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Safi Ahsan Rizvi 27 April 2026
Russia has weathered some of the most extensive sanctions ever imposed on a G20 economy, sustaining its war effort and macroeconomic stability while rewiring external relationships. Firm-level data show that large companies stockpiled inputs and strengthened their balance sheets ahead of the...

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Markets often behave as though they have already read next week’s headlines. In some cases, they do, when prices mysteriously rise or fall before actual events. So, is the current rally telegraphing a durable peace plan in the Middle East, boosted by US president Donald Trump’s incoherent and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 April 2026
Updated at 10.12am on 24 April 2026 to include comment from MEA... US President Donald Trump has triggered controversy after amplifying remarks on social media that referred to India and other countries in derogatory terms while criticising the US’ birthright citizenship policy.   In a post...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 April 2026
US president Donald Trump has indefinitely extended the ceasefire with Iran, citing a request from Pakistan and the need to give Tehran time to present a unified peace proposal, even as negotiations remain stalled and tensions persist.   The announcement came just hours before the two-week...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 April 2026
Nepal’s home minister Sudan Gurung resigned on Wednesday following mounting controversy over his alleged financial links to businesses associated with individuals under investigation for money laundering, marking the second high-profile exit from the country’s new Cabinet within a month.   Mr...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 April 2026
Diplomatic efforts to resolve the escalating conflict involving the United States (US), Iran and Israel suffered a significant setback on 12 April 2026, as high-level negotiations held in Islamabad concluded after approximately 21 hours without producing a ceasefire agreement. US vice-president...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 April 2026
Nepal has entered a phase of rapid political and administrative transformation following the appointment of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP)'s Balendra Shah, who, as the new prime minister (PM), has launched an aggressive reform agenda within days of taking office, targeting governance,...

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KBS Sidhu 09 April 2026
The Mistake That Should Have Been Made   In our previous dispatch, we established that The New York Times does not know what NATO stands for. We shall not linger on that point — except to observe, in passing, that if a mistake was to be made at all, the Times might have done better to make a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 April 2026
Global markets surged and crude oil prices plunged after US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, halting a potential war at the last minute, with Indian equities leading gains as benchmark indices jumped over 3% and oil prices tumbled sharply on easing supply concerns.   The breakthrough,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 April 2026
Global financial markets came under pressure on Thursday, with equities sliding across Asia and oil prices surging more than 4%, after president Donald Trump signalled that the US would intensify military action against Iran over the next few weeks.   Investor sentiment weakened sharply after...

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Safi Ahsan Rizvi 31 March 2026
The Iranian people are descendants of an ancient civilisation, culture, tradition and Twelver Shi’ belief ingrained since the Safavid dynasty. These engender pride and, therefore, nationalism in today’s Iran. A study of the country’s recent history reveals the causes, patterns, and nature of...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 26 March 2026
The Supreme Court on Wednesday transferred the probe into the Gurugram child rape case to a special investigation team (XXX vs State of Haryana). Pertinently, the Court also took strong exception to the conduct of the police officials, the Child Welfare Committee members and the doctor who did...

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Safi Ahsan Rizvi 24 March 2026
Washington’s bases in the Gulf rested on a simple bargain - the US protected oil flows, and the monarchies kept barrels available at tolerable prices. Shale has provided strategic oil independence to the US, while Gulf crude mainly serves Asian transport, petrochemicals and industry, with some...

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Safi Ahsan Rizvi 18 March 2026
When the United States and Israel initiated a war on Iran, many anticipated Beijing would capitalise on the distraction and accelerate its actions on Taiwan. Instead, China became conspicuously quiet, pausing its most visible military pressure, such as air sorties over Taiwan, even as its navy...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 March 2026
The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has launched a major investigation into trade practices of 60 economies, including India, over concerns that they may not be doing enough to prevent the import of goods produced using forced labour.   The probe has been initiated under Section...

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Moneylife Digital Team 05 March 2026
The global liquefied natural gas (LNG) crisis deepened significantly on 4 March 2026 as QatarEnergy, the world's single largest exporter of LNG, declared force majeure on deliveries to affected buyers, formally suspending its supply obligations after Iranian attacks crippled production at its...

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Safi Ahsan Rizvi 04 March 2026
With an all-out war in West Asia, Pakistan now faces a three-front problem - an increasingly autonomous Taliban to the west, a less forgiving India to the east, and a stretched economic spectrum.    The fivefold increase in the KSE-100 index since mid-2023, corrected a sharp 10% this month,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 March 2026
Retaliatory Iranian drone and missile attacks across the Gulf have knocked out Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centres in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, triggered an emergency Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit and caused deaths and widespread damage, bringing the US-Iran...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 March 2026
Global energy and commodity markets are thrown into turmoil on Monday after joint US-Israeli military strikes on Iran killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and triggered a sweeping regional escalation, with Tehran retaliating by closing the Strait of Hormuz, the world's most critical oil...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 March 2026
Iranian state television has confirmed the death of supreme leader Ali Khamenei following joint US–Israel airstrikes, marking a dramatic escalation in the West Asia conflict and plunging the region into uncertainty.   According to Iranian state media, at least 201 people have been killed and...

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