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Roving Periscope: Pro-Palestinians ‘take over’ Columbia varsity hall in the US!

April 30, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: It does not happen only in India—ahead of elections—when anarchists of all hues masquerade as “students,” pick up “causes” to hog the limelight, and spark chaos in educational institutions, their soft launchpad for a career in full-time politics. Just six months ahead of the presidential elections in the United States, also, […]

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Roving Periscope: ‘You can’t be a CEO in the US if you aren’t an Indian!’

April 27, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: More than 20 experts of Indian origin, who studied in the US, are now heading billion-dollar corporations in America, some of them leading the likes of Google, Microsoft, and Starbucks. The nearly 4-million-strong Indian-American community is among the most influential ones in America and both the principal political parties—the Democrats, and […]

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Roving Periscope: As in India, professional protestors bring US varsities to a halt

April 26, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Crowds seldom mean supporters. Many do not even know why they are part of a protest—wily professional protest managers selectively exploit and coax the media and the people, to support and join a protest, any protest, even without a cause. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has aptly called them “Aandolanjeevi” (professional […]

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Climate collapse: Post-Dubai floods, the WMO says Asia is worst hit

April 23, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after the worst Dubai floods in 75 years, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said Asia was the planet’s most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023. The WMO, the United Nations’ weather and climate agency, said on Tuesday, that floods and storms are the chief cause of […]

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Roving Periscope: How UPA govt tried to make the RBI its cheerleader?

April 16, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor D. Subbarao’s recent memoirs have exposed the UPA government’s alleged pressure during his tenure (2008-13) on the central bank to paint a rosier picture of its performance. His book arrived when his successor, the former RBI chief Raghuram Rajan, was under attack in some […]

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Immigration: “Unsustainable levels”, says New Zealand as it tightens rules

April 8, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Concerned at how foreigners are making a beeline to enter it, New Zealand said on Sunday that it was making immediate changes to its employment visa program after a near-record migration in 2023 which it said was “unsustainable.” The changes include measures such as introducing English language requirements for low-skilled jobs […]

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Viksit Bharat: As PM Modi sets the tone, bureaucrats discuss new goals for his 3rd term

April 5, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi, confident of winning a third term in a row following the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, giving them a go-ahead, bureaucrats in the government are currently busy discussing the new draft policies and goals achievable in the next five years. The election campaign for the Lower House […]

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Overpopulation: After the UK, Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany also!

April 4, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: “This is not a joke,” says Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi. And it may well be the weirdest story ever from the conservation of wildlife. African nation Botswana, home to the world’s largest elephant population, has threatened to send 20,000 tuskers to Germany amid a dispute over the import of hunting trophies, […]

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‘You are on the way to seeing the high noon of the new India’: SEBI Chief Ms Madhabi Puri Buch Says to Graduating Students at IIMA Convocation

March 30, 2024 Vinayak Barot

March 30, 2024: The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) hosted its 59th Annual Convocation in the lush green lawns of the majestic Louis Kahn Plaza today, which has served as the Convocation venue since 1974. This year, the Institute had the honour to host Ms Madhabi Puri Buch, IIMA alumna and Chairperson of the Securities and […]

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Roving Periscope: “What gives you the right to lecture us,” an angry Guyana President rips BBC apart

March 30, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Much water has flown across the oceans and seas of the planet since colonialism ended with the 1997 British withdrawal from its last colony, Hong Kong. But the West, unable to shed its hangover and still riding its dead high horse, continues to treat the Third World with contempt. The holier-than-thou […]

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