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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 […]

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‘Contamination’: Britain tightens scrutiny of all Indian spice imports

May 16, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Millions of South Asians living in the United Kingdom may be deprived of some spices and condiments after London tightened scrutiny of all Indian spice imports in the wake of the controversies globally because of alleged ‘contamination.’ In the most stringent crackdown so far impacting all Indian spices, the UK’s Food […]

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Catastrophe: Over 280 mn in 59 countries faced acute hunger in 2023, says FAO

April 25, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza having the largest number of people facing famine, according to the United Nations “Global Report on Food Crises” released on Wednesday. It said 24 million more people faced an acute lack of food than in […]

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Climate collapse: Post-Dubai floods, the WMO says Asia is worst hit

April 23, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after the worst Dubai floods in 75 years, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said Asia was the planet’s most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023. The WMO, the United Nations’ weather and climate agency, said on Tuesday, that floods and storms are the chief cause of […]

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Wheat production: India is better prepared than Pakistan to handle climate shocks

April 6, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Being part of the same landmass, conducive weather conditions in India and Pakistan are helping them to achieve record wheat output this year, but India, having developed many indigenous heat-resistant and short-duration seed varies, is better prepared than its neighbor to handle climate change impact, experts say. Globally, India and Pakistan […]

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Roving Periscope: “Mass death is imminent in Gaza,” says global hunger monitor

March 19, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The narrow Gaza Strip, which was densely populated with nearly 2.3 million Palestinians until October 7, 2023, is now staring at “mass deaths” because of the alarming famine affecting over a million internally displaced people in the wake of the ongoing conflict. which has turned the once-thriving region into a trail […]

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EFTA deal: Cheaper good from Switzerland, three other European nations coming into India

March 11, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: From next year, Indian customers will start getting access to high-quality Swiss products—watches, chocolates, biscuits, and clocks—at lower prices as India will phase out customs duties in the coming years under its just-concluded trade pact with the EFTA bloc on these goods. India and the four-European nation bloc EFTA signed a […]

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Price rise: CMIE’s inflation projections lower than RBI’s

March 4, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Contrary to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s projections, the leading economic think tank, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), said on Monday the country’s inflation may decline for two years in a row. It is likely to fall to 4.3 percent in 2024-25 from 5.4 percent in 2023-24, which […]

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Roving Periscope: “National extinction” fears worry China, Japan, South Korea, and more…

February 29, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Imagine China, the world’s most populous country until November 2023, reporting no new birth at all in two months of 2024… a South Korean businessman offering USD 75,000 as a bonus to each of his workers for producing a kid…and Japan is worried about its increasingly emptying roads… For, population, statisticians […]

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Cough syrup: Uzbekistan sentences Indian to 20 years in prison for 68 deaths

February 27, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid controversies surrounding Indian medicines exported to other countries, Uzbekistan on Monday sentenced an Indian national to a 20-year jail term for his alleged role in the death of 68 children after they consumed ‘contaminated’ cough syrups. Raghvendra Pratap Singh and 20 other people linked to the case were handed […]