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Indian currency: Rupee recovers 55 paise, closes at 90.38/ US dollar

December 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Indian rupee on Wednesday recovered 55 paise from its all-time low level to close at 90.38 (provisional) against the US dollar after a volatile trade, amid likely aggressive RBI intervention, the media reported. Experts said the rupee’s recent fall against the US dollar was primarily driven by external factors, not […]

Business

Bangladesh: Ahead of Feb polls, anti-India outfits compete with each another

December 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ahead of the proposed parliamentary elections in February 2026 in Bangladesh, political outfits’ competitive anti-India stance forced New Delhi on Wednesday to summon Dhaka’s High Commissioner to register its strong protest, the media reported. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) summoned Bangladesh High Commissioner M Riaz Hamidullah over concerns regarding […]

Business

Media: With his $10 bn demand on BBC, Trump’s multiple lawsuits in focus

December 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a fresh defamation suit against the media, US President Donald Trump has demanded USD 10 billion from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the media reported on Tuesday. His contentious relationship with news organizations has led to a host of disputes and legal battles, the latest a lawsuit accusing the […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Chinese billionaire fathers ‘hundreds’ of US-born kids!

December 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: For decades, the media reported how those aspiring for an American green card or citizenship employed various tactics to sneak into the USA. But this Chinese billionaire may have used weaknesses in surrogacy laws to create his own progeny in the USA! Is it China’s silent coup in the US, […]

Business

Roving Periscope: How a US firm smuggled out Venezuelan woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?

December 13, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: It may become the stuff of a Hollywood movie: an American company, with support from the US military, smuggling out a Nobel Peace Prize awardee from Venezuela, against which President Donald Trump is waging a war! Even after months of multiple ceasefire claims, manipulated nominations, and an active campaign, Trump […]

Defence

Pakistan: With gains fragile, IMF tightens noose, slaps 11 more conditions

December 12, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slapped 11 new conditions on Pakistan under its USD 7 billion bailout programme to crack down on corruption in the South Asian country. The move raised the total compliance requirements on Pakistan to 64 over 18 months, according to the Fund’s staff-level report for […]

Business

Myanmar: Ahead of Dec 28 poll, military junta’s air attack kills 34 patients in hospital

December 11, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ahead of December 28 “sham election,” at least 34 people died and dozens more were injured after air strikes from Myanmar’s military junta hit a hospital in the country’s west on Wednesday night, the media reported on Thursday. The hospital is located in Mrauk-U town in Rakhine state, controlled by […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Nobel-obsessed, Trump ‘lost India’, says the US Dem lawmaker

December 11, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: His obsession for a Nobel Peace Prize, even as he wages war on Venezuela, claimed multiple peace deals, and annoyed millions across the planet in 2025, has made Donald Trump risk becoming a president ‘who lost India,’ the media reported on Thursday. He risks becoming “the President who lost India”, […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Australia pioneers social media ban for U-16 teenagers; others may follow

December 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Australia has become the world’s first country to legally ban use of social media for children under 16 years of age from Wednesday, blocking access to platforms including TikTok, Alphabet’s YouTube and Meta’s Instagram and Facebook. Ten of the biggest platforms were ordered to block children from midnight (1300 GMT […]

Business

India: Democracy and Pakistan don’t go together, says MEA

December 9, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Commenting on former Prime Minister Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi’s incarceration in a jail for over two years, India on Tuesday said Pakistan and democracy don’t go together. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal delivered a strong observation on the political churn in Pakistan, asserting that “democracy and Pakistan […]