Modi met Meloni and gifted her a pack of . Meanwhile, a company dealing in infrastructure, real estate, and paper recycling saw its shares hit the upper circuit on the Bombay Stock Exchange. What's the connection? Melody is made by Parle Products, an unlisted company that also makes popular biscuits such as Parle-G, Monaco, and Krack-Jack. The stock that ran up belonged to an entirely separate company, Parle Industries. Other than the name, the two have nothing in common.

India is the world's third-largest consumer of , and the ongoing conflict and shipping closure in the Strait of Hormuz are putting a big squeeze on the supply of this vital cooking gas. How big? According to some estimates, that's a 400,000-barrel-a-day shortfall or nearly 3 million cylinders.

Starting June 1, India's stock exchanges will have a new "tradeable asset"- . The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) will launch the country's first exchange-traded weather derivatives contract, enabling participants to hedge exposure from fluctuating rainfall in the country's financial capital. A petition to add chai and pakoda to the trading basket cannot be far away.

"The Serpent in the Grove" earned praise for its "voice of restraint and quiet authority" from the committee that awarded it the Commonwealth Prize. Soon after, many pointed out that the story, published in the literary magazine Granta, also bears tell-tale signs of authorship.

The answer is 42. The question: how many aircraft and drones did the lose in its war with Iran? The Congressional Research Service , which provides policy and legal analysis to the Congress and its committees, compiled the losses from news reports and statements by the Department of Defense and CENTCOM.