The images from the war in the Middle East are being watched carefully in Beijing not with alarm, but with calculation.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha on Monday raised what he described as three “everyday anxieties” faced by ordinary Indians and urged the government to introduce constructive reforms.

Iran has asked India to release three tankers seized in February as part of talks seeking the safe passage of Indian-flagged or India-bound vessels out of the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.