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The UK: After Islamist’s sentence and killing of three kids, mobs target mosque, injure 40 cops

July 31, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after British-Pakistani radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary, whose followers have been linked to numerous plots around the world, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday for directing a terrorist organization, and the killing of three children, an angry mob attacked a mosque and injured nearly 40 policemen, the media reported […]

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Roving Periscope: By killing Hamas chief in Iran and attacking Lebanon, Israel expands war zone

July 31, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh, 62, was on Tuesday killed in “a treacherous Zionist attack on his residence in Tehran”, a day after Israel eliminated another key enemy in Lebanon, thus expanding the war zone in the already fragile Middle East, the media reported on Wednesday. Haniyeh was “specially designated” […]

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Wayanad: Landslide toll mounts to 200; Kerala was pre-warned repeatedly, Shah tells RS

July 31, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha that the Kerala government was given an early warning repeatedly from July 23 to 26 over very heavy rains and potential landslides in Wayanad and elsewhere in the southern state as the death toll in Tuesday’s tragedy climbed to 200 […]

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Roving Periscope: Venezuela snaps ties with 7 LatAm nations for doubting the poll outcome

July 30, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Venezuela on Monday snapped ties with seven neighboring Latin American nations expelled their diplomatic missions, and announced the withdrawal of its staff from those countries for doubting the outcome of its recent elections that brought controversial President Nicolas Maduro back to power for a third time, the media reported on Tuesday. […]

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Liquor case: CBI files final chargesheet against jailed Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

July 29, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which concluded its probe into the alleged Delhi Excise Policy scam, on Monday, filed its final chargesheet in the case against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is already in jail, and others, officials said. The probe agency had earlier filed one main charge sheet and […]

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Hindenburg: Indian, US securities crackdown on short-sellers

July 29, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Short-sellers using fraudulent means to make quick gains are now facing the heat from stock market regulators, especially in India and the US. After the Hindenburg published its claims against the Adani Group in January 2023, shaving off billions of dollars of investors, the Indian and US regulators have tightened the […]

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If I don’t win…Trump, at a meeting with Netanyahu, warns of the “World War III”!

July 27, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on US President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris, their Republican rival Donald Trump warned the visiting Israeli leader that the Third World War could break out if he (Trump) does not win the US elections in November. During a conversation with Netanyahu, […]

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Roving Periscope: PM Modi may visit Ukraine, and Poland, in August

July 27, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The West has failed to push Russia to the negotiating table to end the nearly 30-month-long ongoing Ukraine war. The United Nations, China, the Middle East, and others have failed, too. With the possible return of a business-like Donald Trump to the White House in January 2025, Ukraine is afraid the […]

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NITI Aayog: Alleging “discrimination,” Mamata storms out of the GC meeting!

July 27, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Before she left Kolkata to attend the NITI Ayog meeting, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerji had announced that she would leave the event midway if she were “not heard.” That’s precisely what she did on Saturday. Having come prepared and claiming that she was given “only five minutes”, she stormed […]

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The US elections: The Obamas endorse Kamala Harris’ candidature

July 26, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Former President Barack Obama, and his wife Michelle, have endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic presidential nominee, ending days of speculation over whether they would support her. In a joint statement, the Obamas said they believe Harris has the “vision, the character, and the strength that this critical moment […]

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