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🗞️ Medial Bulletin 🌍 Geopolitics: The "Five-Day" Grace Period Trump postpones strikes: After high-stakes talks described as “very good” with regional leaders, President Trump has delayed planned strikes on Iranian power plants by five days. This creates a narrow diplomatic window to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which remains effectively shut. The Russian oil waiver: To avoid a global energy shock, the US administration has issued a temporary waiver allowing the purchase of Russian and Iranian oil currently stranded at sea. Brent crude remains volatile, hovering near $112 per barrel. India’s strategic exit: Two Indian-flagged LPG tankers, Pine Gas and Jag Vasant, have begun a high-risk transit through the Strait. They are moving close to Iranian islands to signal identity and reduce the risk of being caught in crossfire involving the US, Israel, and Iran. 🤖 AI & Automation: Desk Supercomputing and the "Agentic" Shift NVIDIA DGX Station era: Following GTC 2026, the first Grace Blackwell Ultra desktop superchip systems have reached top AI researchers. Developers can now run trillion-parameter models locally, reducing reliance on centralized cloud infrastructure. Gemini’s deeper integration: Google has confirmed that its next generation Gemini AI will execute tasks natively on upcoming Samsung Galaxy S26 and Pixel 10 devices. The shift moves from interacting with AI to letting AI operate the phone. Atlassian’s AI bet: The company has completed restructuring, cutting roles in traditional project management while investing heavily in autonomous AI agents that can write, test, and deploy code independently. 💼 Layoffs & Industry Reset: The 45,000 Mark Q1 tally confirmed: Global tech layoffs have crossed 45,000 in the first three months of 2026. The trend reflects strategic restructuring, with companies reallocating budgets from headcount to compute infrastructure. Corporate slimming: Amazon: Total cuts in 2026 have reached 16,000, with AWS and advertising divisions seeing the largest impact as automation expands across operations. Salesforce: Around 1,000 additional roles have been cut from marketing and product teams, even as the company scales its Agentforce AI platform. India impact: Flipkart has asked roughly 300 employees to exit after performance reviews. Zupee has completed another round of layoffs amid ongoing regulatory changes in gaming. 📉 Markets & Crypto: The Volatile Recovery Bitcoin’s 3% rise: Bitcoin has climbed to $70,676, up 3.65% today. It remains significantly below its October 2025 peak, but a stronger base appears to be forming as investors explore alternatives to traditional currencies affected by geopolitical stress. Sensex under pressure: The BSE Sensex turned volatile as foreign institutional investors continued selling. Domestic investors are rotating toward PSU energy stocks and packaged food companies such as MTR and ITC as the LPG situation tightens. Gold and silver: Prices remain near historic highs, reacting sharply to developments in the Persian Gulf. 🇮🇳 India Business & Policy LPG crisis hits home: With supply disruptions from the Gulf, the government has increased commercial LPG allocations to states by 20%. Ready-to-eat and frozen food sales are rising across Tier 1 cities as households adapt to shortages. EV momentum: Exicom has expanded EV charging capacity with a new plant in Hyderabad, indicating that India’s clean energy push is accelerating amid fossil fuel instability. Stay updated. Stay ahead with Medial.