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Pakistan: Court indicts ex-PM Imran Khan for making ‘secret cable’ public

October 23, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Two days after his predecessor Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif returned home from a four-year-long self-exile in the United Kingdom, a Pakistani court framed charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan for making public the contents of a ‘secret diplomatic cable.’ The local media reported on Monday that Imran ‘leaked’ the […]

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Canada: After angering Sikhs, Trudeau earns Muslims’ ire, too!

October 21, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: His political immaturity is now a legend, not only in Canada but also worldwide. For, within two months, he has antagonized two of the largest immigrant communities in the North American nation: the Sikhs and the Muslims. Ahead of his 2015 parliamentary elections, a large number of Canadian Sikhs—except the […]

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Roving Periscope: Hamas releases 2 American captives as aid starts flowing in from Egypt

October 21, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Before launching a massive ground attack into the Gaza Strip, Israel is still giving a long rope to Hamas, which released two American hostages as hundreds of thousands of Gazans anxiously waited for their turn to get the much-need humanitarian aid that started flowing in from Egypt on Saturday. The […]

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Ummeed-e-Pakistan: Nawaz returns home, to lead party in January 2024 NA elections

October 21, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Three-time Prime Minister Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif on Saturday returned home after a four-year-long self-exile in the United Kingdom to lead his Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) party in the scheduled elections to National Assembly in January 2024, and try to secure a fourth term. The 73-year-old PML-N supremo flew from […]

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Khalistan: India-Canada business unaffected, as Ottawa recalls 41 diplomats from New Delhi

October 20, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The India-Canada row over the Khalistan issue revived on Friday when New Delhi rejected Ottawa’s attempts to portray its pullout of 41 diplomats as a violation of the Vienna Convention, but said India has no plans to affect ongoing trade and investment between the two democracies. “We reject any attempt […]

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Roving Periscope: After Biden fails, British PM Sunak tries to contain Hamas conflgration in Arab world

October 20, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: After the hospital blast this week, which allegedly killed some 500 people in Gaza and enraged the Muslims the world over, the Palestinians claimed on Friday that several people died in a mosque targeted by Israel, which awaited the most opportune moment to push its ground assault into the Gaza […]

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Growth: With 18% of global growth by 2028, India to play a key role, says IMF

October 20, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Compared to China’s economic slowdown, India’s faster growth is expected to make a bigger contribution—18 percent—to global growth, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The global lender expects India to increase its contribution to global growth over the next five years, even if temporarily, as the South Asian economy […]

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Adani Cement refinances USD 3.5 billion from 10 international banks, terming out the acquisition finance facility by a tenor of 3 years

October 20, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Mauritius, 20 October 2023: Adani Cement, through Endeavour Trade and Investment Ltd, is pleased to announce the successful completion of its refinancing program for acquisition debt taken for Ambuja and ACC, through a USD 3,500 million financing package, raised from a clutch of international banks. This showcases Adani’s robust access to the global financial market […]

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TMC MP Mahua Moitra targeted Adani to malign Modi: Darshan Hiranandani

October 19, 2023 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi, Oct 19 (PTI) Darshan Hiranandani, the CEO of real estate-to-energy group Hiranandani, who allegedly paid TMC MP Mahua Moitra to raise questions in Parliament about Adani Group, on Thursday said the TMC leader targeted Gautam Adani to “malign and embrass” Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose impeccable reputation gave opposition no opportunity to attack […]

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Roving Periscope: As British PM Sunak visits, Israel pauses, allows aid, and gives a long rope to Hamas

October 19, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: After pounding the Gaza Strip for nearly two weeks and amassing troops and weapons in an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation, Israel might be giving a long rope to the Hamas terror group to make its next move, as Tel Aviv allowed limited aid from the Egyptian border to flow into the war-ravaged […]

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