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Roving Periscope: The UN accuses Myanmar’s junta of ‘mass killings, torture’

September 18, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The United Nations (UN) has accused China-supported Myanmar’s ruling military junta of killing thousands of civilians and subjecting many more to torture and neglect in prisons since the February 2021 coup, the media reported. Min Aung Hlaing, the Burmese army general, has ruled Myanmar as the chairman of the State Administration […]

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Good news? ADB to give $ 2bn annually as fresh loans to Pakistan!

September 17, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A nearly bankrupt and failing state, Pakistan, woke up on Tuesday to a piece of news it didn’t know if it was good or bad for national honor: the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) has assured Islamabad that it would get USD 2 billion per annum, as fresh loans, every year, […]

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Bangladesh: UNICEF urgently needs USD 35 mn as 20 lakh flood-hit children are at risk

August 31, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid the ongoing political instability and communal violence in Bangladesh, more than two million children in eastern districts are at risk as the worst floods have swept through their homes, schools, and villages in the last few weeks. In areas where flood waters are receding, the South Asian country faces outbreaks […]

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Food: The UN’s goal of a hunger-free world by 2030 is unachievable

August 3, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The United Nations’ goal of creating a hunger-free world by 2030 would most likely not be achieved, an eminent German agriculture economist said on Saturday. Addressing the 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), Martin Qaim, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Director of the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of […]

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Economy: After the IMF, ADB keeps India’s GDP growth at 7% in FY25

July 17, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected India’s GDP growth for 2024-25 at 7 percent, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) also on Wednesday kept the country’s growth projection unchanged at 7 percent, citing robust expansion in the industrial sector and strong demand in construction led by housing. “The stronger-than-expected fiscal position […]

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Hajj: More than 1,000 Muslim pilgrims die in the heatwave in Mecca

June 20, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: At least 1,000 Muslim pilgrims, including 68 Indians, who went to perform the Hajj in Mecca (Saudi Arabia), died during the last few days because of an extreme heatwave sweeping the Arabian country, the media reported on Thursday. The media reported that Mecca’s temperature on Wednesday was recorded at 51.8 degrees […]

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Weather: Monsoon revives, and advances toward North India

June 20, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After a delay of nearly two weeks, threatening agriculture and the economy across India, the monsoon rains revived on Thursday and were reported advancing towards North India to cover central parts of the South Asian country in the next few days, the weatherman said. India’s financial capital, Mumbai, received widespread rains […]

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Agriculture: Amid heatwaves, farmers are worried as monsoon rains 20% less so far

June 17, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the new Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan planning ambitious schemes to boost farm production across India, as he did in Madhya Pradesh during his nearly two decades as its Chief Minister, the farmers have a fresh reason for concern: an overall deficit of 20 percent rains since the much-awaited […]

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Ukraine: PM Modi meets President Zelenskyy, emphasizes dialogue, diplomacy

June 14, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India believes the way to peace in Ukraine is through dialogue and diplomacy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the ongoing G-7 Summit in Italy on Friday, the media reported. During a bilateral meeting with President Zelenskyy, he assured India’s continued support for a […]

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LS polls: “PM Modi will return; hope Pak also gets a leader like him”

May 16, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Leading Pakistani-American media commentator and businessman Sajid Tarar has said that Narendra Modi is set to return a third time as the Prime Minister of India, and expressed the hope that Pakistan would also get a leader like him. The Baltimore-based Tarar said PM Modi is a strong leader who has […]