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Wealth: With $97.6 billion, Gautam Adani is again Asia’s richest man

January 5, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: India’s billionaire Gautam Adani has reclaimed the top position on the Asian rich list after the Supreme Court reprieve this week. His net worth rose USD 7.7 billion in a day to USD 97.6 billion, making him reclaim the top spot in Asia from compatriot Reliance chief Mukesh Ambani, whose […]

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Roving Periscope: Beware of China’s Modi praise—“Hindi-Chini Bhai Bhai 2.0”

January 5, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Idiots in India are going gaga over China’s latest praise of its Enemy Number One! In his famous treatise, The Art of War, ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu (fifth century BC) advised the rulers to develop good information sources in the enemy country, specifying five types of intelligence gathering, […]

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Praggnanandha’s success is an inspiration for countless young Indians to believe: Gautam Adani

January 5, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Gauttam Adani, a well-known businessman of the country, praised the Indian chess grandmaster and posted on social media saying, It’s a privilege to support Praggnanandhaa as he continues to win laurels in the world of chess and make India proud. His success is an inspiration to countless young Indians to believe that nothing is more gratifying […]

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Technology: 60% of Indian startups report increased revenue and profitability in 2023

January 4, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: The funding crunch of 2022 and 2023 may have come as a blessing in disguise for many Indian startups, as 60 percent of startup founders reported increased revenue and profitability in 2023. Also, according to Weathering The Challenges- The Indian Tech Startup Landscape Report 2023, a study undertaken by The […]

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Roving Periscope: India politically ready to navigate the 2024 challenges, says EAM Jaishankar

January 4, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India is ready and politically well-positioned with a fair deal of confidence to navigate challenges in 2024, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Wednesday. This year, 2024, would remain turbulent for the world but India is well-positioned politically and economically to navigate the challenges and maintain its rising global […]

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Terrorism: Tasting its own medicine, terror-friendly Pakistan witnessed a 17% rise in violence in 2023

January 4, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Pakistan, the state-supported global nursery of terrorism, is getting it back. In its coin. Actively supported by its all-powerful military-led establishment, home-grown and foreign terrorists are boomeranging on Pakistan to haunt it. Everyday. In 2023, the Islamist-infested South Asian nation witnessed a 17 percent spike in terrorist violence with 693 […]

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Karan Adani is the new MD of APSEZ

January 3, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Ahmedabad, 3 Jan 2024: Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), India’s largest ports and logistics company, has elevated CEO Mr Karan Adani to the role of Managing Director, a position which was held by Mr Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group. Mr Gautam Adani is re-designated as ‘Executive Chairman’ of APSEZ, one […]

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Virtual crimes: Probing a pile of real rape cases, the British police now investigate into ‘digital rape’

January 3, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Even as the British police and prosecutors are currently struggling with an enormous backlog of actual rape cases, they have started an investigation into a unique “gang rape” of a girl in Metaverse, the media reported on Wednesday. The case is said to be the first virtual “sexual offense” being […]

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Roving Periscope: Going to NA polls in Feb, even a terror-friendly Pakistan fears ISIS’ entry

January 3, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Terror, Pakistan’s state policy, is coming home to roost. The multiple terror ‘assets’ Pakistan has raised, networked, controlled, funded, sponsored, protected, and launched against India and others in the last four decades were like teenagers. The biggest bad boy of them all—the ultra-Sunni Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), […]

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Hindenburg: SC dismisses the demand for an SIT, directs SEBI to probe if the US firm harmed Adanis’ investors

January 3, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Nearly a year after a US-based firm’s claims caused mayhem in Adani share prices, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed stock manipulation and accounting fraud allegations against the Indian conglomerate, and directed the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to probe in three months if the Hindenburg Research’s report […]

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