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Roving Periscope: France also on the boil; may follow SL, B’desh, and Nepal

September 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid fresh fears of the Russian-Ukraine war spreading deeper in Europe, France came to a boil on Wednesday as thousands of demonstrators, protesting against increasing political uncertainties ahead of the 2027 presidential polls, poured out on the streets in several French cities in what could degenerate into a chaotic situation, […]

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Trade barriers: India and US talks continue, says Trump

September 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After several contradictory statements from him and his acolytes, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that India and America are “continuing negotiations” to address trade barriers, the media reported. His latest statement came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to skip the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting later […]

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CPEC: China, Pakistan to form $ 7bn consortium for railway project

September 9, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Proving the hopefuls wrong, who read too much in the so-called ‘bonhomie’ between China and India during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit a week ago, Beijing and Islamabad have announced a USD 7 billion consortium for a railway project under the ongoing USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). […]

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France: Fourth PM in a year quits; weakened, Macron to face polls in 2027

September 9, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: European Union’s largest country, France, has done it again. On Monday, the government of its fourth Prime Minister in a year collapsed after François Bayrou lost a parliamentary confidence vote, defeated by 364 to 194 in the National Assembly, plunging the country into political paralysis. Bayrou, the 74-year-old centrist, was […]

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Roving Periscope: In just 48 hours, Nepal apes Lanka—Oli resigns; may flee!

September 9, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In just two days of massive anti-government demonstrations by leaderless Generation Z youths, the Communist-led government collapsed in Nepal, its ministers resigned, and so did its highly unpopular, pro-China Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who, reports suggested, might follow President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled Sri Lanka in 2022 after a […]

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Deal: India and Israel sign BIT to boost economic ties

September 8, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid US President Donald Trump’s trade and tariff tantrums and mounting global geopolitical uncertainties, India and Israel on Monday signed a reciprocal bilateral investment treaty (BIT) to boost their economic ties, the media reported. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her Israeli counterpart Bezalel Smotrich signed the agreement in the national […]

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Trump’s tariffs: If continued, India’s GDP may shrink by 0.5%, says the CEA

September 8, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: If prolonged, US President Donald Trump’s 50 percent tariffs, which became effective on August 27, may shrink India’s GDP by 0.5 percent in the current financial year (2025-26), according to Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor to the government. “I hope the additional penal tariff is a short-lived phenomenon,” […]

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Roving Periscope: PM Modi refuses to fall in Trump’s traps; to skip UNGA meet in NY

September 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: For the first time since he became the Prime Minister in 2014, Narendra Modi will skip an important meeting in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York this month, maybe because he has once again seen through the ‘trap’ laid for him by his frenemy, US President Donald […]

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Ukraine: After the US, Europe and India intensify efforts to end the 42-month-long war

September 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump’s August 15 meeting in Alaska with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin bearing no fruits so far, Europe and India have, in their own ways, are refreshing efforts to end the biggest European conflict after the Second World War (1939-45) that has created fresh challenges to […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump hosts “high IQ” tech titans, tries to drive a wedge between foes

September 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: To save his face and credibility overseas and dull mounting criticism at home because of his unpredictable ‘policies,’ US President Donald Trump on Friday said India and Russia appear “lost” to the “deepest, darkest China.” Also, trying to humour the USA’s high technology companies, and potentially to weaponize their products […]