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Roving Periscope: With the US’ 15-point ‘ceasefire’ plan v/s Iran’s 5 conditions, no peace likely soon

March 25, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: No peace, or even a ‘ceasefire,’ looks likely soon in the ongoing US-Israel war against Iran, what with Tehran pushing for its own five demands in response to Washington’s proposed 15-point ceasefire plan as US President Donald Trump continued with his boasts and rhetoric and strikes, and Iran stopped ships […]

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Mideast conflict: India’s growth to be lower at 5.9%, says Goldman Sachs

March 24, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Investment banking firm Goldman Sachs on Tuesday cut India’s growth forecast by 60 basis points to 5.9 percent for calendar year 2026. This is the first forecast revision by any agency after beginning of the Iran war on February 28. In its report, A Tighter Squeeze on Asia’s Energy Supply, […]

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Mideast war impact: India’s pvt sector growth hits 3-yr low on reduced demand

March 24, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Less than a month into the ongoing conflict in West Asia, its impact on India’s private sector is being felt as it expanded at its weakest pace in over three years in March 2026 because of diminished demand, the media reported on Tuesday. Price shocks from the ​ongoing US-Israeli war […]

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Markets: Hope for Mideast ceasefire lifts Sensex, Nifty 1.8% up

March 24, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: After a sharp broader sell-off on Monday, bulls returned to bourses on Tuesday as benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty50 rebounded in the hope that the raging war in West Asia may soon see a ceasefire and cool off crude oil and gas prices. The Indian rupee opened 34 paise higher […]

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Roving Periscope: Not even a fragile ceasefire, as war continues unabated in the Mideast

March 24, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Despite claims and counterclaims, the conflict in West Asia continued on Tuesday, the 25th day, as the US-Israel duo and Iran relentlessly struck each other’s targets, the media reported. According to a news platform Semafor report, citing an unnamed American official, the US will continue striking on ​Iran, with the […]

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Roving Periscope: If true, Trump’s five-day ‘ceasefire’ may be too little, too late

March 23, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: After threatening Iran with a 48-hour deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz for all shipping…or else…,President Donald Trump, once again, ‘chickened out’ on Monday as he announced a five-day ‘ceasefire’ in the US-Israel war on Iran on the 24th day of the ongoing conflict in West Asia. Tehran, however, […]

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Markets: Iran war-led bloodbath on bourses continues—Sensex, Nifty lose 2.5%

March 23, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: On a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the Lok Sabha that the ongoing Iran crisis has posed unprecedented challenges for India, the country’s stock markets shed nearly 2.5 percent of their value as the West Asian conflict intensified with the US’s 48-hour warning to Iran to reopen the Strait […]

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Iran war: PM Modi terms situation “worrisome” with adverse impact on economy, people

March 23, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Expressing deep concerns over the emerging situation in West Asia in the wake of the escalating conflict, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday termed it as “worrisome” as it is having a very adverse impact on the global economy and the livelihoods of people, the media reported. Making a statement […]

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Iran war: Two more LPG carriers set to leave the Strait of Hormuz for India

March 23, 2026 revoi editor

  Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid the escalating war in West Asia and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address in the Lok Sabha, expressing concerns over the emerging situation, two more Indian-flagged LPG tankers are set to cross the Strait of Hormuz to head for India, the media reported on Monday. The two LPG tankers, […]

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N-facility: IAEA confirms Iran’s Natanj plant hit, but Tehran says no leakage noticed

March 21, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Iran’s Natanz nuclear enrichment facility was hit in an airstrike on Saturday, the official Iranian news agency Mizan was quoted as saying in media reports, as the war in West Asia entered its fourth week. There was no radiation leakage, Mirzan said. Amid escalating regional strikes, the International Atomic Energy […]

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