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INR: Amid global uncertainties, rupee loses 38 paise, sinks to 87.33/USD

March 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Indian rupee depreciated by 38 paise, its steepest fall in over a month, to close at 87.33 (provisional) against the greenback on Monday due to volatile crude oil prices amid tariff uncertainties worldwide and unabated outflow of foreign funds. A weaker American currency failed to support the local unit […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Carney, Trump’s new enemy, to replace Trudeau as Canadian PM

March 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Mark Carney, 59, was elected as the new Liberal Party leader on Sunday to replace Justin Trudeau as the new Canadian Prime Minister six months ahead of the scheduled parliamentary elections by October 2025. He may find his task cut out from the word go: He has to deal with […]

Business

Roving Periscope: For a month, Trump delays 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada

March 7, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: He may not have bargained for a swift tit-for-tat from both Canada and Mexico, or the fallout in home markets for the tariffs he imposed on the countries to the north and south of the United States of America. Amid his roller-coaster drive through geoeconomics and geopolitics since January 20, […]

Business

Multipolarity: Trump policies suit India, says Dr. Jaishankar

March 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The new US administration under President Donald Trump is moving towards multipolarity which suits India’s interests, and the two nations have agreed on the need for a bilateral trade pact, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar has said. His remarks came during a session titled ‘India’s rise and role in the world’ […]

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Roving Periscope: As realities dawn, Trump tries to apply balm to wounds!

March 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With complications to his tariff announcements and threats surfacing, amid some of his pressure tactics working, US President Donald Trump has paused tariffs, and granted US automakers a month’s exemption on Canadian and Mexican imports, even as Washington also forced Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to “apologize” and the European Union […]

Business

One more: “If the US wants any war, we will fight till the end,” says China

March 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Retorting sharply to US President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs from April, the Chinese Embassy in Washington said Beijing is ready to “fight till the end” in any type of war the US wants, the media reported on Wednesday. “If war is what the US wants, be it a tariff war, […]

Business

Trump @US Congress: Ukraine, Greenland, China, India…and more

March 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In his first address to the joint session of US Congress after starting his second term in January, President Donald Trump on Tuesday raked up the issues now familiar with his actions so far, held his predecessor Joe Biden responsible for inflation, and threatened reciprocal tariffs against India, China, and […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Trump pushes Europe and China to hike defense budgets

March 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump’s rapid-fire actions emerging as the latest ‘threat’ to the existing world order, Europe and China are increasing their respective defense budgets to meet the potential exigencies in the next four years. While the European Union (EU) has proposed borrowing of 150 billion euros (USD 157.76 […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump tempest roils the US and world; China moves to the WTO

March 4, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Presiding over chaos at home and overseas, America’s non-conventional President Donald Trump’s fresh steps threaten a government shutdown in the US and engage Washington in an unprecedented global trade war for the first time in history. The US itself is now on the verge of shutdown at Trump pushed for […]

Defence

Illegal migrations: Trump warns Europe, says he minimized influx in the US

March 3, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: US President Donald Trump, who has warned Europe to focus more on illegal migrants rather than Russia, said that February saw a “record-low” illegal immigrations entering into the US, and that the ‘invasion’ of America is over. Taking a dig at Europe on his Truth Social platform, he said: “We should spend […]