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The Iran war: Japan, Canada, Europe ready to ease the Strait traffic, to stabilize energy markets

March 20, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Leading European nations, Japan, and Canada said on Thursday they are ready to join appropriate efforts to ‌ensure safe passage of oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz and ​would take steps to stabilise energy markets. In a joint statement, they condemned Iran’s attacks on unarmed commercial vehicles in the […]

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Business

Energy needs: The US may un-sanction 140 mn barrels of Iranian oil on the seas

March 20, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said the US is looking to lift sanctions, long imposed on Iranian oil, to ease the spike in energy prices triggered by its war in the Gulf region, and could also look at a unilateral release of its own reserves. “In the coming days, we […]

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Defence

Roving Periscope: Iran bombs Mideast assets and Israel, as the US plans reopening Hormuz

March 20, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: While the US-Israel war on Iran entered its 20th day on Friday. Israel said it would avoid future attacks on Tehran’s energy infrastructure as the USA, which has urged Congress to sanction USD 200 billion for the war,  tried to reopen the Strait of Hormuz—but Iran continued to strike select […]

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Business

Cost of war: 20 days of Gulf war add $12 bn to US national debt; total crosses $39 trillion

March 19, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The United States’ national debt surpassed a record USD 39 trillion on Wednesday, a milestone that comes just weeks into the ongoing US-Israeli war in Iran, the media reported on Thursday. White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett estimated on Sunday that the war in Iran had cost the US more […]

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Business

Markets: Mideast war, crude@USD119/barrel, FPI withdrawals bleed Sensex, Nifty by over 3%

March 19, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With Iran targeting gas fields in West Asia, crude oil prices shooting up to USD 116 per barrel, and foreign investors fleeing, India’s benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty50 bled heavily over 3 percent on Thursday, competing with levels during the COVID-19-triggered lockdowns in 2020. On the first day of the […]

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Business

Upping the ante: Now, the US drops 2,200-kg bunker buster bombs on Iran’s missile site

March 18, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Attempting to conclude the expensive war at the earliest, the United States on Wednesday dropped 2,200-kg bunker buster bombs on Iran’s key missile site near the crucial Strait of Hormuz, the chokehold behind the global price rise of crude oil and gas, the media reported. The US military claimed that […]

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Business

Crude oil: Amid demand surge, China-bound Russian tanker diverts towards India

March 18, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The Aqua Titan, a Russian crude oil carrier that was bound for China, has taken a U-turn in the South China Sea and is now rushing to reach India on March 21, the media reported on Wednesday. Its move came after New Delhi began doubling down on imports from Moscow. […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: Cycle of violence continues in the Gulf region; Israel ready for a long haul

March 18, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With Iran confirming the killing of its security chief Ali Larijani and Israel saying its ready for a long haul, the ongoing conflict in West Asia continued unabated as Tehran targeted allies of the US amid no clarity on whether America and/or Israel will land their ground troops to tame […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: Lonely and unfriended, Trump flummoxed as Arabs push him against Iran

March 17, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: His wild claims, boasts, threats, and requests not working any more anywhere, US President Donald Trump appears bewildered both at home and abroad as none of his frenemies in the West, not even China, are helping him secure the Strait of Hormuz, and the Arab allies are now pushing him […]

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Business

Afghanistan: India condemns Pak’s attack on Kabul rehab centre that killed 400

March 17, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India on Tuesday severely condemned Pakistan over its airstrike on a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul which, the ruling Taliban said, killed more than 400 people and injured over 300 patients on Monday, the media reported. Calling it a “barbaric massacre” and a cowardly and unconscionable act of violence, the […]

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