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Roving Periscope: Ukraine seeks 50 years of US security against Russia

December 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In their Sunday meeting in yet another attempt to thrash out a peace plan, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged his US counterpart Donald Trump to provide 50 years of security guarantees, saying meeting with Russia to end the ongoing war is still possible. The current 20-point peace plan, floated by […]

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Security: India to buy defence hardware worth Rs. 79,000 crores

December 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid fast-changing geopolitics and emerging challenges in the neighbourhood, India on Monday decided to purchase defence hardware worth Rs. 79,000 crores (nearly USD 9 billion), the media reported. The Defence Ministry, on Monday, approved the procurement of long-range rockets, missiles, radar systems, and military platforms worth Rs. 79,000 crores to […]

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The Arab faultlines: “Immediate action,” Saudis warn the UAE-backed Yemen separatists

December 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The ancient faultlines within the Arab Muslims reappeared when the Saudi-led coalition warned the UAE-backed Yemen separatists of “immediate action,” the media reported on Saturday. The Saudi-led coalition, fighting in in Yemen, warned it would immediately respond to any military movements of separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates that […]

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India-NZ FTA: More jobs, incomes, trade, says PM Luxon

December 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Five days after India and New Zealand concluded negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Saturday that the deal will create more jobs, enhance incomes, and increase trade, the media reported. The two countries, on December 22, concluded negotiations for a comprehensive, balanced and […]

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Pakistan: It’s a junta with n-weapons, President Putin told George W. Bush in 2001

December 26, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As US President Donald Trump romances with Pakistan’s  “Field Marshal” Asim Munir, fresh revelations have surfaced about how concerned Washington was when Islamabad pursued its nuclear programme relentlessly, by hook or crook. Pakistan’s nuclear proliferation programme, primarily against India, triggered deep concern at the highest levels of the United States […]

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Censorship: EU, France, and Germany slam US visa bans

December 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid escalating Europe-America tensions, the European Union, France, and Germany condemned US visa bans on European citizens combating online hate and disinformation, with Brussels saying on Wednesday it could “respond swiftly and decisively” against the “unjustified measures.” According to media reports, US President Donald Trump’s administration clamped visa bans on Tuesday […]

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Libya: Army chief, 7 others killed in a private aircraft crash in Turkiye

December 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: At least eight people, including the Libyan army chief, were reported killed in a private plane crash near Turkiye on Wednesday, the media reported. Libya’s internationally ⁠recognised government said the dead included the African country’s army chief of ​staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, four members ⁠of his entourage, and three […]

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Roving Periscope: The US concerned about China’s claims on Arunachal, Taiwan

December 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: A Department of War (Pentagon) report, submitted to the US Congress, has flagged China’s claims over India’s Arunachal Pradesh as part of its stated “core interests,” underscoring Beijing’s broader national strategy aimed at achieving the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation” by 2049. China’s Communist-dictatorial leadership has expanded the scope […]

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Christmas “gift”: Playing Santa Claus, Trump offers $3k, free ticket if aliens self-deport by Dec. 31

December 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The year 2025 began for them with a humiliated return home, but US President Donald Trump now wants illegal immigrants to return with a Christmas “gift”: a USD 3,000 stipend and a free ticket on flight back home—if they self-deport by December 31, 2025. According to media reports on Tuesday, […]

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Sri Lanka: Op. Sagar Bandhu on; India proposes $450 mn Cyclone Ditwah relief package

December 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Under its ongoing Operation Sagar Bandhu, India has proposed a USD 450 million cyclone relief package to Sri Lanka, the media reported on Tuesday. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, who is in Sri Lanka as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s special envoy, made these remarks alongside Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Vijitha […]

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