Modi-Iran call amid West Asia tensions. PM Modi told Masoud Pezeshkian Indian citizens’ safety and smooth flow of goods and energy remain India’s top priority always. The Unanswered Call from the Strait The ringtone was specific, reserved for only a handful of numbers, and when it pierced the quiet of his South Mumbai apartment at […]
Moscow pressures US as oil sanctions fuel crisis Amid soaring oil prices, US allows temporary purchases of Russian oil at sea as the Iran war shows no end. The news of war, with its missiles and body counts, often feels like a distant roar to those not in its path. But on Thursday, that roar
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Suresh Gopi says efforts on to control LPG crisis. Home Ministry runs 24×7 control room with Information, Broadcasting and Petroleum ministries to monitor situation and coordinate response. The cylinder arrived this morning, and I wept. My name is Kavitha, and I live in a small apartment in Thrissur with my mother-in-law, who is seventy-three and
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US taps 172 million barrels reserves to cool oil price fears. Spain recalls envoy; Switzerland closes Tehran embassy as tensions rise. The alarm on my phone blares at 4:30 AM, a sound that has become the reluctant heartbeat of my days. My name is Samira, and for the past thirteen mornings, I have woken to
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Morning Digest: Oil dips; Pawar wins Rajya Sabha unopposed. The March 10 Dispatch: Promises from Afar, Politics at Home It was a Tuesday of contrasts. On one side of the world, the rumbling of war in West Asia came with a presidential promise that it would all be over soon. On the other, in the
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Crude oil prices surge past $100 a barrel. Iraq, Kuwait and UAE cut oil output as storage tanks fill amid reduced ability to export crude. The numbers scrolling across the screen at Aliyah’s gas station on Chicago’s South Side told a story that needed no translation. Regular: $3.45. Premium: $3.89. Diesel: $4.60. The digits glowed
Trump aide says Indians acted smart on Russian oil US lets India buy Russian oil already at sea The U.S. granted India a temporary 30-day waiver allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil that was already loaded on ships, aiming to ease global supply pressures during the Iran conflict. The news crackled across phone screens
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Swiss manufacturing firm to set up GCC in Hyderabad. New GCC to create high-value jobs, boost Hyderabad’s global biotech role. The glass-and-steel towers of Hyderabad’s financial district gleam under the afternoon sun, their mirrored surfaces reflecting a city that has transformed itself, decade by decade, from a historic pearl trading center into the beating heart
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Oil climbs past $83 as tensions rattle markets. India relies heavily on Hormuz for oil imports. The phone in Rajesh Kumar’s small petrol pump on the outskirts of Delhi rang at 6:47 on Thursday morning. It was his supplier, and the news was delivered in the flat, weary tone of a man who had been
Trump warns buyers after fiery tariff verdict rant. The ruling says he can ask, not charge—frustrating for a man who sees deals everywhere. The “terrible” things he wants to do are really just about money. It’s not about national security or some grand strategy. It’s the feeling of being taken advantage of, of watching other
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