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Helicopter crash on Indonesia’s Borneo island kills 8

JAKARTA, Indonesia, April 17, 2026 (AP) — A helicopter flying between palm oil plantations on Borneo Island crashed, killing the eight people on board, Indonesian officials said Friday. The Airbus H130 owned by PT Matthew Air Nusantara lost contact Thursday, five minutes after it took off from Melawi district in West Kalimantan province. It was on its way to another palm oil plantation in Kubu Raya district. Searchers later located the wreckage and recovered the bodies of the two crew members and six passengers in the dense forests in Sekadau district, according to the National Search and Rescue Agency and

Delimitation will turn out to be ‘political demonetisation’: Tharoor slams govt

New Delhi, Apr 17 (PTI) Delimitation will turn out to be “political demonetisation”, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Friday while slamming the government for linking women’s reservation with the expansion of Parliament. Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the three bills introduced for amendments in the women’s quota law and setting up a delimitation commission, Tharoor said linking women’s reservation with delimitation is to hold the aspirations of Indian women hostage to “one of the most contentious and complex” administrative exercises in the country’s history. “Today we stand at a threshold where there is near

DMK’s Kanimozhi hits back at PM, says black is colour of goddess Kali

New Delhi, Apr 17 (PTI) DMK leader Kanimozhi on Friday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his ‘kala tika’ swipe at her party’s protest over women quota law amendment, saying black is the colour of goddess Kali and that the ruling party of Tamil Nadu will protest over the issue till the end. Intervening in the debate on amendment to the women’s reservation law in Lok Sabha on Thursday, Prime Minister Modi had taken a swipe at DMK members in the House for wearing black clothes to protest the amendment bill, saying it works as a ‘kala tika’

India’s RBI asks state oil refiners to curb spot dollar buying, sources say

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, April 16 (Reuters) – India’s RBI ‌has urged state-run oil refiners to curb spot dollar purchases and tap a special credit line for their foreign exchange needs, three sources said, reviving measures used earlier in the Ukraine war to ease pressure on the rupee. A surge in oil prices and heavy foreign portfolio outflows have battered the Indian ​currency. The rupee has fallen more than 3% to record lows this year, making it Asia’s worst-performing major currency. Using the ​special credit facility would reduce dollar demand from refiners, helping ease pressure on the rupee, two ⁠of the sources

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