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Entities from India

45 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings.

People

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Chetan Prakash BalhotraINUAE-based Indian national designated by OFAC on 15 April for role in Shamkhani Iranian oil network.
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Narendra ModiINPrime Minister of India since 2014; champion of strategic autonomy and Indian Ocean primacy.
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Subrahmanyam JaishankarINIndia's External Affairs Minister; chaired the 14-15 May 2026 BRICS foreign ministers meeting hosting Araghchi and Lavrov.
Tanjore Sunilkumar SrinivasINIndian national OFAC-designated 15 April 2026 for facilitating Iranian oil exports through Shamkhani network.
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Vikram MisriINIndia’s Foreign Secretary; issued the first non-Western formal protest against Iran’s conduct in the 2026 Hormuz conflict.

Organisations

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Adani CementINIndian cement producer and paying customer of Gigaton's autonomous plant-control software.
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AdaniConneXINIndian data-centre joint venture between Adani Group and EdgeConneX, developing hyperscale campuses across India.
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Adani EnterprisesINIndian conglomerate; fined $275m by OFAC for 32 Iran-LPG sanctions violations in May 2026.
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ANIINIndian wire service Asian News International; covers South and Southeast Asia for global clients.
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Bharat PetroleumINIndian state oil refiner and marketer with Gulf crude exposure; mentioned in OFAC/India sanctions context.
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CtrlS DatacentersINIndia's largest Tier IV-rated colocation operator; received $840m CPPIB equity stake in June 2026.
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Dahej LNG TerminalINIndia's primary LNG import terminal; rejected the Russian Kunpeng cargo on sanctions grounds.
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Fleet Tanqo Private LimitedINNavi Mumbai shipping company OFAC-designated 15 April 2026 for Iranian oil smuggling.
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HCLTechINIndian IT services giant facing existential threat from AI automation of its core business.
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Hindustan PetroleumINIndian state oil refiner with Gulf crude dependency; one of three state refiners caught in OFAC/IRGC bind.
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House of Shipping Private LimitedINChennai-based shipping firm OFAC-designated 15 April 2026 for Iranian oil network involvement.
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ICMRINIndia's apex biomedical research body, the Indian Council of Medical Research, which coordinates outbreak response including Nipah virus investigations in Kerala.
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Indian NavyINIndia's naval force, patrolling the Indian Ocean as Iranian warships fall in its waters.
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Indian Oil CorporationINIndia's largest state-owned oil refiner; historically dependent on Iranian crude via Hormuz.
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India Ports Global (IPGL)INIndian state-owned port operator; transferred Chabahar stake to Iran 26 April as US waiver expired.
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InfosysINIndian IT services pioneer, pivoting its business model around AI delivery.
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Ministry of External Affairs (India)INIndia's foreign ministry; stayed publicly silent for seven days on US sanctions naming Indian nationals in Iran oil networks.
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NASSCOMINNational Association of Software and Service Companies, India's IT industry body; published FY2026 figures showing 140,000 net hires and major US multinational GCC expansion.
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Observer Research FoundationINNew Delhi think tank founded 1990; India's top-ranked foreign-policy and strategic affairs research institution.
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Reliance IndustriesINIndia's largest conglomerate; Jamnagar refiner and swing crude buyer as sanction waivers open and close.
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Serum Institute of IndiaINWorld's largest vaccine manufacturer; Pune-based; manufacturing Oxford ChAdOx1 Bundibugyo candidate on $8.6m CEPI grant.
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Tata Consultancy ServicesINIndia's largest IT services firm, restructuring around AI as headcount shrinks.
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The Week IndiaINIndian English-language weekly news magazine; cited as source for India-Iran diplomatic coverage in the conflict.
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Tribune IndiaINIndian English-language newspaper published in Chandigarh since 1881.
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WiproINIndian IT services firm; first major outsourcer to set zero fresher hiring target.

Nations & Places

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ChennaiINSouth Indian port city of 10 million; Tamil Nadu capital and a major hub for IT, manufacturing, and maritime trade.
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DahejINIndia's largest LNG import terminal in Gujarat, operated by Petronet LNG; received the first post-conflict Hormuz cargo.
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HyderabadINMajor Indian technology city; secondary GCC hub named by NASSCOM for US multinational expansion in FY2026.
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IndiaINSouth Asia's largest democracy and a major non-belligerent power directly affected by the 2026 Gulf conflict.
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KeralaINIndian state on the south-western coast with a globally studied public-health system.
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KozhikodeINNorthern Kerala district; epicentre of every Indian Nipah outbreak since 2018.
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MumbaiINFinancial capital of India; home to OFAC-designated Fleet Tanqo (Navi Mumbai) and major oil import infrastructure.
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MundraINIndia's largest private port in Gujarat; destination of IRGC-seized vessel Epaminondas, April 2026.
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New DelhiINCapital of India and seat of the federal government; a primary venue for South Asian and Indo-Pacific diplomatic affairs.
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VadinarINIndian oil import hub; sole port that briefly received Iranian crude under GL-U waiver.
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VisakhapatnamINIndian port city; Eastern Naval Command HQ; site of Google's $15bn AI hub with AdaniConneX.

Concepts

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Global Capability CentreINAn in-house offshore office run by a multinational within its own corporate entity, concentrating white-collar work in lower-cost markets; not captured by US WARN Act filings or Stanford's JOLTS analysis.

Events

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BRICS foreign ministers meetingINBRICS foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi, 14-15 May 2026; Iran, Russia and India built non-Western diplomatic architecture.
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Exercise MILANINIndia's premier multinational naval exercise, whose 2026 guests became the war's first casualties.
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International Fleet Review 2026INIndia's multinational naval review at Visakhapatnam; attended by Iran's IRIS Dena days before war.