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Roving Periscope: After Biden fails, British PM Sunak tries to contain Hamas conflgration in Arab world

October 20, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: After the hospital blast this week, which allegedly killed some 500 people in Gaza and enraged the Muslims the world over, the Palestinians claimed on Friday that several people died in a mosque targeted by Israel, which awaited the most opportune moment to push its ground assault into the Gaza […]

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Roving Periscope: As British PM Sunak visits, Israel pauses, allows aid, and gives a long rope to Hamas

October 19, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: After pounding the Gaza Strip for nearly two weeks and amassing troops and weapons in an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation, Israel might be giving a long rope to the Hamas terror group to make its next move, as Tel Aviv allowed limited aid from the Egyptian border to flow into the war-ravaged […]

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Roving Periscope: Hospital blast kills over 500 in Gaza; Biden’s Jordan meet with Arab leaders called off

October 18, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: After a mysterious blast, that killed over 500 people in a Gaza hospital overnight and Hamas and Israel blamed each other for, US President Joe Biden landed in Tel Aviv on Wednesday morning, surprised that his proposed meeting with Arab leaders in Jordan later in the day has been canceled […]

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Exports: India to export 1mt of rice, but extends ban on sugar outgo beyond Oct 31

October 18, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Following concerns expressed abroad over food insecurity in many countries in the wake of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, India has allowed the export of 10.34 lakh tons of non-basmati white rice to seven countries on a government-to-government (G2G) basis but has extended the ban on sugar exports beyond October 3. […]

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Roving Periscope: President Biden to visit Israel, Jordan on Wednesday to contain Hamas inferno

October 17, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: With a grievously bruised Israel determined to annihilate Hamas, and level to the ground its stronghold Gaza Strip— and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s whirlwind shuttle diplomacy to prevent a conflagration in the Middle East yielding little, a worried US President Joe Biden is visiting the Jewish state on […]

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Food: Zomato, Big Mac fined Rs.1 lakh for delivering non-veg to a veg customer

October 13, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: As large parts of India prepare for the onset of Navaratri on Sunday and observe fast or stick to vegetarian food, a consumer court has imposed a fine of Rs. One lakh on online food ordering and delivering platform Zomato and its restaurant partner McDonald’s for allegedly delivering non-vegetarian food […]

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Conflict: If it widens, the Hamas-Israeli clash may leave ‘really big impact’ on trade, says WTO chief

October 13, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: After the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization (WTO) has also warned of a “really big impact” on already weak global trade flows if the Hamas-Israel conflict widens throughout the region. “Everybody is on eggshells and hoping for the best,” Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, WTO’s Director-General, said as she […]

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Conflict: The Hamas-Israeli clash may spur inflation, hamper growth, says IMF

October 12, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit     New Delhi: Until now, the five-day war between Israel and Sunni terror outfit Hamas is limited to the Jewish state and Gaza Strip, but, if it widens, it may trigger a significant rise in oil prices and hamper growth, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday. The global lender’s First […]

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Good news: Joblessness lowest in one year, says CMIE

October 2, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Contrary to the Opposition’s claims of rising unemployment, India’s joblessness rate dropped to a one-year low in September as unemployment in rural areas fell despite weak monsoon rains this year, the media reported on Monday. The overall joblessness rate slid to 7.09 percent in September, from 8.10 percent in August, […]

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Roving Periscope: After terror and donkeys, Pakistan now ‘exports’ beggars!

September 29, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: In an acute embarrassment to Pakistan, its co-religionist nations like Saudi Arabia, and Iraq have asked the nearly bankrupt South Asian country to stop ‘exporting’ beggars! Not surprising though because, according to reports, a tenth of the Pakistani population—25 million in a country of nearly 250 million–resorts to begging either […]

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