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Tourism: Indians shun the pro-China Maldives, make it feel the pain

March 14, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Four months after electing Mohamed Muizzu as their President, the Maldivians are ruing the day they got carried away with his “India Go Back” slogan. The island nation, now firmly pro-China, is feeling the pinch as a large number of Indian tourists are shunning it. Amid the ongoing diplomatic row, the […]

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Recovery: Post-pandemic, poorer countries failed to bounce back, says UNDP

March 14, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: While many countries are bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic, the poorest are not and a significant number are seeing their conditions deteriorate, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) chief has said. According to UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner, the finding is a “very strong warning signal” that nations are now drifting apart. […]

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Roving Periscope: PLA is ailing, but Beijing flexes muscles!

March 14, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: China’s spirit is willing but its flesh is weak! Although President Xi Jinping, who has been purging officials left, right, and center to spruce up both the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and his government, to free them of “lethargy and corruption, things don’t seem to be working well for China. Worried […]

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America: It’s Biden v/s Trump, again, in the November 2024 polls

March 13, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As they did four years ago, US President Joe Biden, 81, will face his predecessor Donald Trump, 77, again in the November 2024 presidential election for which their respective parties—Democratic and Republican—renominated them as candidates on Super Tuesday. The two rivals secured renominations as presidential candidates for the polls, setting up […]

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Semiconductors: Dholera plant to make microchips by December 2026, says Vaishnaw

March 13, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday laid the foundation of three microchip plants—two units by Tata Electronics and the third by CG Power, entailing a total investment of Rs 1.26 trillion—Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the first set of semiconductors will start rolling out from […]

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Markets: Sensex crashes 906 points, Nifty slips under 22k; Rs. 13.5 trn lost

March 13, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Investors lost nearly Rs. 13.5 lakh crore on Wednesday in the blood bath in India’s stock market as Sensex crashed 906 points and Nifty slipped below the 22,000 mark. As bears prowled on Dalal Street in Mumbai, hammering equities, the S&P BSE Sensex and Nifty50 index fell over one percent, and […]

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Khalistan: Now, terrorist Pannun threatens to attack Indian diplomats in NZ also

March 13, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Safely ensconced in the US and Canada enjoying dual citizenship, hospitality, and protection, Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun has threatened to attack Indian diplomats in Wellington after New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters expressed doubts on India’s connection to separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s alleged murder in June 2023 in Canada. […]

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China: NPC’s lackluster annual meet highlights the Dragon’s decline

March 12, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The biggest indication, if any was needed, that China is declining came from the just-concluded annual meeting of its parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC) which, for the first time since 1993, ended without the Prime Minister’s customary press conference to skirt embarrassing questions about the Dragons’ progressing multiple organ failures. […]

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Roving Periscope: Wheel turns full circle—Nepalis want their king back!

March 12, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Deeply unhappy with what the various combinations of China-supported Communists have done to their country over the last two decades of instability and poverty, many Nepalis now want their king back to power in Kathmandu. In Hindu-majority Nepal, the monarch has historically been seen as the reincarnation of Lord Vishnu. India […]

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Technology: Google and ECI tie up for LS polls; to prevent the spread of false information

March 12, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Search engine behemoth Google has tied up with the Election Commission of India (ECI) to prevent the spread of false information on the eve of and during the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the country. Alphabet Inc-owned Google’s joining hands with the ECI also aims to promote authorized content and label […]