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Power: Vladimir Putin, 71, takes oath a fifth time as Russia’s President

May 7, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In 2024, half the world is witnessing elections to get their next leaders into the seat of power. Even dictators love to call themselves democrats! Last year, China’s Xi Jinping, in power since 2013, was elected for a third term, becoming almost the ‘President-for-Life. His country claims to be the “largest […]

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Xenophobia: Jaishankar rejects Biden’s claims, defends India’s eco growth

May 4, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has rejected US President Joe Biden’s claim that “xenophobia” was hobbling India’s economic growth—as also that of Japan, China, and Russia. At a roundtable on Friday, he said India’s economy “is not faltering” and that it has historically been a very open society. “That’s why we […]

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Roving Periscope: The WH downplays Biden’s rant on xenophobia of India, others

May 3, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Six months ahead of the crucial Presidential elections, the White House on Thursday tried to ‘control’ the damage caused by US President Joe Biden’s ‘xenophobic’ remarks about India, Japan, Russia, and China, clarifying that he was making a “broader point.” “Why is China stalling so badly economically, why is Japan having […]

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Canada: Opp leader Poilievre calls PM Trudeau “wacko”, ejected from Parliament

May 1, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after India registered a strong protest to the raising of pro-Khalistani slogans in the presence of Justine Trudeau, the Canadian Parliament ejected the Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre, viewed as the current Prime Minister’s successor, as the troubled North American country heads to general elections by October 2025. Poilivre had […]

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Espionage claims: Australia sidesteps media reports it expelled “Indian spies” in 2020

May 1, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a tightrope walk, Australia has sidestepped purported media reports that it expelled “Indian spies” in 2020. Ever since India started buying discounted Russian oil after the Russia-Ukraine war started in February 2022, the America-led West has been trying to drive a wedge between New Delhi and Moscow. It is attempting […]

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Roving Periscope: US police arrest hundreds, clear varsity campuses of Gaza protesters

May 1, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after “occupying” Hamilton Hall at Columbia University and the authorities rejecting their demand for food and water, the so-called pro-Palestinian “students,” starved and exhausted, meekly cleared the way for New York police which stormed the premises on Wednesday and arrested many, the media reported. Hundreds of New York City […]

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Pannun “murder plot”: India dismisses Washington Post’s report

April 30, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The External Affairs Ministry on Tuesday dismissed a report by the Washington Post, that claimed an Indian spy agency’s alleged involvement in a failed murder attempt against US-based Khalistani terrorist-separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. The newspaper even named a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) official who it claimed orchestrated the purported murder […]

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Roving Periscope: Pro-Palestinians ‘take over’ Columbia varsity hall in the US!

April 30, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: It does not happen only in India—ahead of elections—when anarchists of all hues masquerade as “students,” pick up “causes” to hog the limelight, and spark chaos in educational institutions, their soft launchpad for a career in full-time politics. Just six months ahead of the presidential elections in the United States, also, […]

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EVs: Worried over falling sales, Musk’s Tesla sacks 2 more top officials; hundreds to follow

April 30, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk has dismissed two top officials and plans to sack hundreds of employees working under them because of dwindling sales of electric cars and the pace of job cuts globally, the media reported on Tuesday. At the end of 2023, Tesla had 140,473 employees globally. Those sacked […]

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Economy: Without PM Modi’s vision, India won’t be the third-largest economy, says Nirmala

April 29, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said India emerging as the third-largest world economy is not an “arithmetic inevitability” but requires sound efforts and a visionary leader like Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accomplish it. Commenting on Former FM P. Chidambaram’s recent claim that India would, anyway, become the third-largest economy […]