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Washington’s ‘Project Freedom’ to steer foreign stranded ships to safety through Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump "The Ships movement is merely meant to...
Trump likely to reject Iran’s peace proposal
U.S. President Donald Trump The United States and Israel suspended...
West Asia conflict: India faces 2.5 million poverty risk, UN warns
On trade and supply chain disruptions, UNDP country-level analysis indicated significant impacts in 25 out of 36 countries through freight surcharges, war-risk insurance premia, route diversions, and delayed delivery of intermediate and consumer goods. The conflict...
Freight, insurance, input costs rise amid West Asia crisis, pharma supply chain under pressure: IPA
"Yes, there has been a definite increase in the freight cost. There is an insurance cost which has gone up and there is a cost increase in the solvent. We are working very closely with the government and the primary task at the moment is to ensure that the products...
Data centre coverage could reach $10 billion in premiums in 2026:S&P
As individual projects keep growing in size, they may eventually represent as much as $30 billion in insurable value. Today, the largest infrastructure projects typically require coverage for as much as $10 billion, according to S&P. Soaring demand for insurance...
SC agrees to hear plea to implement disability-sensitive guidelines for welfare insurance schemes
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta agreed to hear the plea which sought a direction to the Centre to exercise policy oversight to ensure that welfare insurance schemes for persons with disabilities are implemented in conformity with the guarantees under...
India forecasts sub-par monsoon after two years of above-average rains
"Currently weak La Nina-like conditions are transitioning to neutral conditions. But after June it's very likely that El Nino will develop," Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director-general of the India Meteorological Department, said. NEW DELHI: India is likely to see...
AI-boosted hacks with Anthropic’s Mythos could have dire consequences for banks
Wall Street banks have started testing Mythos internally after the Trump administration this week warned executives they should take the model seriously and deploy its capabilities to detect vulnerabilities. Anthropic's Mythos, a new AI model the company and...
Oil tankers steer clear of Hormuz ahead of US blockade
Trump’s announcement effectively slowed oil tanker movements in the strait, with just two Iranian-linked tankers leaving the Gulf. In normal trading conditions, crude and products loaded from Iranian ports are typically headed for China, with India a recent buyer of...
Ping An seeks to sell $1 billion software-focused PE assets
Private market managers allocated hundreds of billions of dollars to software over the last 15 years, betting that software-as-a-service business models would generate high growth and reliable cashflows. That focus became increasingly concentrated during the period,...
Hedge Fund money is reshaping a 180-year-old reinsurance model
Reinsurers covered just over 10% of total insured catastrophe losses in 2024, well below the historical average of 20%, according to S&P Global Ratings. The industry’s biggest firms have more than halved their exposure to insured disaster losses in recent years,...
Trump’s threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz risks widening war to High Seas
The developments threatened to prolong and widen a war that has led to thousands of deaths and roiled global energy markets, with higher oil and gas prices threatening to stoke inflation while slowing economic growth. Around the world, there’s now a desperate effort...