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3544 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 27 of 60.

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Indian Oil CorporationINIndia's largest state-owned oil refiner; historically dependent on Iranian crude via Hormuz.
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Indian Register of ShippingINIndia's ship classification society, founded 1975, headquartered in Mumbai and an IACS member.
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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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IndiGoINIndia's largest passenger airline, with Saudi flights cancelled during the Gulf conflict.
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Indonesia Directorate General of ImmigrationIDIndonesia's immigration regulator; its permit apparatus hit by a corruption scandal and leadership vacuum in June 2026.
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INDOPACOMUSUnited States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), the unified combatant command responsible for all US military operations across the Indo-Pacific region.
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Industrial Info ResourcesUSIndustry monitoring service tracking energy infrastructure status.
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INEESSpain's national statistics institute; publishes the twice-yearly web-scraped tourist-dwelling count used to track short-let supply.
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Ineffable IntelligenceGBLondon reinforcement-learning AI lab founded 2025 by David Silver, building models that learn without human-generated training data.
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INEO INFRACOMFRDijon-based Equans subsidiary building electrical and telecoms networks; supplies drone jammers to French prisons.
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IneosCHMultinational chemical group; closing European plants in 2026 citing structural energy cost disadvantage.
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InfineonDEGerman chipmaker and ESMC joint venture partner, Europe's largest automotive semiconductor firm.
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Infinite CapitalUSVenture capital firm; co-lead investor in Mach Industries’ 2026 Series C round.
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InfleqtionUS cold-atom quantum computing and sensing company; named in UK quantum strategy.
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InfodefensaESSpanish-language defence industry news outlet
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Information Commissioner's OfficeGBUK data-protection regulator; Capita £14m fine; NCSC guidance as GDPR Article 32 standard.
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Information Technology and Innovation FoundationWashington DC think tank advocating for innovation-friendly technology policy.
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InfosysINIndian IT services pioneer, pivoting its business model around AI delivery.
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INGNLDutch multinational banking group; its commodity analysts provided warnings on Hormuz oil supply recovery timelines during the June 2026 conflict.
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Innovate UKGBUK government innovation agency replacing open-competition grants with a portfolio management model from April 2026.
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InoceaMarine, defence and industrial group owning Davie and Helsinki shipyards; backed Kraken's 2026 Series B.
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Inovus MedicalGBSt Helens maker of surgical training simulators.
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In-Q-TelUSCIA's non-profit strategic venture arm; invested in Oxford chip startup Fractile alongside NATO fund.
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INRBCDDRC's national reference virology laboratory; confirmed Bundibugyo species 14 May 2026.
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INSEEFRFrance's national statistics and economic studies institute.
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Inside ElectionsUSInside Elections is a non-partisan US election forecasting service published through Roll Call that rates House, Senate, and gubernatorial races on a nine-point scale.
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Inside Unmanned SystemsUSTrade magazine on drones and autonomous systems, published by Autonomous Media in print and online.
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Insights GlobalNLDutch market intelligence firm publishing the canonical PJK ARA weekly oil stocks dataset for NWE.
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Insignito SolutionsILIsraeli maker of DUMBO passive acoustic drone detectors, owned by Ondas since September 2026.
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Insolvency ServiceGBThe UK government agency administering insolvency law and statistics.
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InstagramUSMeta-owned photo and video platform; found in breach of DSA child-safety rules, April 2026.
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InstaVoltGBUK rapid-charging network that secured £40m of sovereign and state-bank debt in May 2026.
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INSTEXEU non-dollar Iran trade vehicle, founded 2019 by France, Germany and Britain; wound up 2023.
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Institut Catala de FinancesESCatalonia's public financial institution, wholly owned by the regional government
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Institute for Fiscal StudiesGBUK independent economic research institute providing fiscal analysis and manifesto costings.
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Institute for Free SpeechUSWashington nonprofit, founded by ex-FEC chairman Bradley Smith, that challenges campaign-finance limits and disclosure rules.
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Institute for GovernmentGBNon-partisan UK governance think tank, analysing Parliament, Whitehall, and public administration.
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Institute for Iran-Eurasia StudiesIRTehran-based research institute studying Iran's relations with Russia, Central Asia, and Turkey; often cited by state media.
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Institute for Public Policy ResearchGBProgressive UK think tank, founded in 1988, publishing economic and social policy research.
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Institute for Science and International SecurityUSWashington non-profit; open-source satellite analysis of nuclear weapons programmes worldwide since 1993.
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Institute for the Study of WarUSWashington think tank publishing daily open-source battlefield assessments on Ukraine and Iran conflicts since 2007.
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Institute of Economic AffairsGBA free-market think tank campaigning for lower public spending.
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Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and ResearchBDBangladesh's national institute for disease surveillance and outbreak investigation.
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Institute of Welsh AffairsGBWelsh civil society think tank covering politics, culture, and public policy since 1987.
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Instituto de Crédito OficialESInstituto de Crédito Oficial, Spain's state lending bank providing €1,100m in rehabilitation loan guarantees under the Plan Estatal de Vivienda 2026-2030.
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Instituto Nacional de MigraciónMXMexico's federal immigration authority; administers residency visas and publishes annual fee schedules.
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Institut Pasteur de DakarSenegalese public-health institute making yellow fever vaccine and sequencing emerging pathogens.
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Institut Pasteur du CambodgeCambodian Pasteur Network laboratory that lab-confirms the country H5N1 human cases.
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Integral GlobalTechJPJapanese technology-growth investor connecting global companies with Japanese markets.
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Integrity Technology GroupCNBeijing cybersecurity firm sanctioned by the US, UK and EU for enabling Flax Typhoon.
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IntelUSAmerican chipmaker whose cancelled €30bn German fab set back EU semiconductor plans.
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Intel CapitalUSTechnology investor backing early-stage companies in computing, software and semiconductor hardware.
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Intellectual Property OfficeGBUK government executive agency for patents, trademarks and designs; DSIT-sponsored, based in Newport.
Intelligent Mail barcodesUSPS tracking codes on mail ballots used to enforce Trump's 2026 ballot distribution order.
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InterfaxRURussian news agency; reported March 2026 TurkStream Europe-line deliveries up 21% year-on-year.
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Interim Leadership CouncilIRIran's constitutional stopgap body holding Supreme Leader powers after Khamenei's death.
Inter MilanITMilanese Serie A football club; 20-time Italian champion
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International Business TimesUSUS-based online business and news publication.
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International Confederation of Music PublishersCHInternational trade body for music publishers.
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International Coordinating Group on Vaccine ProvisionBody that manages global emergency vaccine stockpiles.