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Nepal: After Monday’s uprising,’ Gen Z factions confused on the next move

September 11, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After toppling the Communist-led government within 48 hours on Tuesday, and then torching several national symbols, the confused Generation Z, still leaderless and clueless, is trying to come to terms with a stark reality: how to govern a poor, landlocked country that has no government, and where more than 13,000 […]

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Roving Periscope: France also on the boil; may follow SL, B’desh, and Nepal

September 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid fresh fears of the Russian-Ukraine war spreading deeper in Europe, France came to a boil on Wednesday as thousands of demonstrators, protesting against increasing political uncertainties ahead of the 2027 presidential polls, poured out on the streets in several French cities in what could degenerate into a chaotic situation, […]

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France: Fourth PM in a year quits; weakened, Macron to face polls in 2027

September 9, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: European Union’s largest country, France, has done it again. On Monday, the government of its fourth Prime Minister in a year collapsed after François Bayrou lost a parliamentary confidence vote, defeated by 364 to 194 in the National Assembly, plunging the country into political paralysis. Bayrou, the 74-year-old centrist, was […]

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Roving Periscope: In just 48 hours, Nepal apes Lanka—Oli resigns; may flee!

September 9, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In just two days of massive anti-government demonstrations by leaderless Generation Z youths, the Communist-led government collapsed in Nepal, its ministers resigned, and so did its highly unpopular, pro-China Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who, reports suggested, might follow President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled Sri Lanka in 2022 after a […]

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Roving Periscope: Nepal going the Sri Lankan way? 14 killed over social media ban, corruption

September 8, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after India and China rejected Nepal’s territorial claims over Lipulekh, and Kathmandu banned social media, at least 14 people were reported killed and over 200 wounded in police firing on Monday as thousands of angry youths hit the streets and some even tried to storm parliament in the national […]

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Roving Periscope: To regain EU’s lost trust, Trump woos Poland

September 4, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid his tall claims to end the 42-month-long Ukraine war remaining hollow and Europe, for the first time since 1945, suspecting America’s intention of continued support to its security from Russia, Donald Trump has “reassured” Poland of continued US military presence in the European nation. Washington’s growing disinterest in European […]

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Social media: After JD Vance’s ‘readiness’ to take charge, “Trump is dead!” goes viral

August 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: US Vice-President JD Vance’s comments this week on the line of succession may have sparked the trend. Then, for a different reason, the American flag unfurled half-mast at the White House. But social media went to town speculating if “Trump is dead!” For a couple of days, President Donald Trump […]

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Japan to China: After MoUs-signing in Tokyo, PM Modi heads to SCO Summit

August 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Before heading for China to participate in the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit (August 31-September 1), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met governors of 16 Japanese prefectures in Tokyo, calling for stronger collaboration between Indian states and Japanese prefectures, the media reported. In Japan, a prefecture is the […]

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Roving Periscope: “Maharaja of tariffs”, Trumpistan’s rant against India goes uglier

August 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Frustrated and flabbergasted at India bluntly refusing to budge on the trade and tariff issue and, instead, getting support even from China, the US on Thursday vent its spleen, reiterating that punitive tariffs of 50 percent on Indian imports will take effect next week. Calling India the “Maharaja” of tariffs, […]

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Sri Lanka: Former President Wickremesinghe arrested for ‘misuse of state funds’

August 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who helped stabilize the island nation politically and economically after its worst-ever crisis, including a civil war and the overthrow of his predecessor, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in 2022, was arrested on Friday for allegedly misusing state funds, the media reported. Wickremesinghe, 76, a six-time Prime […]