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Weather: Over 1,000 killed by two cyclones in Indian Ocean; third building up

December 1, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Two cyclones and monsoon rains combined last week to leave behind more than 1,000 dead, hundreds of thousands homeless, and a trail of devastation in the Indian Ocean countries like Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Indonesia, new details about the natural calamity suggested. The third cyclone is currently forming near Vietnam, […]

Defence

Disaster: Bamboos, foam caused HK’s worst fire in a century; 55 dead, 3 arrested

November 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Extensive use of traditional bamboo scaffoldings and foam may have worsened the biggest fire in more than a century in a Hong Kong building, which has claimed 55 lives so far, with hundreds still missing, while officials arrested three persons for ‘manslaughter.’ Bamboo scaffolding, a centuries-old technique traditionally ubiquitous in […]

Business

Green investments: India may attract Rs. 360 trillion by 2047, says CEEW

November 26, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India could potentially attract USD 4.1 trillion (nearly Rs. 360 trillion) in cumulative green investments over the next two decades through 2047, according to a study launched on Tuesday by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), a non-profit policy research organisation. The report, which identifies 36 green […]

Business

New Labour Codes: 77 lakh new jobs; consumption could go up by Rs.75k crore, says SBI

November 25, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The rollout of India’s four new labour codes, as part of ongoing reforms, could sharply lift employment, accelerate formalisation, and push up household consumption, according to an SBI Research report released on Tuesday Proper implementation of the four labour codes could generate employment for 77 lakh people and boost domestic […]

Business

Edtech: US court orders Byju to pay over $1 billion to BYJU’s Alpha, GLAS Trust; he counters

November 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A US court has issued a default judgment making Indian entrepreneur, educator, and investor Byju Raveendran liable to personally pay back over USD 1 billion based on the petition filed by BYJU’s Alpha and US-based lender GLAS Trust Company LLC. Byju’s representatives said the US court’s ruling was based on […]

Business

H-1B visas: Trump admits the US doesn’t have enough talent!

November 12, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: You may like or dislike him, but you can’t ignore him! Now, he has admitted that America doesn’t have enough skilled talent to meet its labour needs and that it depends on immigrants!! In a Fox News interview on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump defended the need for skilled foreign […]

Business

Energy: With US tariff deal likely ‘soon,’ India cuts Russian crude import

November 11, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the likelihood of a US-India bilateral trade-and-tariff deal in the coming weeks, New Delhi has reduced import of Russian crude, which Moscow is now offering on even higher discounts, the media reported on Tuesday. India’s reduced Russian oil orders came slowly after the US raised tariffs on Indian imports […]

Business

Media: Charged with bias, “anti-Trump” BBC’s D-G, Head of News quit

November 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Tim Davie, Director-General of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), and Deborah Turness, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BBC News, have resigned after criticism over bias at the corporation, including in the way it edited a speech by US President Donald Trump, the media reported on Monday. The public broadcaster was under […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Ahead of 2026 elections, Trump to dole out $ 2000 per voter!’

November 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Rattled with Democratic Party’s candidate Zohran Mamdani’s surprise victory last week to become the new Mayor of New York, ahead of the 2026 elections to the House of Representatives, President Donald on Sunday announced ‘tariff dividend’ for US citizens except those with high-incomes, the media reported on Monday. Each ‘beneficiary’ […]

Business

Visa fraud: Canada cancelled 74% Indian students’ study permits in August 2025

November 4, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With Canada tightening immigration rules, the North American country rejected a record 74 percent Indian students’ applications for visa on allegation of fraud in August 2025, the media reported on Tuesday. Canada’s strict cap on student permits and new verification checks led to this drastic step. India is not alone, […]