India takes tanker deaths to Rubio

India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said he spoke with Secretary Marco Rubio and protested U.S. Navy attacks in the Gulf that killed three Indian mariners. Hindustan Times and Anadolu tied the call to earlier Indian summonses and U.S. blockade strikes on tankers accused of carrying Iranian oil.

Why this matters. This adds a neutral-shipping and India-U.S. diplomatic cost to the blockade: any MOU now has to prove crew-safety rules and Hormuz enforcement limits, not just oil flow and uranium terms.