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Fleeting moment: Trump meets Shehbaz—for a full 36-seconds!

September 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In what could be the shortest-ever meeting between two heads of government, US President Donald Trump met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for a full 36 seconds on Tuesday, the media reported. On his part, Sharif, accompanied by his deputy Mohammad Ishaq Dar, claimed he “engaged in an informal conversation” […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: At the UNGA, Trump fires left, right, and centre—then wants seven Nobel Peace Prizes!

September 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Playing back worn-out claims to his Republican constituency ahead of the 2026 elections to US Congress, President Donald Trump accused one and all—except himself, whom he praised!—took credit for what he called ending seven wars in seven months across the planet, and sought a Nobel Peace Prize for each of […]

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Business

Trade & tariffs: Solution to issues with US likely in eight to ten weeks, says CEA

September 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday said that India and the US are expected to solve the tariff issues in the next eight to ten weeks, the media reported. Addressing an interactive session organised by Bharat Chamber of Commerce in Kolkata, he hinted at ongoing unofficial (Track II) […]

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Education

Modi@75: Trump, Putin, Bibi, other world leaders greet “Narendra, my friend!”

September 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: US President Donald Trump became the first among world leaders to greet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who turned 75 on Wednesday, amid resumed US-India bilateral trade negotiations in the Indian capital. President Trump on Tuesday dialled PM Modi and greeted him, in what is being seen as a significant gesture […]

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Business

Media: Trump to sue The NYT with a $15 bn lawsuit over Epstein reports

September 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Fuming over sustained media disclosures, US President Donald Trump on Monday said that he will file a USD 15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times in Florida for its reporting on his alleged ties to late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a post on his Truth Social platform, […]

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Business

Nepal: Interim PM Sushila Karki inducts three ministers

September 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As the Himalayan country tried to rebuild life disturbed by last week’s deaths and destruction, Nepal President Ramchandra Paudel on Monday administered the oath of office to three ministers inducted by newly appointed caretaker Prime Minister Sushila Karki into her cabinet. Karki, 73, the landlocked nation’s first woman PM, assumed […]

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Business

Nepal, again: Fearing wipeout, political parties slam Parliament dissolution, fresh polls

September 13, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid media reports that the new interim government, led by former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki, could retire and ban six former prime ministers from contesting elections for life, Nepal’s political parties, fearing irrelevance, have slammed President Ram Chandra Paudel’s announcement to dissolve Parliament and hold fresh elections on […]

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Business

Nepal: President Paudel dissolves Parliament; announces fresh elections in March 2026

September 13, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: A day after swearing in former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki as the Interim Prime Minister, Nepal’s President Ramchandra Paudel late on Friday dissolved Parliament and announced fresh elections to be held on March 5, 2026, the media reported. After a week of chaos, the Himalayan country is slowly […]

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Defence

Roving Periscope: Nepal’s leadership crisis continues as Gen Z shows some sanity

September 12, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid a free-for-all since Monday’s uprising, led by Generation Z mobs, and allegedly infiltrated by foreign influencers, Nepal on Friday stared at Himalayan uncertainties as youngsters clashed with each other on who should now lead Kathmandu, and then hit the streets on Friday to clean up the mess they created […]

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Business

Brazil: Trump’s ‘friend’ ex-President Bolsonaro gets 27-year jail for coup attempt

September 12, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Recently, US President Donald Trump clashed with his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, arm-twisted BRICS, accused it of alleged de-dollarization moves, and did whatever he could to protect his ‘friend’ former President Jair Messias Bolsonaro from being convicted of a coup attempt. It makes Bolsonaro, infamous as “Brazil’s […]

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