INDIA PERSPECTIVE

New Delhi covers the Iran crisis with the intensity of a country importing 85% of its oil. NDTV publishes three articles the same day. The first headlines: 'Trump won't nuke Iran but clock ticking as 3rd aircraft carrier arrives.' The second reveals Iran 'strikes back' at Trump's remarks on its leadership with a slogan: 'One leader, one nation.' The third notes the extension of Israel-Lebanon ceasefire by three weeks.

NDTV is the only outlet in the pool to cite Trump declaring Iran is already 'decimated by conventional means' — an assertion the journal does not comment on but leaves suspended, as a fact whose accuracy the reader will measure. NDTV also notes that 'the clock is ticking' for Iran, citing Trump on Truth Social: 'I have all the time in the world, but Iran doesn't.'

For India, the Hormuz crisis is first an energy crisis. The strait sees transit of one-fifth of global oil and gas supply. Bloomberg, in the same pool, reports that India 'raises production to address persistent cooking gas crisis.' Each day the strait remains closed costs the Indian economy hundreds of millions. New Delhi cannot afford to take sides — but NDTV shows the Modi government observes each move with attention bordering on obsession.