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Roving Periscope: Islamabad gets some relief—with yet another IMF bailout

March 20, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF), under the ‘strategic influence’ of the US, does not want a nearly bankrupt Pakistan to get any more debt-trapped by China than it already is. So, the global lender has thrown yet another lifeline to a self-proclaimed ‘nuclear-armed’ country that knows very well how and […]

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Startups: “In my third term, India to become the third-largest economy,” says PM Modi

March 20, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As the Election Commission of India (ECI) issued the notification on Wednesday for the first phase of the ensuing Lok Sabha elections, a confident Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated that India will become the world’s third-largest economy in his third term in office. Addressing the Startup Mahakumbh event in the national […]

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Roving Periscope: “Mass death is imminent in Gaza,” says global hunger monitor

March 19, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The narrow Gaza Strip, which was densely populated with nearly 2.3 million Palestinians until October 7, 2023, is now staring at “mass deaths” because of the alarming famine affecting over a million internally displaced people in the wake of the ongoing conflict. which has turned the once-thriving region into a trail […]

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Arunachal Pradesh: India slams China’s claims as “absurd, baseless”

March 19, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The External Affairs Ministry (EAM) on Tuesday termed China’s recent claims on Arunachal Pradesh as its territory (“South Tibet”), and reiterated that the northeastern state “was, is, and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India.” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal’s comments came two days after China’s Peoples’ Liberation Army […]

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‘Friendly wars’: Pak airstrike kills 8 Afghans; Taliban condemns, vows revenge

March 18, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A week after a new government was installed in Islamabad, at least eight Afghans were killed inside Afghanistan early on Monday in airstrikes carried out by Pakistan Air Force (PAF) targeting multiple suspected hideouts of the Tehreek-e-Taliban-Pakistan (TTP), the media reported. According to early reports, eight people, including a wanted terrorist […]

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Roving Periscope: After his ‘big win,’ Putin and Xi heap praise on each other!

March 18, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: His victory was never in doubt. For the record, however, Vladimir Putin has just “won” the election as Russia’s President for the fifth term in a row, with an impressive vote margin of 87.33 percent. But he still fell short of many a dictator’s ‘victory margins.’ For example, Iraq’s last dictator […]

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David v/s Goliath: Tension soars as Taiwan warns off intruding Chinese boats

March 16, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Tension mounted on Saturday when Taiwan warned Chinese coast guard boats to “turn around immediately,” after they intruded the restricted Taiwan Straits waters, near the frontline islands near China for the second day in a row, the media reported. Despite Taiwan’s persistent protests, China claims the self-run and democratic island as […]

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Roving Periscope: Why single out one faith, India against all forms of ‘religiophobia’

March 16, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Calling on all member-states of the United Nations to consider the broader scope of religious discrimination persisting globally, India on Friday abstained in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on a draft resolution introduced by Pakistan and co-sponsored by China on “Islamophobia.” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ruchira Kamboj asserted that […]

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CAA: India rejects the US ‘concerns’, says it’s an internal matter

March 15, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Strongly defending the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 as India’s “internal matter,” New Delhi on Friday rejected the USA’s comments on its implementation as misplaced, misinformed, and unwarranted. Those who have a limited understanding of India’s pluralistic traditions should not attempt to lecture us, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesman Randhir Jaiswal […]

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EVs: New policy to boost domestic manufacturing, bolsters Tesla’s entry plans

March 15, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Centre on Friday approved a new policy to boost domestic manufacturing of electric vehicles (EVs), envisaging a minimum investment of USD 500 million (Rs. 4,150 crores) and encouraging high-volume production, economies of scale, and lower costs of production. It also aims at reducing air pollution, lowering the trade deficit, and […]