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Movies: Oppenheimer shines with seven Academy Awards

March 11, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Christopher Nolan’s magnum opus Oppenheimer, a biopic on the Father of Atom Bomb, triumphed at the 96th Academy Awards, winning seven of the 13 Oscars it was nominated for, at a glittering ceremony held in Hollywood on Sunday. It won Oscars in seven categories, including Best Picture, Best Director (Christopher Nolan), […]

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Pakistan: PM Shehbaz’s 19-member Federal Cabinet sworn-in

March 11, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday administered the oath of office and secrecy to a 19-member Federal Cabinet of the newly-elected Prime Minister Mian Mohammad Shehbaz Sharif in the national capital, Islamabad. The ministers, whose names the PM had recommended earlier in the day, include 12 Members of the National […]

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EFTA deal: Cheaper good from Switzerland, three other European nations coming into India

March 11, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: From next year, Indian customers will start getting access to high-quality Swiss products—watches, chocolates, biscuits, and clocks—at lower prices as India will phase out customs duties in the coming years under its just-concluded trade pact with the EFTA bloc on these goods. India and the four-European nation bloc EFTA signed a […]

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Trade: Many countries ready to use Indian rupee, says Goyal

March 11, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after India inked the free trade pact with four EFTA countries–Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein–that would potentially attract USD 100 billion in investments in the next five years, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday many developed and developing countries are keen to start trade in […]

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Pakistan: “Mr. Ten Percent” Asif Ali Zardari returns as President

March 9, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP)’s top leader Asif Ali Zardari, infamous as “Mr. 10 Percent” because of his alleged corruption, on Saturday, became President for the second time—the only civilian to hold the post twice since the nation came into existence in 1947. In 2013, he also became the first President to […]

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Roving Periscope: India-EFTA deal on Sunday; likely with the UK after LS polls

March 9, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: While India is set to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with a group of four European nations on Sunday (March 10), its much-awaited deal with the United Kingdom is likely to be inked only after the Lok Sabha elections in April-May 2024. India and the European bloc EFTA will sign […]

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Roving Periscope: The US “revitalizing” ties with India, and others says Biden

March 8, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Firing on all cylinders and against all his foes within and without—ranging from his predecessor Donald Trump, and President Vladimir Putin of Russia to Xi Jinping of China—US President Joe Biden said on Friday that America is “revitalizing” ties with India and others. In his State of the Union address, Biden, […]

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The Ukraine war: CBI raids 13 places, busts human trafficking racket to recruit soldiers for Russia

March 8, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After the death of two Indians and reports of many more duped to join Russia as soldiers against its ongoing war in Ukraine, India has busted a gang of human traffickers who recruited youths by offering them jobs abroad. Several Indians have been duped to work with the Russian Army, officials […]

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Trade: India-US trade to surpass $200 billion in 2024, says Garcetti

March 8, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The India-United States trade is likely to surpass the previous record of USD 200 billion this year and huge opportunities exist for the two largest democracies to expand cooperation in defense and space sectors, besides critical emerging technologies like semiconductors and artificial intelligence, said US American Ambassador Eric Garcetti on Thursday. […]

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Women’s Day: UN panel castigates Iran govt for Mahsa Amini’s death

March 8, 2024 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) report has found Iran responsible for the physical violence that led to the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 which sparked nationwide protests against the conservative Islamic country’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, laws and its ruling theocracy. The UN panel’s stark pronouncement came […]