A wartime parliament address signals that India’s oil and food security face a prolonged test Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Lok Sabha with a warning that carried unusual weight. The West Asia crisis, now in its third week, is not a temporary shock. It is, in his framing, a sustained test of national endurance, […]
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A pause in military planning signals a diplomatic opening neither side expected this week Donald Trump has delayed planned strikes on Iranian power generation facilities following what he described as “very good” negotiations with Tehran. The pause, confirmed by White House officials, comes at a moment when both governments had appeared to be edging toward
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The global climate system is now operating outside any historical baseline on record The World Meteorological Organisation has confirmed that climate imbalance has reached its highest recorded level, with multiple planetary indicators simultaneously breaching thresholds that scientists had previously treated as worst-case projections. Ocean heat content, atmospheric carbon concentration, sea-level rise, and glacier loss are
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Washington’s call for a naval coalition meets quiet but firm resistance from Europe and Asia The Trump administration has asked the United Kingdom and several other nations to deploy warships to the Strait of Hormuz as part of a broadened maritime pressure campaign against Iran. Most have declined, citing operational commitments, diplomatic sensitivities, and a
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From Delhi pump queues to UK energy bills, the cost of the Iran war is landing on ordinary consumers The US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, which began on 28 February 2026, has done what years of geopolitical warnings could not: it has physically severed the world’s most consequential oil and gas artery. The Strait of
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After years of diplomatic frost, a civil nuclear agreement signals that both nations have quietly decided the estrangement is too costly to sustain New Delhi and Ottawa have signed what both governments are calling a landmark civil nuclear cooperation agreement, formally reopening a channel that had been shut for over four decades. The deal covers
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An 8.1% annual rise signals sustained consumption strength, but the details complicate the optimism India recorded GST collections of Rs 1.83 lakh crore in February 2026, marking an 8.1% increase over the same month last year. The figure makes February one of the stronger months in the current fiscal year, sustaining a trend of collections
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China’s leading AI lab draws a hard line, deepening the technology divide DeepSeek has refused to grant American semiconductor companies, including Nvidia, access to its most advanced artificial intelligence system. The Chinese AI laboratory has not framed this as retaliation. It has not needed to. The decision speaks through its structure. The move matters because
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In a definitive response to a fracturing global order, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented a Union Budget that prioritises resilience over raw speed The Union Budget 2026-27 marks a strategic departure from the aggressive expansionism of previous years, opting instead for a “Fortress India” approach. Tabling her ninth consecutive budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman focused
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A sharp debut drop shows how quickly public markets are re-pricing logistics startups Shadowfax Tech’s shares fell 9 per cent on their first day of trading, marking a subdued start for the logistics company after its much-watched listing. The drop came despite steady demand in the broader market, drawing attention to how investors are treating
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