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Civil aviation: India, Russia sign MoU to manufacture commuter aircraft

October 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a significant step to make India self-reliant in manufacturing aircraft for civil aviation, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Russia’s UAC on Monday signed an MoU to make SJ-100 passenger jets in India. Marking the first full-scale civil aircraft manufacturing project in the country, HAL and Russia’s Public Joint Stock […]

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Russian crude: Indian Oil to continue buying from non-sanctioned firms

October 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Stressing that Russian crude oil itself is not under Western sanctions, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), the country’s largest fuel retailer, said on Tuesday it will continue to buy energy from non-sanctioned Russian companies and use services of similar shipping lines, the media reported on Tuesday. IOCL is the country’s […]

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AI impact: Amazon cutting 30k corporate staff globally; 1,100 in India

October 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid ramped up investment in artificial intelligence (AI), global e-commerce behemoth Amazon is set to cut 30,000 corporate office jobs in a belt-tightening move, marking its largest workforce reduction since late 2022, multiple media reports said on Tuesday. These job-cuts, starting October 28, will include 1,100 positions in India as […]

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Aviation: After 5 years, India, China direct flights resume

October 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Direct flights between India and China resumed on Sunday as relations between the countries appear to be thawing. The first IndiGo flight 6E 1703, from Kolkata, landed in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Monday, carrying about 180 passengers, the media reported. Direct flights between the two countries were […]

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“Greater Bangladesh”: Yunus gifts new map, with India’s N-E, to Pak general!

October 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Dancing to the tunes of its erstwhile tormentor, Islamabad, Dhaka is now fancying to forge a so-called “Greater Bangladesh,” incorporating India’s northeastern states, the media reported on Monday. This ‘plot’ surfaced with the Bangladesh government’s interim chief advisor Muhammad Yunus gifting a distorted map to a visiting Pakistani general. It […]

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Roving Periscope: Targeting China, Trump ropes in SE Asia with trade, minerals deals

October 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Aiming at China, US President Donald Trump on Sunday signed a series of deals on trade and critical minerals with four members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), maintaining a tariff rate of 19 percent on goods exports from them to America, with the levy to be […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump begins to MAGA—by adding a massive ballroom to the White House!

October 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Fulfilling his election promise to Make America Great Again (MAGA), US President Donald Trump is rebuilding the East Wing of the White House to create a ballroom almost twice the size of the White House itself! And the ballroom’s construction, not legally permitted so far, will be privately-funded!! This will […]

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Obituary: ‘Mile Sur Mera Tumhara’, ‘Ab Ki Baar Modi Sarkar’ creator Piyush Pandey passes away

October 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India’s ‘advertising god’ Piyush Pandey, who gave some of the most unforgettable advertisements and slogans, breathed his last on Friday. He was 70. He is survived by his wife, Nila, sister Ila Arun, and brother Prasoon Pandey, the media reported. Several prominent personalities, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union […]

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Trade: India, US, ‘close’ to seal the deal; ‘Won’t rush into any deal,’ says Goyal

October 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid reports that India and the US are ‘closer’ to sealing the first phase of the bilateral trade agreement (BTA), Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Friday asserted that New Delhi will not rush into trade deals and reject restrictive conditions. “India will not sign any trade […]

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Crude: Trump clamps “tremendous” sanctions on key Russian oil cos

October 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Disappointed with all his efforts to end the Russian war in Ukraine producing zero results, US President Donald Trump has cancelled his likely meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Budapest, Hungary, and has instead slapped “tremendous” new sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, the media reported on […]