p World exhales, holds breath: Israel’s Lebanon strikes test 14-day pause, Vance to join talks in Pakistanp p India calls for lasting peace, underlines need for diplomacy, dialoguep p Pakistan emerges key mediator; US pushed it to broker ceasefire: FTp p Pause welcome, path ahead forbidding: 5 key minefields amid US-Iran chasmp p Cabinet clears Bills for women’s quota in Lok Sabha and Assembliesp p CEC told us to ‘get lost’, say TMC MPs; EC hits out with ‘straight talk’p p India no longer inclined to host COP33 climate meeting in 2028p p Bangla Foreign Minister meets Jaishankar, seeks return of ex-PM Hasinap p In fabric hub Surat, labour exit adds to raw material crisis, output halvedp