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Market: Sensex, Nifty rise over 1.6% amid US-Iran peace talk hopes

April 15, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid the likely resumption of ceasefire talks between the US and Iran in Pakistan, Indian bourses, facing unprecedented volatility for weeks, reacted positively on Wednesday with benchmark indices rising over 1.6 percent. As US President Donald Trump said the Iran war is ‘close to over,’ the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped […]

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Roving Periscope: After talks collapsed, US-wary Iranians switched aircraft, travelled by bus, train!

April 15, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Their mistrust of the US was so intense that the Iranian delegation to the Islamabad ‘ceasefire talks’ took care to switch aircraft and even travelled by bus and train to return home after the negotiations collapsed abruptly last weekend, according to media reports on Wednesday. The Iranian delegation reportedly faced […]

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 EAM Dr Jaishankar’s UAE Visit: A Major Strategic Breakthrough

April 14, 2026 revoi editor

 By Harsh Pargat  Foreign Minister’s Visit and Impetus on CEPA:  Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar recently visited the UAE and met the president and the Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Both sides focused on enhancing energy security cooperation, accelerating the framework of the CEPA, and held deliberations on the current conflict in West […]

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Roving Periscope: Amid fragile ceasefire and Nobel hopes, Israel kills 200 in Lebanon

April 9, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Everything in West Asia is as clear as slippery mud—from which crude oil is extracted. Suddenly, things take a U-turn, and go topsy-turvy. After the beginning of a two-week ceasefire, peace is fragile; and war is a state of mind. Even as US Vice-President JD Vance heads to Islamabad for […]

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No LPG shortage in country, vessels continuously coming to India via Hormuz: Petroleum Secretary Neeraj Mittal

April 9, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: Neeraj Mittal, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, on Thursday said that the LPG supply situation in the country remains normal, with vessels continuing to arrive via the Strait of Hormuz despite recent geopolitical tensions. Speaking with the media, Mittal said there is no shortage of LPG in the country, and domestic […]

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Growth forecast: RBI projects FY27 GDP at 6.9%; hikes retail inflation to 4.6%

April 8, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday forecast GDP growth projection for FY27 at 6.9 percent compared to 7.6 percent expected in FY26, the media reported. The central bank also raised the inflation projections for FY27 to 4.6 percent from the earlier 4.2 percent. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said […]

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Ceasefire: Crude oil futures crashes 6%, hit lower circuit

April 8, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With the US, Israel, and Iran agreeing to a two-week ceasefire proposal in West Asia, crude oil prices retreated sharply on Wednesday, crashing by 6 percent to hit their lower circuit level in futures trade, the media reported. On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), crude oil futures for the April […]

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Roving Periscope: Another TACO leads to potential ceasefire in West Asia—for two weeks

April 8, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In 2025, Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong coined the financial acronym “TACO” to describe the trade strategy and market reaction to US President Donald Trump’s mercurial trade and tariff policies: Trump Always Chickens Out. It referred to the pattern of announcing severe tariffs, causing market dips, and then reversing or delaying […]

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Markets: With W. Asian peace prospects, Indian equity markets jump nearly 4%

April 8, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump postponing his “stone age” threat against Iran to two weeks, Indian equity markets jumped nearly 4 four percent on Wednesday, as the Reserve Bank of India held repo rate at 5.25 percent and maintained a neutral stance. Meanwhile, the volatility index declined sharply by 21 […]

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Martyrdom: Trump threatens extinction; Iran’s 14 mn people ready to die, says Pezeshkian

April 7, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As US President Donald Trump’s “48-hour” deadline to Iran—to either reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face annihilation—loomed closer, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday declared that 14 million Iranians have signed up to sacrifice their life to defend the nation, the media reported. On Tuesday, Trump wrote on Truth […]

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