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Russia has strengthened its position as India’s largest crude oil supplier. (File PTI photo of Russian oil tanker) India’s crude…

The Hormuz closure marks a sharp reversal from Friday’s ceasefire arrangement Iran on Saturday closed the Strait of Hormuz again…

Global crude benchmarks jumped over 2% on Thursday as tensions in the Middle East escalated once again, with Iran announcing…

The disruption has resulted in a temporary supply bottleneck driven by logistics issues rather than a permanent reduction in oil…

Nearly all Indian refiners, except Numaligarh Refinery, are now importing Russian crude. (AI image) India’s imports of crude oil from…

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is, perhaps, a crisis too valuable to ignore. While some disruption is inevitable…

The United States on Saturday intercepted an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel after it tried to bypass the blockade in the Strait…

5 min readMar 26, 2026 04:36 PM IST First published on: Mar 26, 2026 at 04:36 PM IST The world…

The Third Gulf War has entered a perilous phase, marked by a widening of targets and increasing risks, and has…

Wars always follow a single fundamental rule. You know where to start, but you never control how they end. The…