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Roving Periscope: “Trump is experienced and intelligent; not safe now,” says Putin

November 29, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised and also cautioned Donald Trump, the US President-elect, that he is “not safe.” Trump, 78, is scheduled to take office as the 47th U.S. President for a second term on January 20, 2025. “I don’t believe Donald Trump is safe now after the assassination […]

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Business

Bangladesh: Hasina supports Chinmoy, as Dhaka HC declines the demand to ban ISKCON

November 28, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The Dhaka High Court on Thursday declined to issue a suo motu order to ban Hindu religious body ISKCON’s activities in Bangladesh, citing assurances from government authorities that necessary measures have been taken, The Daily Star reported.  Meanwhile, ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed condemned the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government in […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: Amid volatile bourses, shining India story and investors’ trust in Adani stocks continues

November 28, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid mixed global cues and periodic corrections, the shining India story continues as demonstrated by benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty, falling over 1 percent on Thursday, but confident investors buying the Adani stocks and lifting the Group’s market capitalization by Rs 1.2 lakh crore or 10 percent in a single […]

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Business

Markets: After untenable US claims, Adani shares bounce back; Sensex, and Nifty climb

November 27, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Despite the outgoing US President Joe Biden’s Democratic Party fervently attempting to discredit the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, the impact of the so-called “indictment” of billionaire Gautam Adani and his associates in an alleged bribery case was short-lived on Indian markets which bounced back, the media reported on Wednesday. But […]

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Business

Trump 2.0: Donald threatens tariff war with Canada, China and Mexico

November 26, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: US President-elect Donald Trump, who is set to take office on January 20, 2025, has vowed to clamp big tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico over alleged drug smuggling and immigration issues, which could potentially trigger trade wars and inflation, the media reported on Tuesday. He said he would impose a […]

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Defence

Nepal: PM Oli says no loan agreement with China under BRI

November 26, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday said no agreement on loan would be reached during his upcoming official visit to China, beginning on December 2 at the invitation of Beijing.  During a meeting he held with the Himalayan country’s former prime ministers and foreign ministers at his office […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: Four soldiers killed amid Imran supporters’ march on Islamabad

November 26, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Facing dismal economic prospects, terrorist attacks, and relentless sectarian violence, Pakistan on Tuesday stared at a possible civil war as its Army, carrying a shoot-at-sight order, patrolled Islamabad after the death of four members of the paramilitary force Pakistan Rangers when they tried to prevent the supporters of jailed former […]

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Business

“East Pakistan”: Bangladesh arrests Hindu monk protesting Islamists’ atrocities

November 25, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: After more than three months of relentless attacks on Hindu properties and other atrocities on the minority community, the Jamaat-e-Islami-led Islamist government of Mohammed Yunus on Monday arrested a prominent Hindu monk for leading an agitation against the mayhem that began with the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina Wajed regime […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: China wary of ‘Trump temblors’—Musk and Ramaswamy’s DOGE

November 25, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With only seven weeks remaining before the Donald Trump 2.0 era begins in Washington, China, the US’s biggest economic competitor, is wary of what the proposed Elon Musk-Vivek Ramaswamy-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) would do in America. “There is a huge pressure on China,” an advisor to Chinese President […]

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Business

Markets: Promising stability, post-poll results make Sensex and Nifty zoom over 1%

November 25, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: After the Maharashtra Assembly results promised political and economic stability in the financial capital of India, which beat anti-incumbency fears, and positive global indications, the South Asian nation’s stock markets zoomed over 1 percent on Monday and the Indian rupee appreciated over 10 paise to the US dollar. The stock […]

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