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Orion ignites main engine, putting Artemis II astronauts on track to Moon for flyby

'With this burn to the moon, we do not leave Earth. We choose it,' said astronaut Christina Koch before the engine ignited.

US deploys EA-37B Compass Call against Iran, the electronic attack plane that can jam communications

CENTCOM confirms the first-ever combat deployment of EA-37B. The Compass Call disrupts and jams enemy communication systems rather than destroying them.

India IPO pipeline at risk as market downturn delays listings & approvals near expiry

Companies increasingly opting to hold back listings are adding to the signs of weakness in IPO market after two record years for proceeds.

China drains liquidity for first time in a year as rising oil prices weigh on economy

The People’s Bank of China drained a total of 890 billion yuan ($129 billion) worth of liquidity via short-term open market operations in March.

Trump’s mixed signals on Iran war— says conflict nearing end but warns of hitting power plants

What the president has intuited but can’t admit is that America, and by extension Trump, has suffered defeat. Not on the battlefield, but on the bigger map of strategy.

Why Iran hit UAE hardest & how tiny Gulf power is fighting back | Cut the Clutter

This is the transcript of 'Cut The Clutter' Episode 1817, explaining how the UAE has been not just a collateral, but a primary target of Iran in the war in West Asia.

Asian nations jockey for leverage to re-open Strait of Hormuz

Governments from India to Philippines are negotiating with Iran for the safe passage of vessels, while forming small circles to seek a diplomatic solution and even bartering deals.

Trump’s mixed signals on war—says ‘job nearly done’ while threatening to push Iran back to ‘stone age’

US president in address to nation says ‘core objectives’ of war ‘nearing completion’, calls on other countries to help open Strait of Hormuz as US ‘imports almost no oil through it’.

Pakistan, Gulf states complicit in US strikes on Iran, says Mohammad Marandi, academic close to Tehran

Mohammad Marandi, who has accompanied Iranian nuclear negotiating teams in the past, says time for talks has not come—it will arrive only once US is seen to have been defeated.

Trump threatens to pull US out of NATO as western allies refuse to back Hormuz coalition

Trump said Ukraine was not Washington’s problem but the US has stepped in automatically. ‘I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were paper tiger’. 

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This is how Strait of Hormuz shock is forcing a global trade reset

The current Iran war has laid bare a fundamental reality: 20 per cent of global energy trade cannot afford to rely on a single artery, no matter how resilient and cost-effective.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.