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G-20 Summit: With Putin and Xi abstaining, the Modi-Biden duo to steal the show next week

September 4, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Would the Group of 20 (G-20) be eventually overshadowed by the G-7, and become ‘irrelevant’ just like the erstwhile Non-Alignment Movement (NAM), the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), and the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)? Will the Global South, formerly the “Third […]

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Digital India: 10 bn-plus UPI transactions in August; next target 100 bn per month

September 2, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: India’s financial transaction miracle, Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which has taken over 40 countries in the world by storm, is skyrocketing everywhere—replacing cash as a relic. In August, for example, UPI recorded a landmark more than 10 billion monthly transactions across India. It was a historic 50 percent year-on-year growth. […]

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Superweapon: Russia launches, deploys ‘deadliest’ Satan II ICBM

September 2, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Nations facing multiple crises usually flex muscles to power up their people into xenophobic frenzy. Russia has done exactly that when it launched and deployed what it called the “deadliest weapon.” Losing international credibility and prestige, an isolated President Vladimir Putin’s Russia blasted off the nuclear-capable “Satan II” Inter-Continental Ballistic […]

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Microfinance: Obama, Hillary, and over 160 others urge Dhaka to acquit Nobel Laureate M. Yunus

September 1, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Former US President Barack Obama, ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and over 160 other global leaders have urged Bangladesh to suspend ongoing legal action against Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate and the Father of Microfinance. Concerned over a string of court cases against Professor Muhammad Yunus, 83, these global leaders, in […]

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Roving Periscope: After India, 4 more Asian nations reject China’s recycled “standard maps”

September 1, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi:  Imagine five countries rejecting in as many days an aggressive China’s ridiculous and unilateral claims on their borders—it happened this week but none of these countries dread an aging, toothless Dragon’s alleged fire-spitting anymore! But this is the surest sign of multiple crises gripping China. Not just its plummeting economy, […]

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Economy: Maruti Suzuki registers highest-ever monthly wholesales in August 2023

September 1, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In what is viewed as a significant indicator of the healthy Indian economy and customer’s comfort levels, the country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki on Friday reported its highest-ever monthly wholesales in the month of August. In August 2023, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) sold a total of 189,082 units, which […]

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Ukraine war: Russia may buy (Chinese) weapons from North Korea!

August 31, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: How deadly and expensive Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has become was proved with reports suggesting that Moscow, once a major arms exporter, is trying to buy weapons even from North Korea to keep its fratricidal conflict going in the neighboring country. With no end visible to the ongoing 18-month-old “special […]

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Weather: The driest August since 1901 causes concern for Indian agriculture

August 31, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The driest month of August since 1901 is causing worries in India’s agriculture sector, the backbone of the national economy, as many farmers have been forced to buy more seeds to sow them again as fresh monsoon rains are expected in September. These monsoon showers are vital for India’s nearly […]

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Roving Periscope: Fearing collapse at home, Xi, like Putin, may skip the G-20 Summit

August 31, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Facing their worst challenges both at home and abroad, China’s President Xi Jinping, just like his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, may also skip the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit scheduled for September 9 and 10 in the Indian capital. Putin is afraid of venturing beyond Russia because of an arrest […]

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Expert Committee appointed by the Supreme Court, there is no evidence of any breach of the Minimum Public Shareholding requirements or manipulation of stock prices: Adani Group

August 31, 2023 Vinayak Barot

We categorically reject these recycled allegations. These news reports appear to be yet another concerted bid by Soros-funded interests supported by a section of the foreign media to revive the meritless Hindenburg report. In fact, this was anticipated, as was reported by the media last week.  Spokesperson, Adani Group said. These claims are based on […]

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