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08.02 / 11:15

markets Trade President country India-US trade deal brings relief—with strings attached

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India has struck another trade deal—this week with the US. Call it a deal with President Donald Trump if you like, but the bottom line is this: In the space of a fortnight, New Delhi has sealed two free trade agreements (FTAs), with the US pact, for all practical purposes, an interim one.

08.02 / 06:29

Target wellness War country Arsenal Iran threatens missile attacks, hoping Trump sees strength not weakness

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Iran’s missile program was born of weakness in the early years of the Islamic Republic. Now the question is whether it is formidable enough to head off a military confrontation with President Trump.

06.02 / 07:27

UPS Citi security students country rights A second wave of popular anger is building in Iran

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A new wave of popular anger is rising in Iran, as people enraged by last month’s mass killings of protesters vent their antipathy for the regime despite the risks of a continuing crackdown. Mourning families are shouting antiregime slogans at funerals and memorials.

06.02 / 01:31

security Trade President country Equality Cuba says it is ready to engage with Trump as fuel shortages worsen

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said his government is willing to engage with the Trump administration as the Communist island braces for severe fuel shortages after the U.S. threatened to impose trade sanctions to countries shipping oil to the Communist island.

05.02 / 08:35

Blockchain UPS Provident Digital Trade Bitcoin Inside The great crypto reckoning: Wake up and get real about this class of pseudo assets

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A year ago, the most pro-crypto president in US history had just returned to power after pandering to clueless retail crypto investors and receiving massive financial backing from semi-corrupt crypto insiders. Donald Trump’s second coming was supposed to be a new dawn for crypto, leading various self-dealing evangelists to predict that Bitcoin would become ‘digital gold,’ reaching at least $200,000 by the end of 2025.

04.02 / 14:17

UPS Discover President rights Iran plays hardball with the US to throw it off balance

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Iran’s abandonment of a planned meeting with U.S. and regional officials in Turkey in hopes of holding more narrowly defined talks in Oman is right out of the regime’s hardball playbook—a last-minute curveball aimed at leaving everyone else off balance.

04.02 / 09:01

markets security MSCI Trade cover India-US deal triggers FPI short covering, but reversal not yet in sight

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), who have been betting against Indian markets since October 2024, were forced to cover nearly two-fifths of their bearish derivatives positions on Tuesday after the announcement of an India-US trade deal. Analysts expect the short covering to continue in the near term.

04.02 / 01:51

markets COST UPS Target BLOCK Three stocks to watch as crude oil prices increase

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Crude oil prices have been rallying in the last few days, putting oil and gas companies in focus. A key reason for the recent crude price surge is escalating geopolitical risk, particularly around Iran and the possibility of conflict.

02.02 / 02:29

UPS Citi President War country The violence in Iran could lead to civil war

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. “A PRINCE OUGHT to inspire fear," wrote Niccolo Machiavelli, but “he must endeavour only to avoid hatred", lest it prove his undoing. By that measure Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, is failing.

01.02 / 13:09

markets UPS Action Sustainability Trade Videos Vijay L. Bhambwani's Ticker: Volatility threat can spike this week

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Dear reader, Please note that I am writing this piece on Saturday, before the budget is presented. Last week, I wrote bulls appeared to be on the ropes.

31.01 / 06:15

Cooper security Trade President reports Trump tantrums push Europe to look east

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Negotiations for “the mother of all deals", which has been almost 20 years in the making, finally concluded this week. In EU President Ursula von der Leyen’s own words: “We are creating a market of 2 billion people.

31.01 / 01:49

Target Action wellness President War Arsenal Trump’s Armada is getting in place. Now he must decide what to do with Iran.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. DUBAI—The U.S. military has assembled a formidable force in the Middle East within striking range of Iran.

30.01 / 14:33

markets COST UPS Progressive Sustainability Trade show Pulse of the Street: Markets snap three-week slide on budget hopes, earnings boost

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India's benchmark stock indices snapped a three-week losing streak, as optimism around the Union budget, selective earnings beats and progress on the India-European Union (EU) free trade agreement lifted investor risk appetite, analysts said. The BSE Sensex closed the week 0.9% higher at 82,269.78 on Friday, while the Nifty50 advanced 1.1% to 25,320.65.

29.01 / 11:11

UPS Target Progressive President War social Middle East scrambles to find US, Iran a diplomatic off-ramp

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A number of Middle Eastern governments are trying to push the U.S. and Iran into talks to head off a possible conflict, efforts that so far are failing to gain traction as both sides dig in.

29.01 / 07:45

Provident security Strategy Align President country Uncle Sam’s view of the Indo-Pacific: Why India must invest heavily in naval power projection

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. America’s National Defense Strategy (NDS) was released earlier this month. It came in the backdrop of the US National Security Strategy (NSS) and two key developments: America’s capture of Venezuela’s former leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife in January and US President Donald Trump’ demand that Denmark surrender the autonomous island of Greenland to the US, for which this Arctic isle is said to hold national-security significance.

29.01 / 01:47

Strategy President War social Arsenal Talking or fighting, all of Iran’s options are bad

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump’s ultimatum to Iran to negotiate away its nuclear program or face a possible attack leaves Tehran with a daunting dilemma: Either path risks putting the already weakened regime in a more precarious position. “Hopefully Iran will quickly ‘Come to the Table’ and negotiate a fair and equitable deal—NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS—one that is good for all parties.

28.01 / 14:53

Election War stage Relationships Can Israel move past Netanyahu?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As President Trump ponders a second military strike on Iran, the relationship between the U.S. and Israel is evolving.

28.01 / 01:25

COST UPS Target Action President Key Gulf allies say they won’t aid US in an Iran strike, limiting Trump’s options

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Saudi Arabia on Tuesday ruled out the use of its airspace and territory for a potential U.S. attack on Iran, complicating the Trump administration’s options in response to Tehran’s violent crackdown against Iranian protesters.

26.01 / 09:31

markets COST Action Trade country International Iran is selling more oil but making less money

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Iran exported more oil in 2025 than it had done in years, smuggling crude in defiance of sanctions, mainly to China. At the same time, the regime’s profits from the commodity collapsed.

25.01 / 11:45

markets COST UPS Trade show Videos Vijay L Bhambwani's Ticker: Bulls appear to be on the ropes

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Ticker is a weekly newsletter by Vijay L Bhambwani. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your email inbox. Dear reader, Happy Republic Day! Last week, I wrote that the near-term market outlook would be determined by the banking and financial sector stocks.

23.01 / 14:41

UPS Action President War country reports Why Congress can’t claw back war powers from Trump

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—In a dizzying three weeks on the world stage, President Trump deposed Venezuela’s leader, threatened its neighbors with military action, raised the specter of new strikes on Iran and ignited—then tamped down—a diplomatic crisis with Europe over his efforts to acquire Greenland. At each fresh turn, Congress has found itself scrambling to keep up, sparking new debates among lawmakers about how to claw back constitutional powers from the presidency over matters of foreign policy in the Trump era.

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