Amid the escalating West Asia crisis, the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz is beginning to ripple through India’s real estate sector, sharply increasing construction costs, delaying supplies

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HDFC Bank’s part-time chairman, Atanu Chakraborty, resigned abruptly, citing differences over the bank’s governance and his ethics. The stock fell nearly 7%

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HDFC Bank spent Thursday trying to explain why Chakraborty, a former senior bureaucrat in PM Narendra Modi's administration, left after almost five years as part-time chairman of the lender

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Spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Lin Jian said the recent tense situation in the Strait of Hormuz is causing disruptions in the world trade

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday NATO and most other allies have rejected his calls to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, grousing that he has been unable to rally support behind his war of choice in Iran that he insists he's conducting for the good of the world, even if it doesn't appreciate his effort.
Trump, who has been pressing allies to help safeguard the critical waterway to ease a chokepoint on the region's oil exports, fumed that the U.S. is not getting support "despite the fact that we helped" NATO "so much," and said that it was in allies' interest to prevent Iran from securing a nuclear weapon.
Trump's indignant response to allies' refusal to get involved in the war underscored that the conflict - now in its third week and causing reverberations across the global economy - is one the international community is looking to the U.S. leader to sort out himself after he launched it without consultation.
"You would have thought they would have said, We'd love to send a coupl

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged imminent action against Cuba's socialist government as his moves against the island bring the U.S.' longtime opponent deeper into crisis.
A day after Trump's sanctions on Venezuela, including a stop to vital oil exports to Cuba, contributed to Cuba's latest nationwide blackout, Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio both said that the administration sees the island nation as the next country where the U.S. can expand its influence.
"Cuba right now is in very bad shape," Trump said.
"And we'll be doing something with Cuba very soon," he added.
Until recently, Trump's comments on change in Cuba might have been considered remarkable. But they come after his administration's military raid that captured then-President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela and the launch of U.S. military strikes against Iran.
The Trump administration is looking for President Miguel Diaz-Canel to leave as the U.S. continues negotiating with the Cuban government, accordin

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To secure supplies, 13 tankers carrying around 3.5 lakh tonnes of LPG are currently headed from the US to India

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The US hasn't been targeting Iran's energy assets in the war, he said. With regard to Kharg Island, a key Iranian export hub, it mounted a "precision strike" against the military assets

Scott Bessent , Trump's Treasury secretary pick

India built crude reserves for energy security but LPG was never treated the same way even as demand surged. Experts explain what held back storage planning

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The Trump administration has sued Harvard, alleging civil rights violations over antisemitism and seeking to recover billions in federal funding

The Trump administration has been pushing for a single legislative framework that can be applied uniformly across the country, rather than leaving states to form their own plans

Reuters

No decision had been made to send troops into Iran itself, two of the officials told Reuters, but they will build up the capacity for potential future operations in the region

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