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Kejriwal’s arrest: India protests Germany’s ‘interference’ in judicial process

March 23, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Reacting to Germany’s “blatant inference” in the Indian judicial process, over Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest in an alleged corruption case, India on Saturday strongly protested against the European nation’s move soon after the Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader was sent to seven-day custody of the quasi-judicial Enforcement Directorate on […]

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Roving Periscope: Chechnya’s ghosts revisit Russia, killing 115, and wounding many

March 23, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after President Vladimir Putin officially won a fifth term, suspected ghosts from Muslim-dominated separatist Chechnya—whom he believed he had crushed two decades ago—revisited Russia on Friday, killing at least 115 people and wounding many more as they attacked a concert hall in national capital Moscow. Global terror outfit Islamic […]

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The Russia-Ukraine War: Both Putin and Zelenski invite PM Modi after LS polls

March 21, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is probably the only world leader whom both Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Volodomyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, who have been at war since February 24, 2022, have invited to visit their respective countries after the ongoing parliamentary elections in India. Their invitations came on Wednesday when […]

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Startups: “In my third term, India to become the third-largest economy,” says PM Modi

March 20, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As the Election Commission of India (ECI) issued the notification on Wednesday for the first phase of the ensuing Lok Sabha elections, a confident Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated that India will become the world’s third-largest economy in his third term in office. Addressing the Startup Mahakumbh event in the national […]

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Arunachal Pradesh: India slams China’s claims as “absurd, baseless”

March 19, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The External Affairs Ministry (EAM) on Tuesday termed China’s recent claims on Arunachal Pradesh as its territory (“South Tibet”), and reiterated that the northeastern state “was, is, and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India.” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal’s comments came two days after China’s Peoples’ Liberation Army […]

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Roving Periscope: After his ‘big win,’ Putin and Xi heap praise on each other!

March 18, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: His victory was never in doubt. For the record, however, Vladimir Putin has just “won” the election as Russia’s President for the fifth term in a row, with an impressive vote margin of 87.33 percent. But he still fell short of many a dictator’s ‘victory margins.’ For example, Iraq’s last dictator […]

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America: It’s Biden v/s Trump, again, in the November 2024 polls

March 13, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As they did four years ago, US President Joe Biden, 81, will face his predecessor Donald Trump, 77, again in the November 2024 presidential election for which their respective parties—Democratic and Republican—renominated them as candidates on Super Tuesday. The two rivals secured renominations as presidential candidates for the polls, setting up […]

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Roving Periscope: Wheel turns full circle—Nepalis want their king back!

March 12, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Deeply unhappy with what the various combinations of China-supported Communists have done to their country over the last two decades of instability and poverty, many Nepalis now want their king back to power in Kathmandu. In Hindu-majority Nepal, the monarch has historically been seen as the reincarnation of Lord Vishnu. India […]

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Technology: Google and ECI tie up for LS polls; to prevent the spread of false information

March 12, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Search engine behemoth Google has tied up with the Election Commission of India (ECI) to prevent the spread of false information on the eve of and during the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the country. Alphabet Inc-owned Google’s joining hands with the ECI also aims to promote authorized content and label […]

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Pakistan: “Mr. Ten Percent” Asif Ali Zardari returns as President

March 9, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP)’s top leader Asif Ali Zardari, infamous as “Mr. 10 Percent” because of his alleged corruption, on Saturday, became President for the second time—the only civilian to hold the post twice since the nation came into existence in 1947. In 2013, he also became the first President to […]