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Trinidad & Tobago PM praises Narendra Modi, to confer nation’s highest civilian honour

July 4, 2025 revoi editor 0

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Thursday praised Indian PM Narendra Modi’s leadership and announced that the country’s highest civilian honour, “The Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago”, will be conferred upon him on Friday. The award is being bestowed in recognition of PM Modi’s global leadership, his deep engagement with […]

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Civil society leaves UN development summit feeling unheard

July 4, 2025 revoi editor 0

When over 1,000 civil society representatives flocked to Seville this week for a U.N. conference on development financing, their expectations were already low, but the four-day event left many frustrated and feeling their voices were stifled. The once-in-a-decade summit promised to marshal resources that could narrow the estimated $4.3 trillion financing gap needed to help […]

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900 earthquakes, just two weeks left. Japan Islanders sleepless :

July 3, 2025 revoi editor 0

New Delhi: In just the past two weeks, over 900 earthquakes have shaken the remote island of southern Japan, keeping residents of the local island awake all night. Seismic activity has been “very active” in the seas around the Tokara Islands since 21 June, authorities said after a magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck on Wednesday. As […]

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The Dalai Lama: Only he can choose his successor, insists India

July 3, 2025 revoi editor 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after China tried to impose its authority over the selection of the next Dalai Lama, India has insisted that only the Buddhist spiritual leader and the religious conventions he established can do so, the media reported. New Delhi has made its position unequivocal on the question of the […]

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Roving Periscope: Importing farm products key issue in US-India tariff talks

July 3, 2025 revoi editor 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In April, President Donald Trump paused his reciprocal tariffs on some 100 countries for three months, ending July 9. Several countries have since been racing against time to strike a favourable trade and tariff deal with America, even as Trump has just announced take on Japan! While he imposed as […]

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RBI issues advisory to banks for integration of DoT’s Financial Fraud Risk Indicator

July 3, 2025 revoi editor 0

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) welcomes the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) advisory issued on June 30, directing all Scheduled Commercial Banks, Small Finance Banks, Payments Banks and Co-operative Banks to integrate the Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI) developed by DoT into their systems. This major step is expected to strengthen efforts to curb cyber-enabled […]

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Indian stock market opens higher, Sensex above 83,400

July 3, 2025 revoi editor 0

The Indian benchmark indices opened higher on Thursday amid positive global cues, with buying seen in the IT, pharma, and auto sectors in early trade. At around 9:25 am, the Sensex was trading 68.28 points, or 0.08 per cent, higher at 83,477.97, while the Nifty added 19.30 points, or 0.08 per cent, to reach 25,472.70. […]

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WHO pushes countries to raise prices on sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco by 50%

July 3, 2025 revoi editor 0

The World Health Organisation is pushing countries to raise the prices of sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco by 50% over the next 10 years through taxation, its strongest backing yet for taxes to help tackle chronic public health problems. The United Nations health agency said the move would help cut consumption of the products, which […]

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India, US to sign new 10-year Defence Framework this year

July 3, 2025 revoi editor 0

India and the United States have agreed to sign a new 10-year US-India Defence Framework by the end of this year, US Senior Defence Spokesperson Colonel Chris Devine has said. According to a statement from the Pentagon, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth and India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh agreed during a phone conversation on […]

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EAM Jaishankar meets heads of US FBI and National Intelligence

July 3, 2025 revoi editor 0

External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S. Jaishankar met with two top US intelligence officials – Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard – on Wednesday. In a post on X, Jaishankar noted that he had a “good exchange on the global situation and bilateral cooperation” with Gabbard. […]