Mideast war lands India restaurants in soup

Far from the Middle East, restaurants in the world's fastest-growing major economy are feeling the heat of the conflict with cooking gas shortages. "We saw it coming, but didn't expect it to hit us this quickly," said MadCo's director Santosh Abraham, adding that the restaurant in the southern tech city of Bengaluru has also halted its lunch service. India is the world's second-largest buyer of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), 90 percent of which passes through the Strait of Hormuz, a key transit...