Overview
- President Trump, in a 20-minute national address on Thursday, claimed sweeping battlefield gains and warned of harsher strikes within two to three weeks.
- His remarks sent Indian stocks sharply lower, lifted crude back above $106 a barrel, weakened the rupee, and pushed gold and silver prices down.
- India’s foreign ministry said it has shipped diesel to Bangladesh and fuel to Sri Lanka and is weighing a Maldives request as Strait of Hormuz risks strain regional supplies.
- The Supreme Court ordered the Election Commission to seek a CBI or NIA probe into the Malda voter revision unrest after protesters surrounded seven judicial officers and blocked NH-12.
- Exporters in Agra said about $24 million of shoes are stuck at sea, putting paychecks for roughly 500,000 workers at risk as freight and input costs climb.