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India-EU trade deal: “Its Mother of All Deals,” says Piyush Goyal

January 16, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Days after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz indicated that the much-awaited India-European Union trade deal is likely in the coming weeks, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said it would be the “mother of all deals.” Since 2014, India has finalized seven trade agreements. The proposed India-EU free trade […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: As he prepares for war (s), Trump ‘gets’ Peace Prize!

January 16, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Finally, he got it, through a circuitous route though, even as he reportedly prepares for American wars in Iran, Greenland et al. As in other matters, he scarcely cares for the Nobel Institute of its Committee which recently said the Peace Prize cannot change hands. “Wonderful gesture,” an overjoyed Donald […]

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Business

Trade: India rejects Lutnick remarks that ‘deal couldn’t happen as PM Modi didn’t call Trump’

January 9, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Is it an ego clash? Or a confident India reasserting its position in a New World (Dis)Order to the chagrin of the current US President? According to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, the much-awaited trade deal, which could lead to a broader bilateral trade agreement (BTA) between India and America, […]

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Business

Greenland Now: “Trump won’t rule out military force to acquire,” says the White House

January 7, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: US President Donald Trump won’t rule out the use of military force to acquire Greenland, the White House said on Wednesday, ramping up tension with fellow NATO member Denmark over a dispute that’s surged back into public view after the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last week, the media […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: Trump hurries up on Venezuela; America may repent at leisure!

January 5, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Marry in haste, repent at leisure. Every American knows this timeless lesson by heart—in 2025, nearly 40 percent of Americans’ first marriages ended in divorce! The sculpture of four former US Presidents at Mount Rushmore—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln—are helplessly looking at their successors’ escapades. With […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: Trumpistan ‘invades’ Venezuela, claims to capture Maduro, wife

January 3, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: After threatening Venezuela for months, attacking its ‘drug boats,’ and warning of ground strikes, America on Saturday launched airstrikes on its Latin American neighbour, claiming to have ‘captured’ its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, and flown them out of the country. US President Donald Trump, who is eyeing Venezuela’s […]

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Business

Neighbourhood: India has right to defend itself against ‘bad neighbours,’ says EAM

January 2, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday asserted that India has every right to defend its people when it comes to “bad neighbours.” A neighbouring country cannot ask New Delhi to share water if it continues to spread terrorism in the country, he said in Chennai, the media reported. At […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: “We are locked, loaded, and ready to go,” Trump warns Tehran

January 2, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As Iran descends into likely anarchy due to the increasing killings during the ongoing popular agitation against hyperinflation, unemployment, currency crash, acute water crisis, and the Ayatollah’s dictatorship, US President Donald Trump on Thursday warned Tehran that America is “locked, loaded, and ready to go,” against the Islamist regime. Indirectly […]

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Business

N-power: India, Pakistan exchange lists of nuclear installations

January 1, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid their strained ties and after Operation Sindoor in May 2025, India and Pakistan on Thursday exchanged a list of their respective nuclear installations and facilities, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. The list exchange took place under the provisions of a 1988 bilateral agreement on the prohibition of […]

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New York City: Zohran Mamdani takes oath as first Muslim Mayor in 250 years

January 1, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: US President Donald Trump’s bete noire Zohran Mamdani, 34, was sworn-in as New York City’s first Muslim Mayor in 250 years at a historic decommissioned subway station at City Hall, Manhattan, the media reported on Thursday. New York Attorney-General Letitia James, his political ally, administered the oath of office to […]

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