Chinese leaders will launch a pivotal five-year plan this week that’ll help shape global commodities markets through the end of the decade. Their fixes targeting supply will be as important as the impact of their decisions on demand.

British premier gives green light to Washington to utilise facilities including Diego Garcia

Oil surged by the most in four years, as the US-Israeli war against Iran plunged the global crude market into turmoil, with the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

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The Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) has  destroyed 32 illegal refining sites and recovered over 175,000 litres of stolen petroleum

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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has announced a scheduled outage on Benin–Ajaokuta 330kV Transmission Line to facilitate ongoing restringing

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..says project will contribute $1.2bn to GDP annually The Federal Government, through the Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), has signed

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The African Democratic Congress has opened a free online membership registration portal as it moves to build a verifiable national

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Nigerian shippers are bracing for a rise in freight costs and delays at sea as shipping giants reroute vessels away

read more Nigerian shippers brace for rate hikes as Middle East conflicts force shipping giants’ reroutes

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The bigger threat to U.S. companies may not be a data breach, but a coordinated campaign designed to make your employees stop trusting everything they see and hear.

Tehran had a succession plan in place for the peaceful death of its Supreme Leader. Can it keep control now the country’s at war?

Traders braced for a volatile and risk-off open to the week for global stock markets after the US and Israel attacked Iran, with the focus turning to energy and defense companies as potential havens amid expected losses in airlines and other consumer sectors.

The NBA star announced he would become a shareholder in the largest U.S> prediction market.

BYD Co. reported a 41% drop in vehicle sales for February from a year earlier, after a record-long Lunar New Year holiday brought production and retail activity in China to a near standstill for much of the month.

Said to be leaving to take up a role at the IMF.

"These low-cost drones, modeled after Iran's Shahed drones, are now delivering American-made retribution."

Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath warns the U.S.’s $30 billion bet on laptops in schools has made Gen Z less cognitively capable than their parents.

When Netflix Inc. dropped out of the bidding for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. on Feb. 26, the news came as a surprise to many in Hollywood.

The oil market’s nightmare scenario came true this weekend. Now the race is on to deal with it.

While policy rates in India are likely to stay at current levels or even go lower for an extended period, there are risks as well, Malhotra said. Inflation is looking benign and going forward, underlying inflation is expected to remain low. It will depend on growth-inflation dynamics as they play out. We are still living in very uncertain times, the RBI Guv added.

The extent of the derisking ‘is anyone’s guess’ but some warn against ‘quickly buying any dip’.

The area's success at attracting capital from around the world over the years and diversifying away from oil could also make it a threat to global markets.

A dispatch from the Iranian capital, where the prevailing mood is one of fear and shock

Tens of thousands of travellers left stranded while businesses ask staff to work from home

Islamic republic launches constant barrages at Israel while targeting civilian sites around the Gulf

US and Iran must ‘pursue a diplomatic off-ramp rather than further escalation’.

Hundreds of tankers carrying oil and liquid natural gas have dropped anchor or remain stationary near the Strait of Hormuz.

Under fire from US and Israeli jets, the Islamic republic’s leaders turn to succession

Prior to the current fiscal, data from DIPAM showed no earning through asset monetisation placed under MCRs

As tensions rise in the region, Indian firms are taking proactive measures to safeguard their employees, with TCS, L&T, and Deloitte among those halting travel and issuing advisories

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GST collection in January grew by over 6%, but it was for 31 days; In February, with only 28 days, the growth rate appears more significant

When asked about any impact of the war in the West Asia (Iran-Israel), Rahul Bharti, Senior Executive Officer, Corporate Affairs said that the company was “closely monitoring the situation”

Iran-Israel war can destabilise economies, markets

The prime minister heads the CCS while Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman are its members

Protection and Indemnity (P&I) club is notifying clients that liability cover will become expensive due to additional protection

“Several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions — and are in the process of being returned to duty,” Central Command said in a social media post

Leading Coca-Cola bottler in India invests ₹1,200 crore to set up its eighth plant

The Mamata Baneree-led party alleged the ‘arbitrary deletions’ of voters under SIR is a systematic humiliation engineered to disenfranchise and to silence Bengal’s voice

UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar remain closed for air traffic due to drone assaults and attacks on local airports

Prolonged conflict could sharply increase freight rates, insurance premiums, transit time

₹30,000-crore expansion plan aims to add 120 destinations over 10 years

Gap-down Nifty likely; oil, rupee and gold in focus

Sources said over two hundred pilots and crew of IndiGo and Air India Express are stuck in West Asia

DGGI moves Fino Payments Bank chief Gupta to Hyderabad for alleged GST probe

The author documents how women entrepreneurs from beyond the metros are rewriting India’s economic map

The aim is to have a roadmap towards a cruelty-free and sustainable industry, be it cage-free practices in poultry or better welfare standards for farm animals

Israel’s Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich has admitted that the budget deficit will now be more than the 3.9% of GDP planned in the 2026 budget.

Israel David, acting chairman of the Israel Association for Construction and Infrastructure Engineers (IACIE) says the numbers are even higher in older cities.

Analysts said the extent of the impact on domestic silver and gold prices will depend on how long the conflict persists, as global investors recalibrate risk exposure amid fears of a prolonged instability in the Middle East

Nine people have been killed and 51 injured as a missile hits a bomb shelter and houses.

According to the government data, the peak power demand met or the highest supply during February, also rose slightly to 243.15 GW from 238.06 GW recorded in Feb 2025

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