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G-20 meet in J&K: Security tightened, schools suspend physical classes

May 11, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In view of a series of terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir in recent weeks, the government has tightened security in the border state which is scheduled to host an international meeting on tourism from May 22 to 24 as part of the Group of 20 (G-20) conclaves under India’s […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Million of Americans may lose jobs if…warns President Biden

May 11, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: US President Joe Biden has warned that the American economy could slip into a recession and throw millions out of jobs unless the Opposition Republicans agree to raise the country’s USD 31.4 trillion debt ceiling before June. If the debt ceiling is not raised and the US defaults, it may […]

Business

Pakistan: As nation burns and PKR sinks further, court indicts Imran in Toshakhana case

May 10, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after his arrest triggered unprecedented violence and arson across Pakistan, which claimed at least one life and injured many, a court on Wednesday indicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case, and ordered his non-bailable arrest, throwing the restive South Asian country deeper into anarchy, bankruptcy, […]

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Trump: Jury asks ex-US President to pay $5 mn for sexually abusing columnist

May 10, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Former US President Donald Trump’s efforts to re-enter the White House in 2024 suffered a jolt on Tuesday when the jury found him liable for sexually abusing in the year 1996 advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, now 79, and awarding her USD 5 million. Announcing the verdict in a New […]

Defence

Pakistan: Ex-PM Imran Khan arrested; Islamabad HC asks why?

May 9, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Nearly a year after he lost power in Pakistan, former Prime Minister Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi, 70, was on Tuesday arrested in Islamabad, in what is seen as a tipping point pushing the terror-infested and bankrupt South Asian country closer than ever to a civil war. Commandoes of paramilitary forces, […]

Business

Diplomacy: Canada expels Chinese diplomat over Beijing’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims

May 9, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Canada on Monday expelled Toronto-based Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei after he allegedly tried to target a Canadian lawmaker critical of China’s treatment of its Uyghur Muslim minority. “We will not tolerate any form of foreign interference,” Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly declared on Monday. According to intelligence inputs, Zhao Wei […]

Business

Pakistan: Bilawal spices J&K issue with G-20, threatens India with “unforgettable response”

May 6, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Smarting under the humiliating tag that External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar pasted on him on Friday– “the spokesperson for terror industry, which is the mainstay of Pakistan,” and asked him when Pakistan will return PoK to India, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is now barking up the wrong tree: New Delhi […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Ahead of Sydney Summit, the US says no plans for the QUAD’s expansion

May 2, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid reports that some Asian countries evinced interest in joining the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD), widely viewed as an Asian version of NATO to counterbalance China’s designs, the USA has clarified that currently, the four-nation group has no plans to add new members. QUAD comprises four democracies—the US, India, Australia, […]

Business

Roving Periscope: After NY, Pennsylvania also declares Diwali a holiday

April 27, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With Indian Americans’ emergence as an influential community in the US, Hindu festivals have also surfaced as new occasions for wider celebrations in America. After New York City declared Diwali as a holiday for school students in February, the US State of Pennsylvania has also declared this biggest Hindu festival […]

Business

Opinion: Indo-Russian friendship may be insecure, says US Congressman Khanna

April 26, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India is unlikely to look at Russia as a “secure friend,” a leading Indian-origin member of the US Congress said on Tuesday. “I don’t think that given the closer ties between Russia and China (in the wake of the raging war in Ukraine), India would look to Russia as a […]