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Roving Periscope: Trump’s MAGA White racists attack JD Vance’s “Hindu wife”

July 18, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Barely two days after Republican nominee Donald Trump picked a key former critic as his Vice-Presidential running mate, the fundamentalist Christian, far-right, and White racist brigade in the former President’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) umbrella has started attacking Usha Chilukuri, the Indian-origin wife of James David (JD) Vance, Senator from […]

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US polls: “I’m old but only 3 years older than Trump,” says fast-aging President Biden

July 16, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Trying to catch up with an energetic Donald Trump, who bounced back into the poll arena barely hours after surviving an assassination bid last Saturday, President Joe Biden tried to justify his insistence to contest the November polls—despite several Democrat leaders’ strong opposition—saying that “I am only 3 years older than […]

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Roving Periscope: Back in action, Trump names ex-critic JD Vance as VP pick

July 16, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Returning to the election arena triumphantly with a bandaged right ear after last Saturday’s failed assassination attempt, Donald Trump has named former “never Trumper” Republican and Ohio Senator JD Vance as his vice-presidential nominee, the media reported. Vance, who was baptized as a Catholic in 2019, is anti-abortion. He has backed […]

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Pakistan: Islamabad to ban Imran’s PTI for “anti-state” activities

July 15, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Pakistan Government on Monday announced the imposition of a ban on jailed former Prime Minister Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi’s political outfit, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI), for its alleged “anti-state” activities. Sensing that, despite the months-long crackdown, PTI remains defiant and the largest political outfit in the country and the National Assembly, […]

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Roving Periscope: Biden’s gaffes, bid on Trump’s life show the US’ democratic decay

July 15, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: More than US President Joe Biden, 81, or his challenger Donald Trump, 78, Thomas Matthews Crooks, the 20-year-old whom the US Secret Service personnel killed instantly after his failed attempt to assassinate the former President on Saturday last weekend, shows how politically divided America is and its democracy is faltering. The […]

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IMF: Pakistan clinches a $ 7 billion deal to keep the nose above surging waters

July 13, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached an agreement for a USD 7 billion aid package spread over 37 months to help the nearly bankrupt and terror-infested unstable country deal with its chronic economic woes, the media reported on Saturday. “Building on the economic stability achieved under the 2023 […]

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Economy: India can become 2nd largest in 2031, Number One in 2060

July 13, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India is likely to become the world’s largest economy in 2031 and the largest by 2060, according to Michael Debabrata Patra, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI). It is conceivable that India can become the world’s second-largest economy by 2031 and the largest economy by 2060, given the country’s inherent […]

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Job reservation: B’desh SC suspends job reservation for a month after massive protests

July 11, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Bangladesh Supreme Court on Wednesday suspended for a month the government’s 2018 scheme to provide job reservations in civil services for certain categories after massive nationwide protests by students calling it discriminatory and demanding merit-based employment, the media reported. Earlier this week, thousands of angry students threw up barricades across […]

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Roving Periscope: India, Russia to hike bilateral trade to $100 bn by 2030

July 10, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India and Russia are targeting to raise their bilateral trade to USD 100 billion by 2030, balance the lopsided trade, eliminate non-tariff trade barriers, and explore the possibility of a Eur-Asian Economic Union (EAEU)-India Free Trade Area, the media reported after the conclusion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to […]

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Pakistan: Govt authorizes ISI to intercept and trace calls for “national security”

July 9, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a move that surprised no one, Islamabad has authorized the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of the Pakistani Army to intercept and trace calls in the “interest of national security,” the media reported on Tuesday. The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has authorized the ISI in this regard, the media said, […]