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Roving Periscope: Dhaka apes Islamabad; making Hasina Imran-II

October 17, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: That Bangladesh is racing to morph back into what it was until 1971—East Pakistan—was little in doubt when the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed’s democratically-elected government was toppled in August 2024, 16 months after her counterpart in Islamabad, Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi, was overthrown—both allegedly as America’s behest. Now, […]

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Roving Periscope: Arm-twisting Trudeau, Jagmeet demands RSS ban

October 16, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The two principal reasons behind the ongoing India-Canada row appear to be: the USA, unhappy with India refusing to condemn the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine since February 2022, is pulling strings against New Delhi via Canada; and Prime Minister Justine Trudeau, panicked at losing power next year, is now […]

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Ukraine war: EU imposes sanctions on Iran for ‘missile transfers’ to Russia

October 15, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after Iran rained around 200 missiles on Israel, the European Union (EU) has announced sanctions against Tehran—for its alleged supply of missiles to Russia for using them against Ukraine, the media reported on Tuesday. The EU announced sanctions against more than a dozen Iranian individuals and firms, including the […]

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Khalistan: As Trudeau tries to woo back NDP, India strongly refutes Canada’s fresh claims

October 14, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ahead of next year’s crucial parliamentary elections in Canada, India on Monday issued a sharp rebuttal to the Justin Trudeau government’s wild claims, described them as “preposterous imputations,” and rejected its allegations that the Indian High Commissioner to Ottawa was a “person of interest” in a murder investigation. Ties between […]

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The POTUS poll: Armed man, “100% Trump supporter” held, released

October 14, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ahead of the November 5 presidential election, a man with a shotgun and a loaded handgun was arrested near former President and Republican candidate Donald Trump’s California rally on Saturday, the media reported. This could even have led to a third alleged attempt on Trump’s life in the last few […]

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SCO Summit: Dr. Jaishankar to attend the event in Islamabad

October 14, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid ongoing terrorist attacks in parts of Pakistan and imposition of the prohibitory orders for security, India’s Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar, who has captured more media attention in the neighboring country than any other visiting leader, will attend the two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit beginning on Tuesday. […]

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Khalistan: India clarifies “no substantive talks” during Modi-Trudeau meet

October 12, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Mounting pressure on Justine Trudeau, who just survived a parliamentary vote and is trying to fight anti-incumbency ahead of next year’s general elections, India on Saturday junked the Canadian Prime Minister’s claim of a chat with PM Narendra Modi, saying there was “no substantive discussion” between them, the media reported […]

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Roving Periscope: Israel may attempt a “regime change” in frenemy Iran

October 12, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The US, NATO, Saudi Arabia, India, and others, have all ‘urged’ it to either stop or go slow in its ongoing multi-front wars against the Gaza Strip, Yemen, Lebanon, and, of course, Iran. But a determined Tel Aviv knows these are mere ‘raps on the knuckles,’ meant for diplomatic archives. […]

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Curbing inflation: For the 10th time, RBI keeps the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%

October 9, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With a majority of five members out of six, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 percent in its tenth consecutive bi-monthly meeting. After its three-day meeting, starting on Monday, the MPC, however, unanimously decided to […]

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Durga Puja: Ahead of presidential polls at home, the US urges Bangladesh to protect Hindus’ rights

October 8, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Under pressure from the influential Hindus, and their widespread protests ahead of the presidential elections on November 4, the United States has urged Bangladesh to protect the rights of the minority community whose largest annual festival, Durga Puja, began on Monday. It said “it wants to see the rights of […]