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Venezuelan oil: Commercial viability the key for imports, says India

February 5, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India on Thursday said it is keeping all options open to source crude oil from Venezuela and other countries, depending on commercial viability. This statement came after US President Donald Trump claimed that India has agreed to stop buying Russian oil and may raise imports from the US and Venezuela, the […]

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Trade deal: India and the US may sign joint statement on the BTA soon, says Goyal

February 5, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India and the United States are likely to sign a joint statement on the first tranche of their potential bilateral trade deal (BTA) in the next four or five days, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. He also said there is no investment commitment in […]

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Investments: India to invest $500 bn in the US, claims the White House

February 4, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Even as finer and final details of a potential India-US bilateral trade agreement (BTA) are yet to surface, the White House, to pressurize India, has claimed that New Delhi has committed to no longer purchasing Russian oil, and that it would invest USD 500 billion into the US, the media […]

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Roving Periscope: India to levy 0% tariff on many farm, industrial imports, says Greer

February 4, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: While details of the expected bilateral trade agreement (BTA) between the USA and India are yet to emerge, US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer has stated that India will lower tariffs on a wide array of American industrial and agricultural goods to zero percent, according to media reports on Wednesday. […]

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Markets: With positive US signals, Indian bourses zoom over 2.5%; rupee also appreciates

February 3, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump slashing tariffs on Indian goods from 25% to 18%, the likelihood of the two countries’ bilateral trade agreement (BTA) brightening, and eased tension in the Middle East, India’s equity markets zoomed over 2.5% on Tuesday. Benchmark indices held strong gains through the midday session on Tuesday, […]

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Roving Periscope: BLA’s women fidayeens joined Operation Herof 2.0 in Pakistan

February 2, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In perhaps the first-ever incident of its kind in the Islamic world, the Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA), which claimed responsibility for the recent coordinated multiple suicide attacks in Pakistan restive province, claiming over 200 lives, released photos of two of their women fidayeen (suicide attackers), the media reported on Monday. […]

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Markets: As investors digest Budget proposals, Sensex, Nifty50 recover over 1%

February 2, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: After their knee-jerk reaction to the Union Budget for 2026-27, tabled in Parliament on Sunday, investors digested its impact in the long run, and Sensex and Nifty bounced back, significantly recovering on Monday. While the BSE Sensex rallied over 1,345 points from its intraday low of 80,387.25 hit a high […]

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Impact: Dismayed at the ‘future-looking’ Budget, markets down with over 1%

February 1, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Apparently unhappy with ‘fiscally prudent’ budgeting, finding little fireworks, and ignoring the government’s concerns over the fast-changing geoeconomic and geopolitical scenario to safeguard the gains made so far, the Indian stock markets reacted hastily and lost over 1% of their value when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled her ninth consecutive […]

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Budget FY27: With geopolitical challenges around, FM hikes defence outlay by 15.3%

February 1, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Giving a significant boost to India’s ongoing defence preparedness in view of the current geopolitical and security-related challenges, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, while tabling in the Lok Sabha her 9th consecutive Union Budget for 2026-27 with a total outlay of Rs. 53.5 lakh crore, hiked the defence budget […]

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Mine collapse: Over 200 feared dead in DR Congo

January 31, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: More than 200 people were feared killed in a mine collapse in the Central African country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the media reported on Saturday. Rights groups raised concerns over conditions at the mine, which supplies about 15 percent of the world’s coltan used in advanced electronics. According […]

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