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Israel: Amid the Gaza War, PM Netanyahu dissolves his emergency War Cabinet

June 17, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid the ongoing Gaza War, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday dissolved his six-member emergency War Cabinet, triggering more uncertainties about the peace efforts, led by US President Joe Biden who wants to add a feather to his cap before the November elections in a bid to retain the White […]

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Roving Periscope: As Trump vows deportation, the US hurries up with Gupta’s extradition

June 17, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Reflecting America’s internal political dynamics, a day after Donald Trump vowed the “largest deportation operation” in US history against suspect immigrants, the Biden Administration, in a bid to keep the pro-Khalistanis in good humor, secured the extradition of an Indian accused in the alleged plot to kill a separatist Sikh, Gurpatwant […]

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South Africa: President Ramaphosa re-elected for a second term

June 15, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, 71, has been re-elected for a second term of five years after a late-night coalition agreement with the opposition parties, the media reported on Saturday. This came after the ruling Black-majority African National Congress (ANC) lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in 30 years […]

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FY25: FM Sitharaman to make history—seventh budget in a row!

June 14, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Breaking the record set by Morarji Desai, who tabled the Union Budget for six consecutive financial years in the 1950s-1960s, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to make history when she presents the document a seventh time in a row in the coming weeks for the financial year 2024-24 as the […]

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Pakistan: Facing bankruptcy, FM Aurangzeb ups defense budget by 15%

June 13, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Pakistan Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Wednesday announced a nearly 15 percent hike in the cash-strapped nation’s defense spending and allocated Rs 2,122 billion in the 2024-25 budget, marking a significant increase from last year amid efforts to secure a fresh loan from the IMF to meet the hand-to-mouth country’s external […]

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G-7 Summit: PM Modi flying to Italy on Thursday

June 12, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In his first overseas trip after assuming charge as the Prime Minister for a third consecutive term, Narendra Modi will on Thursday fly to Italy to attend the Group of Seven (G-7) Summit. He has been invited by his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni. After the Summit, India may also join the […]

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Living beyond means: The Maldives may follow the Sri Lankan financial woes

June 12, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Being politically anti-Indian and pro-Chinese ruins a whole country. Sri Lanka’s ruling Rajapaksa clan realized it in 2022; the Maldives’ pro-China President Mohamed Muizzu may soon realize that his Indian Ocean archipelago nation is slipping into the same pit. When the then Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the anti-government uprising […]

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Roving Periscope: During Modi 3.0, India to remain the world’s fastest-growing economy

June 12, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government, which kicked off on a positive note for a third consecutive term of five years on June 9, is likely to lead India’s economic success on a global scale in the coming years, according to various growth projections. After the United Nations recently upgraded […]

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Tit-for-tat: After China’s ‘renaming’ spree in Arunachal, India to rechristen 30 places in “Occupied Tibet”

June 11, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: For centuries, an expansionist and imperialist China has practiced the subtle art of cartography and quietly renamed foreign territories as its first and second moves to annex them. That was how it rechristened and grabbed the Muslim-majority Eastern Turkestan as “Xinjiang”, and, more recently, renamed several places in Arunachal Pradesh which […]

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Six days later: Finally, Pakistan’s Sharif Brothers congratulate PM Modi!

June 10, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India’s distant neighbor, Pakistan, finally caught up with the world and, six days after the Lok Sabha elections results came, congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his third consecutive term that commenced with the swearing-in of his Council of Ministers on Sunday. Of late, Pakistan, whose economy is in a dire […]