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Roving Periscope: Now, China’s Xi regime coaches citizens, and students on ‘how to catch a spy’

September 18, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Dictators, who usually grab power from others, are invariably suspicious about others—even their henchmen—and hugely insecure and obsessed with their own security. China’s President-for-Life Xi Jinping is no exception. In a video that went viral in August, the world saw him waiting, and turning his face back twice, for his […]

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Exodus: Investors pull out $200 bn from Chinese markets

September 16, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Amid the collapsing economy in China, the meltdown of the real estate sector, which contributed nearly a third to the Dragon’s overall GDP, and the exodus of Chinese realtors from Australia and other countries are old hats. The latest indication that China is descending into chaos is this: global investors […]

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Roving Periscope: Downcast, Canada postpones India mission for FTA

September 16, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Everybody expected it. Canada has just followed the script. With anti-India activities in Canada going unchecked, Ottawa cannot sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with New Delhi. Period. After Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced a frosty welcome in New Delhi during the G-20 Summit (September 9 and 10) and […]

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Roving Periscope: Panicked with a possible coup, China’s Xi purges the ‘enemies within’

September 15, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In one breath, he is exhorting the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to be prepared for a multi-front war; on the other, he is sacking the very military generals who would have led these conflicts. China’s President-for-Life Xi Jinping—whom his critics abroad denounce as “Xitler”—appears to be facing a series of […]

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Adani Wind’s 5.2 MW wind turbine enlisted in the MNRE Revised List of Models and Manufacturers (RLMM) Highest capacity onshore WTG in India

September 14, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Ahmedabad, 14 September 2023: Adani Wind, the wind energy solutions division of Adani New Industries Limited (ANIL), announced that its 5.2 MW wind turbine generator (WTG) has been enlisted in the Revised List of Models and Manufacturers (RLMM) published by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). This listing signals that the 5.2 MW WTG of […]

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Catastrophe: Around 20,000 feared dead in devastating Libya floods

September 14, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Although nearly 6,000 people have died in the recent Libya floods, some estimates suggest the death toll could be much higher, around 20,000, the media reported on Thursday. According to a BBC report, the toll could be as high as 20,000. Mediterranean storm Daniel caused deadly flooding on Sunday night […]

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Adani Group forms JV for marketing of green hydrogen in Japanese market

September 14, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Ahmedabad, 14 September 2023: Adani Global Pte Ltd, Singapore, a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of Adani Enterprises Ltd announced a 50:50 joint venture (JV) with Kowa Holdings Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore for sales and marketing of green ammonia, green hydrogen and its derivatives. The JV will concentrate on marketing of products in Japan, Taiwan and […]

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Roving Periscope: On China’s ‘standard map’, the cat is out of the bag!

September 14, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Former Indian Army chief General Manoj Naravane, on Tuesday, nailed China’s cartographical lies. Posting a map on X (formerly Twitter), he cryptically remarked: “Finally, someone got the map of China as it really is!” Sharing the map on the microblogging platform, his caption exposed China’s latest lies on its claims […]

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In the same boat: After Donald Trump, President Biden also faces ‘impeachment’

September 14, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: His predecessor Donald Trump faced two impeachments during his term (2017-21) and is still embroiled in various court cases. Now, US President Joe Biden, 80, is also facing an impeachment inquiry on his allegedly ‘lying’ about his son Hunter’s controversial business deals over a decade ago in China and Ukraine. […]

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Roving Periscope: Amid severe reverses, Putin tries to revive Russia war in Ukraine with NoKo’s help

September 13, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With the 18-month-long invasion of Ukraine remaining indecisive, the aggressor’s economy and weaponry depleting faster than it ever did even in Afghanistan and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping fighting his own demons at home and overseas, Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to revive the conflict with help from the […]

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