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Roving Periscope: In X-warfare, Musk waves the white flag, says sorry to Trump

June 11, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After going hammer and tongs against Donald Trump for several days, Elon Musk on Wednesday said “sorry” to the US President, the media reported. Trump’s reaction was awaited. But will they really bury the hatchet for good? Amid their feud, and Trump’s tense relations with Europe, electric vehicle maker Tesla […]

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Trade: Despite challenges, Indian exports to cross the $825 bn mark in FY26

June 11, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In spite of the world trade facing severe geopolitical and trade challenges, India’s exports will cross the USD 825 billion mark this financial year, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal has said. “The world is going through severe geopolitical and trade challenges…but India has always emerged (as) a […]

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Space: Oxygen leak found in Falcon-9 rocket;Shukla’s Axiom-4 mission put off again

June 11, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India’s second astronaut, Shubhanshu Shukla, the mission pilot, and his three copilots may have to wait more. Their Axiom-4 crewed mission has been put off again for the time being after SpaceX detected a liquid oxygen leak in the Falcon-9 rocket. The launch will be rescheduled once repairs are completed […]

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Roving Periscope: In five days, the US arrests third Chinese scientist for ‘bioterrorism’

June 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In 2020, US President Donald Trump accused China of spreading COVID-19, and called the coronavirus the “Chinese virus.” Five years on, his administration has arrested a Chinese researcher from Wuhan, from where the pandemic is suspected to have spread to the world, for allegedly trying to smuggle “biological materials” into […]

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Population: Human headcount falling alarmingly, warns UNFPA

June 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Earth’s human population is falling in many countries, and resource crunch is among the key reasons for this decline, according to the United Nations Population Fund, the world body’s agency for reproductive rights. The agency has taken its strongest line yet on fertility decline, warning that hundreds of millions of […]

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Roving Periscope: In LA, its Trump’s National Guards v/s California Police

June 9, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after Donald Trump deployed National Guards to secure federal government buildings and quell the immigrants’ protests in Los Angeles, California’s Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom called on the Republican US President to withdraw troops, and deployed police which ordered protesters to return home on their third day of agitation. […]

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Technology: At Rs. 3k per month, Starlink may launch high-speed Internet in a year

June 9, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Elon Musk-owned Starlink, which is available in more than 100 countries, may launch high-speed satellite Internet connectivity services across India in the next 12 months. Competing with homegrown Jio, however, it is expected to come at a higher price tag. For an unlimited high-speed broadband, it would be priced at […]

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The MAGA Boys: As Musk may float a new party, Russia offers him ‘asylum’!

June 7, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid the ongoing high-voltage soap opera in the United States, the unending spat between President Donald Trump and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and unconfirmed reports that the world’s wealthiest billionaire may float a “New America Party” of his own, Moscow has turned the knife in Washington’s wounds, offering […]

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Roving Periscope: PM Modi to attend G7 Summit in Canada; may reset ties

June 7, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepting an invitation from his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney to attend to G7 Summit, the two democracies are expected to start resetting their bilateral ties that have remained tense since 2023. Discussions during the G7 Summit 2025, scheduled from June 15 to 17 at Kananaski, […]

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Space debris: World’s first documentary, The Dirty Sky, warns of the disasters ahead

June 7, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: National Award winner veteran documentary filmmaker O.P. Srivastava has warned that thousands of tons of space debris, left behind by satellites and menacingly circling Earth, may trigger a serious crisis all over the planet. Investment banker-turned-filmmaker Srivastava, who was in Ahmedabad on the World Environment Day (June 5) for the […]