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Roving Periscope: China trembles as the pandemic cocks a snook at Zero-Covid policy

November 28, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As widespread protests against China’s brutal Zero-Covid policy multiplied across the country, where nearly 100 towns and cities are under lockdowns over the fresh outbreak of the infections, panicked investors readied for a dip as markets opened in Asia on Monday to grim reports of growing unrest in the world’s […]

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Roving Periscope: Wearing a crown of thorns, PM Sunak discovers the perils of power

November 26, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A week is a long time in politics and a month’s eternity. Just within a month of his honeymoon with power, Rishi Sunak’s two predecessors—Boris Johnson and Liz Truss—have joined hands against him to make the first Indian-origin British Prime Minister realize he wears a crown of thorns. The media […]

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Independence plea: The UK’s SC shoots down Scottish referendum bid

November 23, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid reports of a rethink in Britain about London’s Brexit decision, and weighing the benefits of rejoining the European Union (EU) to avert the isolationist dangers to its increasingly brittle economy, the nation’s Supreme Court on Wednesday scotched Scotland’s unfinished agenda to break away from the United Kingdom of Great […]

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Roving Periscope: As Democrats retain US Senate, midterm polls boost Biden regime

November 14, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The recently held midterm elections to the US Congress have reinforced the Democrats’ trust in President Joe Biden’s policies and took the steam off the Republicans’ gargantuan claims, as they expected to ride a mighty “Red Wave” and capture both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Traditionally, midterm elections […]

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Roving Periscope: Donald Trump to make “big announcement” on Nov. 15

November 8, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As the fast-aging US President Joe Biden, 79, flounders on all fronts, his younger predecessor Donald Trump, 76, is trying to make a comeback in 2024. On Monday, Trump said he will make a “very big announcement” next week. The maverick business owner-turned-politician, who never accepted the truth of his […]

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Pakistan: Ex-PM Imran outshines Shahrukh, Salman Khan in ‘drama’!

November 7, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who survived an alleged assassination attempt last week, has ‘outshined’ India’s Bollywood superstars Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan in acting skills, his bête noire Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the chief of the ruling coalition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), said on Monday. “Why is he being […]

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“Living Amazon”: Brazil is back, says Lula as polls return him as President

October 31, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After defeating the incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, 67, in a stunning comeback veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, on Sunday declared “Brazil is back”, and he will strive to see the great River Amazon becomes living once again. Former Brazilian President Lula, who will return to power on […]

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Roving Periscope: Troops crackdown on protesters; Gunawardena’s new Lanka PM

July 22, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As a veteran politician, Dinesh Gunawardena took oath as the new Prime Minister in crisis-ridden Sri Lanka on Friday; heavily armed troops took positions on key buildings across the capital Colombo and cracked down on protesters camping in the city since March against the island country’s bankrupt economy. Six-time Prime […]

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Roving Periscope: Amid protests, Wickremesinghe takes oath as SL President

July 21, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Six-time former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Thursday sworn-in as Sri Lanka’s 8th Executive President, until November 2024, amid protests against his unprecedented “election” not by the people but by Parliament. The protesters opposed his presidency as a proxy of his predecessor, the ousted and fugitive Gotabaya Rajapaksa, whose […]

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Roving Periscope: Presidential poll on Wednesday; Sri Lanka on edge, India worried

July 19, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day before Sri Lanka’s mid-term presidential election scheduled for Wednesday amid political stalemate, main opposition leader Sajith Premadasa withdrew from the race on Tuesday in favor of a ruling party dissident, Dullas Alahapperuma, as India braced for uncertainty in its neighborhood. A worried New Delhi has called for an […]