• El índice de referencia Nifty 50 cayó 180.10 puntos o un 0.74% para cerrar en 23,997.55, mientras que el Sensex bajó 582.86 puntos hasta los 76,913.50.
• El índice Nifty Bank descendió un 0.98% hasta los 54,863.35, lastrado por la toma de beneficios tras las ganancias iniciales por los resultados del cuarto trimestre (Q4).
• Sectores como metales, PSU banks y realty experimentaron fuertes caídas debido al aumento de los precios del petróleo y las salidas de capital extranjero.
Colombia fue anfitriona de casi 60 países en un momento crucial en el escenario mundial para la lucha por la transición hacia un futuro de energía limpia. Mirando hacia el mar desde las grises playas de arena de Santa Marta, en la costa caribeña de Colombia, nunca es difícil detectar evidencias del próspero comercio de exportación de combustibles fósiles del país. Los petroleros están fondeados en el horizonte y, a veces, dicen los lugareños, trozos de carbón llegan a la orilla, arrastrados por el viento desde los buques carboneros que transportan cargamentos de las minas cercanas. Fue aquí, el miércoles por la noche, donde el gobierno colombiano dio un paso audaz para cambiar su economía – y la del resto del mundo – alejándose de la dependencia del carbón, el gas y el petróleo hacia una nueva era de energía limpia. Con la primera conferencia sobre "la transición para abandonar los combustibles fósiles", el anfitrión se unió a casi 60 países decididos a aflojar el control de los petroestados sobre el futuro del mundo. Seguir leyendo...
• El consumo de cocaína también alcanza niveles récord, según muestran las cifras de la Comisión Australiana de Inteligencia Criminal
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• El consumo de metanfetamina en Australia casi se ha duplicado en la última década y los estimulantes se están consumiendo en niveles récord, según revela el nuevo monitoreo de aguas residuales.
The NSW premier, who was unequivocal in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, has now linked the fate of his state’s laws with those of the Queensland legal challengeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has said he will only ban the slogan “globalise the intifada” if a potential constitutional challenge to a similar ban in Queensland is unsuccessful, the strongest indication yet that the state government may not seek to proscribe the contested phrase at all.Minns was unequivocal about his intention to ban what he described as “hateful, violent rhetoric” following the Bondi terror attack in December, but sent the issue to a parliamentary inquiry, which he said would enable legislation to be introduced when parliament returned in February. Continue reading...
• UN International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez stated that the blockading of ships in the Strait of Hormuz due to the US-Iran conflict has turned international shipping and seafarers into leverage in geopolitical disputes.
• The crisis highlights how vessels and crews, not involved in the conflict, are being caught up in hostilities between the United States and Iran, disrupting global trade routes.
• This development underscores critical weaknesses in global shipping networks, potentially leading to supply chain disruptions, higher costs, and risks to maritime security worldwide.
Industry analysts say fuel price surge could lead to canceled flight routes that could snarl travelers’ plansCalifornia’s jet fuel supply has dropped to a level not seen since 2023, as turmoil in the Middle East continues to squeeze the global oil market.As of 17 April, the state’s jet fuel stock was just over 2.6m barrels, in comparison to 3.2m barrels two years prior, according to the California energy commission (CEC), which publishes a refinery stocks data dashboard. Continue reading...
‘Coalition of the willing’ gathers in Colombia to try to bypass petrostate blockages of Cop summits and chart fresh pathThe world’s first Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels conference, co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands, takes place in Santa Marta, Colombia, from 24 to 29 April. A “coalition of the willing” – including 54 countries and various subnational governments, civil society groups and academics – will try to chart a new path to powering the world with low-carbon energy. Continue reading...
• U.S. lawmakers and foreign policy analysts have reached bipartisan consensus that Russia and Iran have formed a "transformational" military alliance that extends far beyond diplomatic convenience, fundamentally reshaping conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
• The alliance involves weapons transfers, intelligence sharing, and sanctions-evasion tactics, with experts describing the relationship's trajectory as shifting "from turbulent to transactional to transformational" following Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
• Senator Tom Tillis emphasized the lethal implications for American personnel, stating that intelligence and satellite data sharing between Moscow and Tehran directly endangers U.S. service members deployed globally.
HMRC owed more than £640,00 by company that advised clients such as TikTok, GSK and PalantirPeter Mandelson’s former consultancy business, Global Counsel, went bust owing £4.6m – including more than £600,000 to the taxman – a report by the group’s administrators reveals.The company, which provided advice to high-profile clients including Chinese-owned TikTok, US tech business Palantir and UK pharmaceutical firm GSK, collapsed into administration in February, after it lost a series of accounts over the peer’s relationship with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading...
There are now 3,110 billionaires but analysis shows ‘deep structural acceleration’ in wealth creation around worldThe number of billionaires in the world could reach nearly 4,000 by 2031, figures suggest, as the super-rich accumulate wealth at an accelerating rate.There are now 3,110 billionaires globally, according to analysis by the estate agent Knight Frank. This is forecast to rise by 25% over the next five years, taking the total to 3,915. Continue reading...
