Escalating hostilities in West Asia risk renewed energy, inflation shocks: Moody’s

Escalating hostilities in West Asia are heightening risks for India and other Asian commodity importers, as military strikes and retaliatory attacks disrupt key energy and trade routes, Moody’s Analytics said | Photo Credit: Reuters Escalating hostilities in West Asia are heightening risks for India and other Asian commodity importers, as military strikes and retaliatory attacks…

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India’s oil imports from Russia fell to 44-month low in January 2026, Gulf countries saw rising share

Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto India continued its strategy of reducing Russian oil imports and instead sourcing more from the Gulf countries and the U.S. in January 2026 as well, the latest official data shows, with Russia’s share in India’s oil imports falling to less than 20% for the…

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Where does the India-U.S. trade deal stand? | Explained

The story so far: February was an eventful month for India-U.S. trade relations. The two countries announced an impending interim agreement on trade, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the Indian negotiating team indefinitely postponed its visit to Washington, and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal hosted U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in New Delhi. All of this has raised the question: what happens…

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Stock markets decline in early trade tracking weak global peers, fresh foreign fund outflows

The 50-share NSE Nifty declined 117.15 points to 25,379.40. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty drifted lower in early trade on Friday (February 27, 2026), tracking a weak trend in global markets and fresh foreign fund outflows. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 364.62 points to 81,883.99 during initial trade. The 50-share…

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