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Trade: India rejects Lutnick remarks that ‘deal couldn’t happen as PM Modi didn’t call Trump’

January 9, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Is it an ego clash? Or a confident India reasserting its position in a New World (Dis)Order to the chagrin of the current US President? According to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, the much-awaited trade deal, which could lead to a broader bilateral trade agreement (BTA) between India and America, […]

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Iran: Amid speculations about Khameini’s likely escape, protests spreads to over 100 cities

January 8, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid speculations that Iran’s top spiritual leader Ayatollah Syed Ali Hosseini Khomeini, 86, may, like his Syrian ally, the then Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, flee to Russia, popular protests against the theocratic regime have spread to more than 100 cities across multiple provinces of the Shia-majority country, the media reported […]

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Defence: India, Germany negotiate $8bn submarine manufacturing deal

January 8, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Ahead of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s visit to India next week with a business delegation, the two countries are negotiating a crucial USD 8 billion defence deal for submarine manufacturing in the country, the media reported on Thursday. The two countries are working on the details of a submarine manufacturing […]

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Roving Periscope: Markets down after Trump’s 500% tariff threat to Russian oil buyers

January 8, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump ‘greenlighting’ the bipartisan Russia Sanctions Bill, stock markets in some countries sank on Thursday, with India’s Sensex and Nifty50 shedding 780 and 263 points, respectively. The proposed bill, if passed, could be used to penalise Russia’s trading partners, including India, China and Brazil, over their […]

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Greenland Now: “Trump won’t rule out military force to acquire,” says the White House

January 7, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: US President Donald Trump won’t rule out the use of military force to acquire Greenland, the White House said on Wednesday, ramping up tension with fellow NATO member Denmark over a dispute that’s surged back into public view after the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last week, the media […]

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Gaza Conflict: Netanyahu calls PM Modi, briefs him on the Peace Plan

January 7, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday called his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and briefed him on the implementation and status of the ongoing Gaza Peace Plan, the media reported. The two leaders also exchanged views on regional and global issues of mutual interest and agreed to remain in touch. […]

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Economy: India’s GDP growth surpasses projections, expected to grow at 7.4% in FY26

January 7, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Exceeding the government’s earlier projection of 6.3–6.8 percent, the Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.4 percent in the current financial year (2025-26), ending March 2026, according to the first advance estimates released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Wednesday, The fresh estimates, released by the Union Ministry […]

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Roving Periscope: EU, China bought over 50% of Russian energy; Venezuela to couph up 50m barrels to the US

January 7, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Donald’s trumped-up claims and allegations notwithstanding, Venezuela will have to ‘handover’ 30-50 million barrels of oil to the US, its President himself said on Tuesday! The US President’s assertion came amid reports that, since the Ukraine war began, China and the European Union (EU) imported over half of the Russian […]

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Opportunity in crisis: China looks at Venezuela as ‘template’ for Taiwan!

January 6, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: While US President Donald Trump’s invasion of Venezuela, kidnapping its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife have come a blow to China, the Dragon also sees in it a ‘silver line’: a justification to potentially carry out the long-pending annexation of Taiwan. Ironically, hours before the US invaded Venezuela, China’s […]

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Roving Periscope: Is western media ‘embedded’ in the West’s geopolitical propaganda?

January 6, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: A section of the ‘embedded’ American media appears to be justifying US President Donald Trump’s blatant invasion of oil-rich Venezuela, in violation of all international laws, by counting the alleged sins of its kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro who, along with his wife, is being “brought to justice” by parading him […]

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