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Trade: India, US, ‘close’ to seal the deal; ‘Won’t rush into any deal,’ says Goyal

October 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid reports that India and the US are ‘closer’ to sealing the first phase of the bilateral trade agreement (BTA), Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Friday asserted that New Delhi will not rush into trade deals and reject restrictive conditions. “India will not sign any trade […]

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Crude: Trump clamps “tremendous” sanctions on key Russian oil cos

October 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Disappointed with all his efforts to end the Russian war in Ukraine producing zero results, US President Donald Trump has cancelled his likely meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Budapest, Hungary, and has instead slapped “tremendous” new sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, the media reported on […]

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Roving Periscope: After the UNGA, PM Modi to skip ASEAN Summit also

October 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Putting to rest speculations on a possible meeting with US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to skip the forthcoming summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the media reported on Thursday. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will likely attend the […]

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France: The Louvre Museum in Paris reopens 3 days after $102 mn heist

October 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris, central to novelist Dan Brown’s blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, and a Hollywood film of the same title, reopened on Wednesday, three days after a sensational, daylight robbery in which criminals stole eight of the nine targeted items, worth USD 102 million, and disappeared […]

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Environment: India ninth globally in total forest area, says FAO

October 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With large-scale afforestation and community-led forest protection efforts, India has climbed to the ninth spot globally in total forest area and retained its third rank in annual forest area gain, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said. In this respect, India follows Australia, the Democratic Republic of the […]

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US Visas: New H-1B rules won’t apply to existing visa holders, including students

October 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The US has announced that the new rules of H-1B visas, such as visa fee of USD 100,000, will not apply to the existing visa holders. This new clarification, issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on applicability of the recently-announced H-1B fee, could give hope to […]

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GST Bachat Utsav: Govt monitoring to ensure benefits reach consumers, says FM

October 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the government is monitoring to ensure that benefits of the recent GST reforms reach consumers in the form of reduced prices of items they purchase. Addressing a press conference on GST Bachat Utsav, she said the government has been monitoring price cuts in […]

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Indo-US trade: Negotiations for the BTA underway in a “cordial atmosphere”, says Goyal

October 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Saturday said negotiations between India and the US are continuing in a “cordial atmosphere” to finalize a bilateral trade agreement (BTA). Addressing a press conference, however, he refrained from giving a timeframe for the ‘good news’ about the signing of the […]

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The Durand War: 7 Pak troops die in suicide bomber’s attack on military camp

October 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Hours before the tenuous 48-hour ceasefire ended on Friday afternoon, a suicide bomber’s attack on a Pakistani military camp in Northern Waziristan, close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, reportedly killed seven soldiers and wounded 13 others. The attack happened ahead of the meeting of representatives of Islamabad and Kabul in Doha […]

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China-US trade war: IMF warns of “significant risks” to global growth

October 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned of “significant downside risks” to global growth because of renewed trade-and-tariff frictions between the US and China, the world’s two largest economies. After months of tentative stability in US-China relations, tensions flared in recent weeks when Washington expanded technology restrictions and proposed tariffs […]