A potential US-Iran deal to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz could ease the global energy crunch, but oil prices and supplies may take months to stabilize as shipping restarts and infrastructure...
Walking past the shuttered doors and “No Cash” signboards of automated teller machines (ATMs) across India over the past three months has triggered a collective, uneasy sense of vulnerability. During March, April, and May 2026,...
The rivalry between Sam Altman and Dario Amodei is entering a new phase. Both AI bosses are planning IPO listings and hope to use the money to outpace each other in the race to build...
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee, in its policy statement of 5 June 2026, retained the repo rate at 5.25 per cent while raising its inflation outlook and lowering growth projections in...
NSE’s launch of Electronic Gold Receipts on May 4 is not just another financial product. It is the most serious regulatory attempt yet to bring India’s vast, informal gold economy into the open, and for...
A new wave of Trump tariffs could unsettle US trade partners which have already signed new trade deals or have been negotiating them for months. US President Donald Trump’s administration is proposing additional tariffs of 10% or...
The International Energy Agency declared that the combined force of US and Israeli military operations against Iran which began on February 28 2026 together with the March 4 closure of the Strait of Hormuz created...
The Reserve Bank of India’s Expected Credit Loss (ECL) framework, set to come into effect from April 1, 2027, marks a major step toward forward-looking credit risk management. By moving away from an overdue-based system...
Hot on the heels of Donald Trump’s visit, Russian President Vladimir Putin travels to Beijing for talks with Xi Jinping. DW explores how China’s trade and financial support is helping keep Russia’s economy afloat. Russia may...
Beijing now has strong new powers to punish firms for pulling manufacturing out of China. Multinationals are increasingly caught in a web of coercion and complex rules as they try to operate across the US,...
Data centers are energy-intensive engines of growth, the backbone and hub of digitalization. Thousands of them are being built all around the world. The Iran war has shown how vulnerable societies are as a result....
The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow 33-km-wide passage linking the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, serves as the world’s most critical energy chokepoint, far beyond mere geography. Handling about 20% of global oil...