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Roving Periscope: Biden blamed for Harris’ loss, but she is defiant

November 7, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The outgoing US President Joe Biden’s alleged ‘under-performance’ during his four-year tenure (2021 to 2024) is now being blamed for the electoral loss of his Vice President Kamala Harris whom Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump trounced convincingly on Wednesday, the media reported on Thursday. Biden, fighting health-related issues […]

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Trump’s win: PMs Modi, Netanyahu, and others, greet the 47th US President

November 6, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, besides several world leaders, on Wednesday, greeted President-elect Donald Trump on his triumphant return to the White House after a gap of four years. Netanyahu was the first one to greet Trump: “Congratulations on history’s greatest comeback! Your historic return […]

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Trump 2.0: Ukraine hopeful, Russia to greet later, and China cautious!

November 6, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: While many world leaders greeted Donald Trump on his election victory, his ‘unfriended’ Russian President Vladimir Putin held back his congratulations on Wednesday, until later. A media report from Moscow said the Kremlin reacted cautiously after Trump won, saying the US was still a ‘hostile state’ and that only time […]

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Roving Periscope: “Man of the Ear” Trump trumps Harris in a cliffhanger election

November 6, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Until a year ago, most political ‘experts’ had almost written him off. He was facing several court cases. First, many in his Republican Party were not ready to nominate him again. America’s left-liberal-democratic toolkits worked overtime to smear him with mud and black… Yet, on Wednesday, he shocked them all […]

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Roving Periscope: Now, no fixed ‘retirement age’ for the Pakistani Army chiefs!

November 5, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Pakistanis often joke that their Army has never won a war and never lost an election! So, what’s the latest on this ‘omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent’ force that scared Pakistanis call “namaloom,” the Unknown Entity that runs their country? With the lame-duck Shehbaz Sharif-led government it fully supports, the Chief […]

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Olympics and Paralympics: India formally applies to hold the Games in 2036

November 5, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Sending a formal Letter of Intent (LoI) to the International Olympics Committee (IOC), India has formally joined the race to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2036, the media reported on Tuesday. The buzz around India’s bid to host the prestigious Olympic Games 12 years from now has been […]

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Markets: Amid US poll, Fed uncertainties, Sensex, Nifty fall

November 4, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Indian equities saw their worst session in over a month on Monday, driven by heightened uncertainty around the US presidential election and a spike in volatility, which reached a three-month high. The NSE Nifty 50 dropped 1.27 percent to 23,995.35, while the BSE Sensex declined 1.18 percent to 78,782.24, both […]

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Roving Periscope: In a new low, pro-Khalistanis attack Hindu temple in Canada

November 4, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Until a decade ago, the US embarrassed India by hyphenating it with Pakistan. In a payback, a rising India may now be forced to hyphenate America with Canada, given how New Delhi’s relations with Washington and Ottawa are deteriorating in tandem…unless Donald Trump’s potential return to the White House arrests […]

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Canada: India junks pro-Khalistani Trudeau govt’s claims against Amit Shah

November 2, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India on Saturday strongly refuted Canada’s fresh claims against Union Home Minister Amit Shah as “absurd and baseless allegations” saying these could potentially have serious and long-term consequences for bilateral ties between the two countries. Responding to the references made against Shah by a Canadian minister in the minority government […]

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Roving Periscope: Ahead of the Nov 5 vote, Trump “fires” Kamala!

November 1, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With barely four days to go for the crucial November 5 vote to elect America’s 47th President, Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump has already “fired” his Democratic rival and Vice-President Kamala Harris, the media reported on Friday. “Kamala, you are fired,” he thundered as the race for the […]