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Myanmar: Military junta kills over 50 pro-democracy activists, say reports

April 11, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The ruling military junta killed at least 50 pro-democracy activists in Central Myanmar, the media reported on Tuesday. The military launched an air strike on a rebels’ gathering, killing at least 50 people, who had gathered at an event attended by opponents of the junta, according to media and members […]

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FT & RaGa: The Adani Group debunks claims, says it raised Rs.20k cr legally

April 11, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Refuting claims made recently by London-based Financial Times, which Congress leader Rahul Gandhi relied upon in his ongoing political battle against business tycoon Gautam Adani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Adani Group said it had raised USD 2.7 billion (over Rs 20,000 crore) by the sale of equity in […]

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Roving Periscope: China threatens two-front war—against India and Taiwan

April 6, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Refusing to learn from its loss of many soldiers against India in 2020, China now seems ready to double its own humiliation against both India and Taiwan. For, days after unilaterally “renaming” parts of Arunachal Pradesh as Chinese territory—which India promptly rejected—Beijing on Thursday upped the ante in Taiwan also […]

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Election: India elected to the top UN statistical body for a 4-year term

April 6, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a significant development, India has overwhelmingly been elected to the United Nations Statistical Commission for a four-year period in a “competitive” election in which China and South Korea are still vying for the remaining seat from the Asia Pacific category. Of the 53, India secured an overwhelming 46 votes, more […]

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Her next ‘disappointment’: Court orders Stormy to pay $121k to Trump’s attorney!

April 5, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Donald Trump, a real estate tycoon in 2006, was 60 when he met adult film actress Stormy Daniels, 27. When Trump became the 45th US President (2017-22), she came into the spotlight after she recounted her encounter in a 2018 book “Full Disclosure”, expressing ‘disappointment’ in her relationship with him. […]

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Roving Periscope: Arraigned, surrendered, arrested—Trump predicts ‘Armageddon’ under Biden

April 5, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After his surrender and arrest, former US President Donald Trump, 76, on Wednesday claimed the planet could suffer from a nuclear-charged Third World War under his successor Joe Biden, whom he also accused of receiving USD 10 million from China. Trump, who made history by becoming the first American President […]

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Roving Periscope: As Finland joins NATO, the US ‘engages’ India too

April 3, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With Turkiye also ratifying Finland’s entry as the 31st member-nation of the US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the spotlight may now have shifted to India: Is the South Asian country, currently the world’s fifth largest economy, the next in line? In any case, the ambit of NATO—confined to the US, […]

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Roving Periscope: After the sentence, Trump may face finger-printing, mug shots

March 31, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Donald Trump, 76, who became the first former US President to be indicted in a case, will be fingerprinted and have his mug shots taken like an ordinary criminal defendant when he comes to New York State Supreme Court next to face the charges. The 45th US President lamented that […]

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Roving Periscope: Pak-origin Humza Yousaf becomes Scotland’s First Minister

March 29, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: One may call it the beginning of a ‘West India Company,’ as young leaders with origins in the Indian subcontinent are now ruling the United Kingdom, and its pro-Independence part, Scotland, in what is a role reversal of the erstwhile East India Company (EIC) which ruled South Asia from 1765 to […]

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Pakistan: ‘No money to even hold elections,’ says Defense Minister K. Asif

March 25, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The financial condition in a broke Pakistan is so grim that it cannot even hold elections, Defense Minister Khwaja Asif said on Friday. His statement came amid the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expressing unhappiness over Islamabad keeping it in the dark about raising fuel prices. Before him, Prime Minister Shehbaz […]