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Roving Periscope: The US smiles at China and Pakistan; then inks defence pact with India!

October 31, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid fast-changing geodynamics, temporary alliances and coalitions, and the emergence of a New World Order—or is it Chaos?—no country wants to put all its bags in one basket. Friends and enemies now seamlessly merge into frenemies. Nothing demonstrates this better than how US President Donald Trump has, in his second […]

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N-arms race, again: Russia denies, America prepares

October 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid fears of a renewed nuclear arms race, three decades after they stopped it, Russia has clarified that its fresh tests were “not nuclear” while President Donald Trump said on Thursday he is ordering the US to restart nuclear tests as a response to actions by ‘other countries.’ Russia and […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump meets Xi, trims tariffs on China; trade deal “pretty soon”

October 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: US President Donald Trump on Thursday described his face-to-face meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as a success, and said he would cut tariffs on China. According to the media reports, Beijing has, in turn, agreed to allow the export of rare earth elements and start buying American soybeans. […]

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Trump meeting Xi: “Expecting a great deal”, says the US President

October 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Expecting to sign a trade deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their first meeting since 2019 on Thursday, US President Donald Trump said he expects to ink a “great deal,” the media reported. In a wide-ranging but rambling speech on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit […]

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Economy: Banking, capital market to drive India’s next phase of growth, says KV Kamath

October 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid global uncertainties, as the Indian economy gains momentum, its next phase of growth will be driven by the banking industry and capital markets, according to KV Kamath, veteran banker and Independent Director and Non-Executive Chairman, Jio Financial Services. At an event, he said, “As economic growth gains momentum, the […]

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Roving Periscope: Now sleeping with Israel in Gaza, Pak threatens to ‘obliterate’ the Taliban!

October 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Hours after deciding to send 20,000 troops to Gaza to help Israel and the US keep ceasefire and crush Hamas, Pakistan threatened to ‘obliterate’ the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan if it resumed conflict violating the Durand Line, as it accused Kabul of being New Delhi’s puppet. Analysts say Pakistan is doing all […]

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Roving Periscope: In a U-turn, Pak inks deal with CIA—and Mossad!—for Gaza “peace”

October 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Desperately criss-crossing ‘friendly’ countries with a begging bowl, broke Pakistan is now ready to sleep even with its ‘worst enemy’—Israel, no less!—as it will now use its army like a paid militia force, ready to smash Hamas in Gaza, even at the cost of antagonizing its foster terror kids like […]

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Civil aviation: India, Russia sign MoU to manufacture commuter aircraft

October 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In a significant step to make India self-reliant in manufacturing aircraft for civil aviation, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Russia’s UAC on Monday signed an MoU to make SJ-100 passenger jets in India. Marking the first full-scale civil aircraft manufacturing project in the country, HAL and Russia’s Public Joint Stock […]

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Russian crude: Indian Oil to continue buying from non-sanctioned firms

October 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Stressing that Russian crude oil itself is not under Western sanctions, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), the country’s largest fuel retailer, said on Tuesday it will continue to buy energy from non-sanctioned Russian companies and use services of similar shipping lines, the media reported on Tuesday. IOCL is the country’s […]

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AI impact: Amazon cutting 30k corporate staff globally; 1,100 in India

October 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid ramped up investment in artificial intelligence (AI), global e-commerce behemoth Amazon is set to cut 30,000 corporate office jobs in a belt-tightening move, marking its largest workforce reduction since late 2022, multiple media reports said on Tuesday. These job-cuts, starting October 28, will include 1,100 positions in India as […]

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