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Roving Periscope: Pakistan court eases the way for Nawaz’s return from self-exile

June 26, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Following an amended law, a Pakistani court’s fresh ruling has eased the way for former Prime Minister Mohammed Nawaz Sharif’s return from self-exile and to lead his political outfit Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in the General Elections to the National Assembly due later this year. The PML-N said its supremo […]

PM Narendra Modi with US President Joe Biden at the Mangrove Forest

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Day 3: Unlike China, India shares a ‘democratic character’ with the US, says Biden

June 23, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Standing next to visiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House on Thursday, US President Joe Biden defended calling his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping a “dictator” recently and characterized the American relationship with the Indian PM as different from the one with the Chinese leader because India shares the same “democratic […]

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Roving Periscope: PM Modi leaves for 5-day State Visits to the US and Egypt

June 20, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: “Together we stand stronger,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday morning when he left for a historic five-day State Visit to the United States and Egypt. It is his first State Visit to the US and only second by an Indian PM. The key takeaway from his US visit […]

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Pakistan: Shehbaz urges elder brother Nawaz to return and take over as PM

June 17, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Buffeted by mounting challenges and multiple crises trooping in quickly, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday urged his elder brother Nawaz to return to Pakistan, lead the election campaign, and take over as its PM for a fourth time. Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, 73, has been in self-imposed exile in […]

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Trump: The US and Europe are appalled at the ex-President’s carelessness about top-secret documents

June 10, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: That the maverick Donald Trump was careless about top secrets was well-known even when he was the 45th President of the United States of America (2017-2021). Many Americans were worried about how their country would handle the transition of power and the fate of nuclear weapons and missiles whose control […]

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Roving Periscope: Broke Pakistan’s FY24 budget sets aside half the loaf to pay the debt

June 10, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With no lender ready to help it any longer, a nearly bankrupt Pakistan has set aside half of its USD 51 billion budget for the financial year 2023-24 to service its crippling external debt amounting to over USD 125 billion. No new taxes have been levied in this budget as […]

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Thanks, but no thanks: NATO Plus not suitable for India, says EAM Jaishankar

June 9, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi starts his first State Visit to the United States, scheduled from June 21 to 24, India has politely turned down an ‘unofficial offer’ to New Delhi to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), in its extension as NATO-Plus. While addressing a press conference in […]

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Modi@WH: “A big deal”, and a “powerful sign,” says USIBC chief Keshap

June 9, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The first State Visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the United States later this month is “a big deal” and “a powerful sign” that the future of the two democracies is together, US-India Business Council (USIBC) President Atul Keshap said on Friday. PM Modi is visiting the US from […]

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Roving Periscope” “I am an innocent man,” Trump says after fresh indictment

June 9, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Donald Trump said on Friday that he has been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida residence, igniting a federal prosecution that is arguably the most perilous of multiple legal threats against the former US President who is trying to reclaim the White House in 2024, the […]

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Roving Periscope: The US Senate raises the limit to avert a first-ever default

June 2, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: On Thursday, the US Congress took final steps to avert the nation’s first-ever default. And world economies heaved a sigh of relief when, fending off a US default, the Senate finally approved with a vote of 63-36 a debt-ceiling and budget cuts package, sealed the bipartisan deal, and sent it […]