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Interim Budget: Ahead of LS polls, the NDA govt sticks to ‘social justice’ theme

February 1, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As India gears up for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections in April-May, the Interim Budget 2024 has stuck to the ruling NDA’s theme of ‘social justice’ and gives a counter-secularism pitch to the economic document that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled in the Lower House of Parliament on Thursday. In […]

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Toshakhana case: Court sentences Imran and his wife Bushra to 14 years in jail

January 31, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after a “special court” sentenced him to 10 years in prison in the cipher case, another court ordered former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi and his current and third wife Bushra Bibi to spend 14 years in jail in the Toshakhana case, the media reported on […]

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Roving Periscope: China’s ‘threat’ good for US-India ties, FTA, says Issa

January 31, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As the world’s two largest democracies gear up for national elections this year, an influential Republican lawmaker has said the “threat” posed by an aggressive but economically declining China offers an opportunity to India and the US. The two democracies can make strong agreements, including a genuine Free Trade Agreement […]

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Roving Periscope: The US and Pakistan relax as Imran, and Mehmood get 10-yrs in jail

January 30, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ten days ahead of the General Elections to the National Assembly on February 8, the US and Pakistan have heaved a sigh of relief: their ‘sponsored’ candidate, Mohammed Nawaz Sharif, could now safely become the restive South Asian country’s Prime Minister a fourth time. For, his bete noire, former PM […]

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The Maldives: After a chaos in Parliament, Oppn plans to impeach pro-China President Muizzu

January 29, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Barely two months after assuming power, Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu, fresh from a state visit to China, found himself facing an irate Opposition moving to impeach him as the House rejected his ministers’ appointments amid unprecedented scuffle and chaos on Sunday. The angry Members of Parliament (MPs) exchanged kicks and […]

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Union Budget 2024: India poised to register 7% economic growth in FY25

January 29, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Two days before Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tables the Union Budget for 2024-24 in Parliament on February 1, her ministry expected India’s economy to grow around 7 percent in the next fiscal year, despite new geopolitical risks emerging from the Red Sea crisis that could affect supply chains, global inflation […]

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The Maldives: Anti-Indian President Muizzu faces mounting domestic protests

January 25, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid mounting anti-government protests, speculation is rife in the Maldives if its pro-Chinese President Mohamed Muizzu will be able to complete his first year in office in November 2024. His People’s National Congress had won the 2023 elections banking on an anti-India narrative, a departure from his predecessors who pursued […]

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Roving Periscope: Overwhelmed by immigrants, Canada tries a course-correction

January 25, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With its reckless pro-immigration policy almost ‘destabilizing’ the politico-economy and the society in the sprawling North American country because of fast-changing demographics, soaring inflation, social unrest, and the angry natives reportedly bracing to throw out the Justine Trudeau government in October 2025, Canada has rushed to do some mid-stream course […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump wins NH, may trounce Haley in SC, and take on Biden

January 24, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With New Hampshire in his kitty, former US President Donald Trump, seeking re-election this year, is expected to trounce Indian-American Nikky Haley also in South Carolina in February to win the key Republican nomination which would enable him to take on the incumbent Joe Biden who is also taking a […]

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The Gaza War: Israel wants more hostages released—without ending the conflict!

January 23, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Around 108 days after the ongoing Gaza War began, Israel is reported to be pushing for a deal with the Hamas terrorists for the release of the remaining hostages—without ending the war—as its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under severe pressure at home and overseas. According to the media reports […]