India’s MPC maintains repo rate stance pending inflation data
→Treasury teams must monitor policy sensitivity to inflation data
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UK's Competition and Markets Authority fines Automobile Association Developments £4.2m and orders £760,000 refunds to learners
→Customer-relations teams must issue refunds to 80,000+ learner drivers immediately
EU activates biometric Entry/Exit System across Schengen borders
→Border-control officers must register non-EU travellers' fingerprints and photos
Argentina transfers glacier protection authority to provinces
→Provincial permitting teams can approve mining in glacier regions
UK ends two-child benefit cap
→Universal Credit claimants with three+ children receive restored payments
Northern Ireland mandates two weeks' paid miscarriage leave
→Employers' HR teams must grant two weeks' paid leave after miscarriage
CMA CGM moves container ship through Strait of Hormuz
→Container-ship voyage planners can resume routing Western-owned vessels via Hormuz
France's administrative court overturns ban on Muslim gathering
→Event organisers can proceed; police ban lifted two hours before opening
UK raises national minimum wage to £12.71 an hour for over-21s
→Payroll teams must update pay to new legal minimums from 1 April 2026
Israel mandates death penalty for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks
→Military courts must impose executions within the statute's 90‑day window
UK's Defra mandates weekly food waste collections for all homes
→Local authority waste teams must provide weekly separate food collections
Spain closes airspace to US aircraft involved in Iran war
→US flight planners cannot use Spanish airspace or Rota and Morón bases