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Ukraine: EU sanctions to hit Rosneft’s Jamnagar refinery in India

July 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The European Union on Friday imposed sanctions on the India-based oil refinery of Russian energy giant Rosneft at Jamnagar (Gujarat), and lowered the oil price cap, as part of a new raft of measures against Russia over its war in Ukraine. The fresh sanctions package on Russia included new banking […]

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Roving Periscope: Pak woos the US; Washington junks LeT’s TRF!

July 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Desperately trying to salvage its image as a global pariah, Pakistan attempted to lure US President Donald Trump to visit Islamabad, only to end up with egg on its face. To rub salt in its wounds, Washington promptly added The Resistance Front (TRF), responsible for the April 22 massacre of […]

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Baluchistan: Talking merger, BLA and BLF kill nearly 40 Pakistani soldiers

July 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF), discussing a merger while fighting against Pakistan to liberate Baluchistan, on Thursday, targeted Pakistani army soldiers in two separate incidents and killed nearly 40 soldiers, the media reported. The BLA’s Fateh Squad ambushed a military bus going from Karachi […]

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Energy: If US sanctions Russia, India can secure oil from others, says Puri

July 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India can secure oil for its needs even if the US imposes sanctions on Russian exports over the Ukraine issue, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday. “I’m not worried at all. If something happens, we’ll deal with it,” he said at an industry […]

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Space: In Shubhanshu Shukla, India gets its second astronaut and a new hero!

July 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the return of Shubhanshu Shukla on Earth on Tuesday, India has a new hero, 41 years after the country’s first astronaut, Rakesh Sharma, made the country proud. It has been a giant leap for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), which has funded Rs. 550 crore for the US-led […]

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Space: Shubhanshu Shukla-piloted Ax-4 mission returns on Earth

July 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Signifying a new landmark in the Indo-US cooperation and delighting millions of Indians, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft Grace successfully landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Tuesday, marking the safe return of the Axiom-4 Mission (Ax-4) crew, piloted by India’s Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian […]

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Automobiles: Elon Musk’s EV maker Tesla enters India; first showroom in Mumbai

July 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Weeks after India gave the go-ahead to Elon Musk’s Starlink, the high-speed, satellite-based Internet services provider, to operate, his electric vehicle-maker company, Tesla, entered the country with an ‘experience centre’ and the first showroom in Mumbai on Tuesday. A 4,000-square-foot space in Mumbai’s financial district of Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) […]

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SCO: Amid ‘complex global situation’, Dr. Jaishankar for “open dialogue” with China

July 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a meeting with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng in Beijing on Monday and said New Delhi sought an “open dialogue” with Beijing amid a ‘very complex’ global situation. He also noted the improvement in bilateral ties and expressed confidence that discussions during his […]

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Skilled workers: Russia to invite up to one million Indians for its industries

July 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Facing an acute shortage of skilled workers in the wake of its ongoing “special military operations” against Ukraine, launched on February 24, 2022, Russia has decided to ‘import’ up to one million skilled Indians this year to fill its widening industrial labor gap. Russia was also considering inviting labourers from […]

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Roving Periscope: With no Nobel Peace Prize in sight, Trump sends weapons to Ukraine!

July 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Despite being nominated by two client countries—Israel and Pakistan—and some lawmakers in the US and Ukraine, President Donald Trump has little hope he will get the Nobel Peace Prize. So, he has decided to do the next best thing: rearm Ukraine to continue its ongoing war against Russia. “We are […]