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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 […]

Defence

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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Pakistan: “Head bowed, self-respect compromised,” admits PM Sharief on IMF loans

January 31, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammed Shehbaz Sharif has admitted that his nearly-bankrupt country had to bow its head and compromise self-respect to keep the nation afloat. Seeking foreign loan had forced Pakistan to “bow” its head and make compromises at the “cost of self-respect”, he said in a candid admission about […]

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Cuba: Havana prepares as Trump blocks oil supply, threatens tariff on suppliers

January 30, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As US President Donald Trump moved to block Venezuelan oil supply to Cuba and threatened tariffs on nations selling oil to Havana, the tiny neighbour accused Washington of “brutal act of aggression,” “blackmail and coercion,” the media reported on Friday. After the Venezuelan oil flow stopped, US neighbour Mexico became […]

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Roving Periscope: Post-Venezuela, Trump’s next target—Alberta in Canada!

January 30, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After President Donald Trump’s repeatedly failed attempts to make Canada the USA’s 51st state, America is likely supporting separatists of resource-rich Alberta to split away from the North American neighbour, the media reported on Friday. Some top US officials are reported to have met Alberta’s separatists who sought funding from […]

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Iran: The US warns Americans against travelling to Pakistan

January 29, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As tensions run high because of the US and Iran threatening each other with an “all-out war,” and the likelihood of this conflict spilling over into neighbouring Pakistan, Washington has warned Americans against travelling to Pakistan, where they “risk kidnapping, terrorism,” the media reported on Thursday. In a travel advisory, […]