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Nobel 2024: South Korean author Han Kang gets the Prize for Literature

October 10, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: South Korean author Han Kang has been chosen for the award of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature for her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life,” the media reported on Thursday. The Nobel Prize Committee, on its X handle, said that Kang’s […]

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Ongoing wars: India-ASEAN friendship crucial in times of conflicts, says PM Modi

October 10, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that the friendship between India and the members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is very important at a time when parts of the world were facing conflicts and tensions. Addressing the 21st India-ASEAN Summit in Laos, he said he had […]

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Tata, the Titan: On Monday, he denied it; on Thursday he passed away

October 10, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: When news went viral on October 7 in the media that he was unwell and admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital, Ratan Tata, 86, promptly denied it. “Thank you for thinking of me,” he humbly wrote in his last social media post, on Monday. “I am aware of recent rumors circulating […]

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Roving Periscope: Israel urges the Labanese and Iranians for ‘regime change’

October 9, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soften up Lebanon and Iran ahead of the decisive assault, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ‘encouraging’ the citizens in the two countries to throw out their terror infrastructures and reclaim their countries. On September 30, directly addressing the Iranians, Netanyahu conveyed both a warning […]

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Nobel 2024: Three scientists share the Chemistry prize for work on protein structures

October 9, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Three scientists—David Baker (University of Washington), Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper (both Google Deep Mind, the UK)—will share the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the award-giving body said on Wednesday, for their work on the structure of proteins. The Prize, widely regarded as among the most prestigious in the scientific […]

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Curbing inflation: For the 10th time, RBI keeps the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%

October 9, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With a majority of five members out of six, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 percent in its tenth consecutive bi-monthly meeting. After its three-day meeting, starting on Monday, the MPC, however, unanimously decided to […]

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Durga Puja: Ahead of presidential polls at home, the US urges Bangladesh to protect Hindus’ rights

October 8, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Under pressure from the influential Hindus, and their widespread protests ahead of the presidential elections on November 4, the United States has urged Bangladesh to protect the rights of the minority community whose largest annual festival, Durga Puja, began on Monday. It said “it wants to see the rights of […]

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Nobel Physics: Canadian and US physicists share the 2024 Prize for AI research

October 8, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Tuesday awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton for their foundational contributions to artificial intelligence (AI) through the development of machine learning with artificial neural networks, the media reported. “This year’s two Nobel Laureates in […]

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Pakistan: Baloch separatists kill 2 Chinese, injure 8 others at Karachi Airport

October 7, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Pakistan’s separatist Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) on Monday claimed responsibility for killing two Chinese nationals and wounding eight others in an attack on Karachi Airport, the media reported. The BLA owned responsibility for the late-night bombing, which targeted a convoy of Chinese people outside Pakistan’s largest airport. Two Chinese nationals […]

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The Maldives: President Muizzu’s team signs 5 MoUs with India

October 7, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Trying to reset the soured relations with India, a delegation led by the visiting Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu signed five MoUs on Monday, the media reported. These MoUs are aimed at fostering bilateral relations between the two countries, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. The Currency Swap Agreement was […]