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Roving Periscope: 15 die as Thailand, Cambodia clash on Shiva Temple custody, expel envoys!

July 25, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The long-running dispute over the custody of a vast ancient Hindu Temple complex between Thailand and Cambodia, which triggered yet another armed clash between the two Southeast Asian nations this week, claimed the lives of at least 16 people, the media reported on Friday. More than 138,000 people have been […]

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Reactions: FTA to boost trade by $20 bn-plus, says Vedanta chief Anil Agarwal

July 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The landmark bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the UK on Thursday has been greeted by business circles in both the countries and beyond. It will help increase trade between the two countries by at least USD 20 billion, and lead to the creation of more jobs, Vedanta […]

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Roving Periscope: After 3 years, India and UK sign landmark six billion pound FTA

July 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India and the United Kingdom on Thursday announced a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), which is expected to boost exports by a multi-billion-pound amount and potentially double them by 2030. Negotiations on the trade deal took three years, having been started by former PM Boris Johnson in 2022. Union Commerce […]

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Tariff: The US gets $550 bn Japan investments, imposes 15% import duty

July 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After much dilly-dallying, the US has imposed a 15 percent tax on imports from Japan, which will invest USD 550 billion in return! President Donald Trump announced a trade framework with Japan on Tuesday, imposing a 15 percent tax on goods imported from the Asian nation, according to media reports […]

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Cybercrime: Indians lose over Rs.22k cr to cyber criminals in 2024

July 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Indian citizens lost more than Rs. 22,845.73 crore to cyber criminals in 2024, a staggering increase of nearly 206 percent from the previous year, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Responding to a written question, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar said that, according to […]

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Mishap: 20 dead as China-made BAF training aircraft crashes into Dhaka school campus

July 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Nearly 20 people, including school students, died and around 100 were wounded when a Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) training aircraft crashed into a college and school campus in Dhaka on Monday afternoon. According to military and fire officials, the Chinese-made F-7 BGI aircraft, piloted by Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam Sagar, […]

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Roving Periscope: India, B’desh worried over China’s mega-dam project in Tibet

July 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Two weeks after the 14th Dalai Lama celebrated his 90th birthday on July 6 in the presence of Union Minister Kiren Rijiju at Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, China has started the construction of the world’s largest dam project on the Brahmaputra’s source in Tibet, the media reported on Monday. Earlier this […]

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Media: Now, Trump slaps a $10bn lawsuit against frenemy Murdock, WSJ

July 19, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: US President Donald Trump has filed a USD 10 billion (£7.5bn) lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal’s parent company, Dow Jones, and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, over claims that he wrote a “bawdy” note to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Trump claims the publication slandered him and violated libel laws in […]

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Roving Periscope: No disruption to global oil supply or purchases, clarifies EU

July 19, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid India’s ongoing trade talks with multiple European countries, including the UK, the European Union sought to cool tempers in New Delhi on Saturday, following the EU’s recent sanctions on Russian oil over the Ukraine issue, according to media reports. The EU’s recent sanctions on Russian oil, energy, banking, and […]

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Trumpistan: “Unacceptable blackmail,” says Brazil to US tariffs

July 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after he hosted the BRICS Summit (July 6-7), Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday slammed his US counterpart Donald Trump’s threat to impose 50 percent tariffs on Latin America’s largest economy as “unacceptable blackmail.” Lula’s comments during a nationally televised speech were the latest in series […]