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UNSC: French President Macron supports India’s bid for permanent membership

September 26, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday advocated the expansion of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and supported India’s bid for permanent membership in a reformed and powerful UN body. “We have a Security Council that is blocked…Let’s make the UN more efficient. We have to make it more representative,” […]

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Roving Periscope: As the Saudis warn it against beggars, Pakistan gets a fresh IMF lifeline of $7bn

September 26, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after Saudi Arabia warned Pakistan against sending beggars in the guise of pilgrims, the pauperized country was happy on Thursday when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) extended yet another lifeline, approving a long-awaited USD 7 billion bailout deal for its ‘bowling’ economy. On Tuesday, an angry Jeddah asked […]

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The POTUS Poll: Now, gunshots fired at Kamala Harris’ campaign office

September 25, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After two alleged attempts to assassinate former US President and Republican candidate Donald Trump in recent weeks, gunshots were fired at a campaign office of his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party nominee for the November 4 elections, the media reported on Wednesday. This was the second time […]

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Roving Periscope: With SAARC defunct and BIMSTEC weakened, India battles against ‘frenemies’

September 25, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The common thread that now networks most member-states of the so-called South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is their anti-India stance. They also know that New Delhi could be blackmailed to cough up financial and other assistance lest it lose whatever goodwill remains. Founded with much fanfare in 1985 […]

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Asia Power Index: Replacing Japan, India is third in Asia

September 25, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Pipping Japan, India now ranks third in the Annual Asia Power Index, according to an Australian think tank. It has also underlined that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership has garnered greater international recognition. The index has cited economic growth, future potential, and diplomatic influence as key factors for India’s rise, […]

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Sri Lanka: President Dissanakaye appoints third woman PM of the island nation

September 24, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Sri Lanka’s new pro-China Marxist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who said his country doesn’t want to be sandwiched between India and China, on Tuesday appointed a woman as the next Prime Minister, Harini Amarasuriya, ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. She is the 16th PM of the island nation and […]

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Ukraine: PM Modi meets Zelenskyy, reiterates a peaceful resolution to Russia war

September 24, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a third time in as many months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has backed a peaceful resolution of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, which started on February 24, 2022, the media reported on Tuesday. PM Modi, who is in New York on the last leg of […]

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Roving Periscope: Over 900 Kuki infiltrators from Myanmar may reignite the Christian militancy in the Northeast

September 23, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Four months after the then Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed hinted at a ‘Western’ conspiracy to potentially cobble together a new Christian nation from the adjoining areas of Bangladesh, India, and Myanmar in the Northeastern region, her fears may be coming true with the reported infiltration of over 900 heavily-armed […]

Roving Periscope: GTRI junks Trump’s claims, says India no “tariff abuser”

September 20, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: On the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled US visit from September 21 to 23—where Donald Trump says he will meet the Indian leader, a “fantastic man”—a top research body has refuted the former President’s claims that India is a “tariff abuser.” Earlier this week, while campaigning in Michigan for […]

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Khalistan: In the Pannun case, the US court’s “unwarranted” notice to India

September 19, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after the US-Canadian citizen Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who leads the so-called “Sikhs For Justice” (SFJ) outfit, applauded visiting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on the Indian Sikhs, a US court on Wednesday issued summons to India in a “plot to murder” the Khalistani secessionist, designated as a terrorist. […]