. Mumbai Indians bowling coach Lasith Malinga could be seen in the dugout with a wry smile. “Yes, bowling coach. This is a big one,” said Gavaskar when the cameras panned to the former Sir Lanka pacer.

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Exit Poll results 2026 LIVE updates: Axis My India skips Bengal exit poll, Chanakya’s predictions from 5:30pm

The Narendra Modi-Amit Shah BJP’s victory in West Bengal — this is the first time since 1972 that a “national” party that rules in Delhi will have won an election in the state — is unprecedented. The Congress governments in Kolkata for the first 30 years after Independence had a first-mover advantage, when power was a corollary of the single-party dominant system in a nascent democracy. The BJP in 2026 faced a formidable political force in Mamata Banerjee and the TMC: A leader with a history of slaying behemoths, not least the CPI(M), and a party system — a “syndicate” — that is enmeshed in almost every aspect of social, political, and economic life in the state.With victory in Bengal, and the return of Himanta Biswa Sarma in Assam, the NDA is now in power across east, west, and much of north India. There will, understandably, be pageantry and celebrations by the ruling party and its leaders over the next few days. Beyond the usual and beyond the electoral politics of the moment, the 2026 West Bengal election also marks a deeper inflection point for the ruling party and the Opposition. A ‘Bengali’ BJP? For the BJP, ruling Bengal will be a challenge of the kind it hasn’t faced across at least two registers. In large part, its phenomenal success across the country since 2014 has been based on tailoring its campaigns to the regional and cultural specificities of very diverse polities — from a base in Gujarat to the Hindi belt, to the Northeast, it has found a vocabulary and less recognised historical-cultural figures. A cynical extension of this has been its open-door policy for high-profile defectors, from Suvendu Adhikari to Sarma. This malleability, though, does not mean that the BJP is an “umbrella party”. Ideologically, it has been a flattening force in national politics. In Bengal, as in so many other states, its politics has relied on creating and consolidating the so-called “Hindu” vote, while demonising Muslims — whether as “Bangladeshi infiltrators” or through “love jihad”. West Bengal was the home of the militant stream of the freedom struggle, of Subhas Chandra Bose and his opposition to Gandhi and Nehru in the Congress. Since the early 20th century, it has been both part of the political mainstream and an outlier. Banerjee’s attempt at pitting Bengali identity against the BJP’s religious nationalism failed against anti-incumbency this election. Does that mean the sense of grievance and being left behind over the last half-century — and the wounded pride of once being the country’s intellectual, cultural and political centre — has evaporated? Likely not. The most urgent and difficult task for the BJP, then, is two-fold. First, to rewrite the story of a state that has long been in economic decline. Government largesse in terms of cash transfers and other welfare schemes alone cannot do this. Industrialisation, services and education — the state was once, long ago, a leader in all three. It needs to become that again. To make that happen in a sustainable and meaningful manner is the BJP’s second task. It must not simply take over the political structures of the party society left behind by the TMC. It must build state capacity outside of a cadre-government nexus. The fears that remain Over 90 lakh erstwhile voters were excluded in Bengal. Of these, the exclusion of 27 lakh in the second round – less than 2,000 had their franchise restored by the appellate tribunal — were particularly controversial. Several others went through an arduous process to ensure that their names are on the rolls. The Election Commission and the Supreme Court did not, by all accounts, do enough to make the process either transparent or foolproof, and the questions about their conduct will linger on. The scale of the BJP’s victory indicates that the deletion was not a decisive factor, though it could have helped shore up the final numbers. But beyond the legal and institutional dimensions lie deeper fears. First, the deletions raised the fear th

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