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Pahalgam terror: Pak cries foul on Indus waters, shuts airspace, trade routes

April 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After unsuccessfully denying its role in the terror attack and massacres of 26 tourists at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, and India’s retaliatory diplomatic moves, broke-and-failed state of Pakistan on Thursday feebly tried to do something as drastic—it closed its airspace for Indian aviation and shut trade routes! It had […]

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J&K: 90% tourists cancel bookings after terror attack; avoid even Jammu

April 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After the Pakistan-sponsored Islamist terrorists’ attack at Pahalgam on Tuesday, that claimed at least 26 lives and left around 20 others wounded, almost 90 percent of tourists have cancelled their bookings as Jammu and Kashmir braces for potential uncertainties soon, the media reported on Wednesday. The Union Territory’s economy is […]

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Trade: India and the US have finalized terms for the proposed BTA, says USTR

April 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid Vice-President J D Vance’s four-day India visit, United States Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer said on Tuesday that the two countries have finalized the terms of reference (ToR), outlining the roadmap for negotiations, for the proposed Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTR), the media reported. In a statement, he said these […]

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Roving Periscope: India-US ties will shape the 21st century, says V-P Vance

April 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: US Vice-President J D Vance, who is in India on a four-day visit with his family, said on Tuesday that the ties between the two largest democracies—India and the US—will shape the 21st century. Speaking at an event hosted by the Rajasthan International Centre (RIC) in Jaipur, he stressed the […]

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The USofA: V-P JD Vance and his family land in India on a four-day visit

April 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In the backdrop of the ongoing global tariff war, US Vice-President JD Vance, along with his India-born wife Usha and their children, and a high-level delegation, began a four-day visit to India on Monday. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav greeted the Vance family at the airport in New Delhi. The delegation […]

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Venezuelans: US Supreme Court halts deportations under 18th century wartime law

April 19, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Under an 18th century wartime law, the US Supreme Court on Saturday temporarily blocked the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas, the media reported. In a brief order, the SC directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Centre “until further order of […]

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Roving Periscope: US may drop out of Russia-Ukraine ‘peace deal’, says Rubio

April 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: One of US President Donald Trump’s pet projects in the last one year—to stop the ongoing, three-year-long conflict between Russia and Ukraine—may have become unviable on Friday with neither Moscow nor Kyiv evincing interest in going ahead, despite a partial Washington-Moscow deal last month in Saudi Arabia. A frustrated US […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump tries to flush out Lib-Dem’s vestiges on varsity campuses

April 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After facing multiple court cases during the Joe Biden presidency, and still winning the election in November 2024, US President Donald Trump, in his second, non-consecutive term, has now trained his guns on America’s elite educational institutions to flush out the vestiges of the Liberal-Democrat politico-economic “Deep State” that infested […]

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Singapore: Parliament dissolved, fresh polls on May 3

April 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After the dissolution of its parliament, the island nation of Singapore will head to the general elections on May 3, in what will be the first electoral test for its new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who came to power in 2024. Voting is compulsory for Singapore’s 2.75 million eligible citizens. […]

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Financial crime: Mehul Choksi, arrested in Belgium, may be brought back to India

April 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after the 26/11 terror attack mastermind Tahawwur Rana was extradited from the US to India, another high-value accused, Mehul Choksi, is likely to be brought back from Belgium to face the long arm of the law in the country of his origin. According to the media reports, the Belgian […]