Vinayak Barot

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Ukraine: The UN system “sclerotic,” needs reform, says EU chief

September 22, 2023 Vinayak Barot 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After many countries voiced their concern over the lopsidedness in running the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the European Union chief has also said the UN system has become ‘sclerotic” and needs reforms at the earliest. He cited the UNSC’s helplessness in taking Russia to task after it invaded Ukraine […]

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Roving Periscope; After brokering the Saudi-Iran thaw, China hosts Syria’s Assad

September 22, 2023 Vinayak Barot 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Fearing a coup at home and fighting the financial demons he created, Chinese President Xi Jinping has for months been avoiding foreign visits. He did not attend even the G-20 Summit in New Delhi early this month. But he is ‘inviting’ foreign leaders to visit China to boost his supporters’ […]

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Pakistan: Nawaz to return in Oct, take on army bosses; polls in January 2024

September 21, 2023 Vinayak Barot 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With three-time Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, who has been in self-exile in London since 2019, announcing his return home next month and making the bosses in the army and judiciary “accountable”, the stage is being set for yet another stormy General Elections to the National Assembly in Pakistan in […]

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Adani-Hindenburg case: Can all good men be conflicted?

September 21, 2023 Vinayak Barot 0

Mumbai, The intervention application filed by one Anamika Jaiswal alleging conflcits of interests of the Expert committee members appointed by the Hon. Supreme Court in the Adani – Hindenburg matter, viz. Mr. OP Bhatt, Mr. KV Kamath and Mr. Somasekar Sundaresan, is to the say the least, misconceived and motivated. Whatever the interventionist has gathered is […]

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Roving Periscope: Drug gangsters, aka ‘Khalistanis,’ sour Indo-Canadian relations

September 21, 2023 Vinayak Barot 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The rivalry to control the multi-billion dollar worth of international drug smuggling, struggle for monopolistic supremacy, and inter-gang wars, have combined under the garb of the so-called “Khalistani Movement” and soured Indo-Canada bilateral relations. Some countries’ humanitarian policies to give ‘asylum’ to outsiders have become the latest tools the criminals […]

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Money matters: Tight-rope walking, Canada may lose more than India

September 20, 2023 Vinayak Barot 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As his opponents and social media dug out dozens of controversies involving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—in February 2021, the Sikh truckers, who largely control Canada’s surface transport system, forced him to flee with his family on the COVID-19 compulsory vaccination issue—India turned more screws on him, issuing a travel advisory […]

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Roving Periscope: “Provide proof”, Oppn grills Trudeau; the US distances from Canada

September 20, 2023 Vinayak Barot 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As the Indo-Canadian bilateral relations nosedive on Ottawa’s ‘pro-Khalistan’ stance, Canada’s Opposition has criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, asking him to “come clean” and provide evidence to substantiate his claims. But even before his New Delhi visit for the G-20 Summit early this month, his allies had refused to condemn […]

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AGEL and TotalEnergies to expand partnership, TotalEnergies to invest USD 300m in an AGEL-TotalEnergies JV

September 20, 2023 Vinayak Barot 0

Ahmedabad, September 20, 2023 –Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) and TotalEnergies have entered into a binding agreement to create a new JV, equally owned by TotalEnergies and AGEL, with a 1,050 MW portfolio. This portfolio will comprise a mix of already operational (300 MW), under construction (500 MW) & under development assets (250 MW) with […]

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Adani Realty wins annual FIST 2023 Award

September 20, 2023 Vinayak Barot 0

Ahmedabad, 20 September 2023: Adani Shantigram, the sprawling 630-acre township by Adani Realty, has been honored with the prestigious FIST 2023 Award. The recognition underscores the township’s commitment to ensuring the highest standards of security, safety, and emergency preparedness for its over 10,000 residents. The Fire & Security Association of India (FSAI) gives out the […]

Defence

Indo-Canada tension: The US, the UK, Australia “deeply concerned”

September 19, 2023 Vinayak Barot 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Although the Khalistani angle in Indo-Canadian bilateral relations was simmering for years, the sudden meltdown of bilateral relations between New Delhi and Ottawa has taken the US-led West and its allies by surprise, barely a week after the G-20 Summit where India won accolades. The West appears worried that the […]