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Aviation: After 5 years, India, China direct flights resume

October 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Direct flights between India and China resumed on Sunday as relations between the countries appear to be thawing. The first IndiGo flight 6E 1703, from Kolkata, landed in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Monday, carrying about 180 passengers, the media reported. Direct flights between the two countries were […]

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Defence

“Greater Bangladesh”: Yunus gifts new map, with India’s N-E, to Pak general!

October 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Dancing to the tunes of its erstwhile tormentor, Islamabad, Dhaka is now fancying to forge a so-called “Greater Bangladesh,” incorporating India’s northeastern states, the media reported on Monday. This ‘plot’ surfaced with the Bangladesh government’s interim chief advisor Muhammad Yunus gifting a distorted map to a visiting Pakistani general. It […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: Targeting China, Trump ropes in SE Asia with trade, minerals deals

October 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Aiming at China, US President Donald Trump on Sunday signed a series of deals on trade and critical minerals with four members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), maintaining a tariff rate of 19 percent on goods exports from them to America, with the levy to be […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump begins to MAGA—by adding a massive ballroom to the White House!

October 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Fulfilling his election promise to Make America Great Again (MAGA), US President Donald Trump is rebuilding the East Wing of the White House to create a ballroom almost twice the size of the White House itself! And the ballroom’s construction, not legally permitted so far, will be privately-funded!! This will […]

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Obituary: ‘Mile Sur Mera Tumhara’, ‘Ab Ki Baar Modi Sarkar’ creator Piyush Pandey passes away

October 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India’s ‘advertising god’ Piyush Pandey, who gave some of the most unforgettable advertisements and slogans, breathed his last on Friday. He was 70. He is survived by his wife, Nila, sister Ila Arun, and brother Prasoon Pandey, the media reported. Several prominent personalities, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union […]

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Trade: India, US, ‘close’ to seal the deal; ‘Won’t rush into any deal,’ says Goyal

October 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid reports that India and the US are ‘closer’ to sealing the first phase of the bilateral trade agreement (BTA), Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Friday asserted that New Delhi will not rush into trade deals and reject restrictive conditions. “India will not sign any trade […]

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Crude: Trump clamps “tremendous” sanctions on key Russian oil cos

October 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Disappointed with all his efforts to end the Russian war in Ukraine producing zero results, US President Donald Trump has cancelled his likely meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Budapest, Hungary, and has instead slapped “tremendous” new sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, the media reported on […]

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Roving Periscope: After the UNGA, PM Modi to skip ASEAN Summit also

October 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Putting to rest speculations on a possible meeting with US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to skip the forthcoming summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the media reported on Thursday. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will likely attend the […]

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US Visas: New H-1B rules won’t apply to existing visa holders, including students

October 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The US has announced that the new rules of H-1B visas, such as visa fee of USD 100,000, will not apply to the existing visa holders. This new clarification, issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on applicability of the recently-announced H-1B fee, could give hope to […]

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GST Bachat Utsav: Govt monitoring to ensure benefits reach consumers, says FM

October 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the government is monitoring to ensure that benefits of the recent GST reforms reach consumers in the form of reduced prices of items they purchase. Addressing a press conference on GST Bachat Utsav, she said the government has been monitoring price cuts in […]

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