INDIAN EXPRESS DATED 1ST APRIL 2026

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INDIAN EXPRESS DATED 1ST APRIL 2026.

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1.     West Asia war intensifies as Iran threatens US firms and maritime energy flows remain under attack

The central international development is the further escalation of the West Asia war. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the coming days would be decisive and warned Iran that the conflict would intensify if it did not agree to a deal. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard responded by threatening to target major American companies in the region, while an oil tanker off Dubai was set ablaze and US strikes hit Isfahan, home to a major nuclear site. The logic is that both sides are widening the conflict from state targets to strategic infrastructure and corporate networks, thereby raising the economic cost of war. The newspaper’s stand is cautionary: the conflict is no longer only military but is now also an energy, shipping, and supply-chain war. The gist is that the Strait of Hormuz crisis is destabilising global trade and energy security, and the coming phase may be marked by higher oil prices, greater commercial risk, and deeper geopolitical fragmentation.

2.     India may receive its first Iranian crude shipment since 2019