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Roving Periscope: Nobel-obsessed, Trump ‘lost India’, says the US Dem lawmaker

December 11, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: His obsession for a Nobel Peace Prize, even as he wages war on Venezuela, claimed multiple peace deals, and annoyed millions across the planet in 2025, has made Donald Trump risk becoming a president ‘who lost India,’ the media reported on Thursday. He risks becoming “the President who lost India”, […]

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Operation Sindoor’s impact: The US to sell high tech worth $ 686 mn to Pakistan

December 11, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Seven months after India knocked out some of Pakistan’s fighter jets during Operation Sindoor in May 2025, the US has agreed to sell new technology and support to upgrade Islamabad’s F-16 fighter jets in a deal worth USD 686 million, the media reported on Thursday. The Indian Air Force (IAF) […]

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Tariffs & trade: The US-India deal likely by March 2026, says Nageswaran

December 11, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India’s Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran said he expects the long-pending India–US trade deal to be signed by March 2026, noting that most trade issues have already been resolved, the media reported on Thursday. The first phase of the deal, covering tariff rationalisation, was originally targeted for completion this […]

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Roving Periscope: Australia pioneers social media ban for U-16 teenagers; others may follow

December 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Australia has become the world’s first country to legally ban use of social media for children under 16 years of age from Wednesday, blocking access to platforms including TikTok, Alphabet’s YouTube and Meta’s Instagram and Facebook. Ten of the biggest platforms were ordered to block children from midnight (1300 GMT […]

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Investments: Adani Group to invest up to Rs. 12 trillion in India by 2031

December 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Spanning key sectors like infrastructure, mining, renewable energy, and ports, among others, the Adani Group will invest up to Rs. 12 trillion (Rs. 12 lakh crore) in India by 2031, the media reported on Wednesday. The Gujarat-based ports-to-energy conglomerate Adani Group’s chairman Gautam Adani told a media outlet that: “There […]

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E-commerce: Amazon to invest $35 bn in India by 2030

December 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Global e-commerce behemoth Amazon, Inc., will invest more than USD 35 billion in India, across all its businesses, until 2030, the media reported on Wednesday. This announcement came within hours of the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in New Delhi, and the Redmond software […]

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Roving Periscope: Muslim outfits fume as the US tightens screws on terrorists

December 9, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After Texas, Florida—US President Donald Trump’s home state—has also declared the Egypt-headquartered Muslim Brotherhood and the US-based ‘advocacy group’ called Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as “foreign terrorist organizations” with immediate effect. Days after an Afghan immigrant killed a security official and injured another in Washington, DC, Florida Governor Ron […]

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India: Democracy and Pakistan don’t go together, says MEA

December 9, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Commenting on former Prime Minister Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi’s incarceration in a jail for over two years, India on Tuesday said Pakistan and democracy don’t go together. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal delivered a strong observation on the political churn in Pakistan, asserting that “democracy and Pakistan […]

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Energy transition: Adani Group to invest $75 bn in five years, says Gautam Adani

December 9, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani on Tuesday said the conglomerate will invest over USD 75 billion in the energy transition space over the next five years, asserting that India must do what is best for itself, define its own development path, and resist external pressures, the media reported. Speaking at […]

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Agriculture: The US may impose tariffs on rice imports from India

December 9, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Failing to push in America’s farm and dairy products into India, US President Donald Trump may now impose a tariff on rice imports from the South Asian country. He said that India should not be “dumping” rice into the United States market and he will “take care” of it, while […]