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UAE Strongly Condemns Targeting of ADNOC National Carrier While Transiting Strait of Hormuz

Beijing has often railed against unilateral sanctions & pronounced them illegitimate, but it has also quietly allowed its largest companies to comply with them, in order to avoid blowback on its own economy & to preserve access to US financial system. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…?

The airspace and jet-fuel price situation remain extremely challenging leaving carriers with no choice but to further trim schedules. thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logist…

A depreciating rupee has a quiet impact in eroding purchasing power and driving up the cost of living through various channels. As the currency weakens, the ‘imported inflation’ ripple effect begins to touch every domestic budget. livemint.com/money/falling-…

📢 कृपया लक्ष द्या... 🚗वाहनचालक, प्रवाशांसाठी अत्यंत महत्त्वाचे आवाहन... यशवंतराव चव्हाण मुंबई -पुणे द्रुतगती मार्गावरील कनेक्टिंग लिंक (मिसिंग लिंक) लोकार्पणानंतर वाहतुकीसाठी सुरू करण्यात आली आहे. मात्र, प्रवासादरम्यान सेल्फी, फोटो, घेण्यासाठी वाहन चालक केबल स्टेड ब्रिज व बोगद्याजवळ वाहने थांबवत असल्याचे प्रशासनाच्या निदर्शनास आले आहे. द्रुतगती मार्गावर वाहने थांबवण्यास परवानगी नसून वाहनधारकांसाठी अपघाताचा धोका असल्याने ते टाळावे, असे आवाहन महाराष्ट्र राज्य रस्ते विकास महामंडळाने केले आहे. महामार्ग पोलिसांनी अधिसूचनेद्वारे मुंबई-पुणे कनेक्टिंग लिंक प्रकल्पासाठी वेग मर्यादा जाहीर केली आहे. बोगद्यात हलक्या मोटार वाहनांसाठी ताशी १०० किमी वेग मर्यादा आणि बस व प्रवासी वाहनांसाठी ताशी ८० किमी वेग निश्चित केला आहे. कनेक्टिंग लिंक प्रकल्पातील दोन बोगदे व दोन पुलावर पूर्णपणे २४x७ सीसीटीव्ही यंत्रणेचे लक्ष आहे. सेल्फी, फोटो आणि रिल्स काढण्यासाठी थांबल्यास मोठ्या दंडाची आकारणी केली जाईल. बेजबाबदार वर्तनाने अपघाताचा धोका होऊ शकतो हे लक्षात घेऊन वाहनधारक, प्रवाशांनी नियमांचे पालन करावे आणि सुरक्षित, सुखकर प्रवास करण्याचे आवाहन करण्यात आले आहे. #महाराष्ट्र #कनेक्टिंगलिंक #मिसिंगलिंक #मुंबईपुणेद्रुतगतीमार्ग #Maharashtra #MissingLinkProject #MumbaiPuneExpressway #MissingLink #MaharashtraDevelopment #MaharashtraMegaProject #CCTV @MSRDC_official

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. - Daniel J. Boorstin

Israel is extending its grip on the territory. Some of its leaders seem to hope that conditions in Gaza will become so intolerable that its inhabitants leave. The flow of aid is limited. Hamas clings to what is left. economist.com/middle-east-an…

Consumer firms talk shrinkflation, price hikes on cost shock. livemint.com/industry/retai…

True … some may agree, and many may not, but the world doesn’t run as per our views.

Iran is still loading oil tankers at Kharg Island (one of them a VLCC). No sign yet Tehran has run out of storage, despite baseless claims from the White House. Via @CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 🛰️ this morning (May 1) My earlier @Opinion column: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

One of Iran’s most powerful families founded its largest crypto exchange. It’s used by the IRGC to move millions reuters.com/investigations…

Hormuz tensions are tightening #gas and #fertilizer markets while grain ships still face long delays, adding to worries about future risks to global food #supply chains. Read more about this and other international #trade news: weforum.org/stories/2026/0…

"The weak rupee reflects something troubling: India’s struggle to attract the foreign capital": economist.com/finance-and-ec…

As if ships grow in farm, you just stroll into a market, pick a fresh one, and sail away. We tried the same brilliant shortcuts during Covid too… remind me, how did that fairy tale end again?

The same Court that wants comics to mind their jokes, keeps Umar Khalid in jail for invoking Gandhi, and what not. But for BJP leaders, hate speech with smile on face is call for fraternity. You can have all powers & protections under Constitution but where to borrow spine from?

The trade deficit between India and China has grown 155% in five years. That’s not normal trade expansion, it signals increasing reliance, not diversification. #IndiaChinaTrade #Imports #Economy

He is surely less bothered about the careers of Republican politicians than his own humiliation if he strikes a nuclear deal with Iran that looks worse than Barack Obama’s in 2015. economist.com/leaders/2026/0…

FT Exclusive: The deal expands the Trump family's business empire, granting the US president's sons a stake in a company that insiders hope will help sever America's reliance on China for metals used in defence products. ft.trib.al/ya16jsS

India is likely to endure a blistering summer until monsoon rains arrive in June, with higher-than-average heat already straining power grids at a time when the country is grappling with energy shortages bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

There is a name for boarding a ship and abducting innocent civilians in international waters, @BBCWorld. Its not called 'interception'. The word is piracy.