Global Indians

Defence

Pakistan: With gains fragile, IMF tightens noose, slaps 11 more conditions

December 12, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slapped 11 new conditions on Pakistan under its USD 7 billion bailout programme to crack down on corruption in the South Asian country. The move raised the total compliance requirements on Pakistan to 64 over 18 months, according to the Fund’s staff-level report for […]

Read more

Business

Automobiles: Record sales of two, three & four-wheelers in November 2025

December 12, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With Diwali bonanza offers and GST rate cuts, India’s automobile industry registered record sale of two, three and four wheelers in November 2025, the media reported on Friday. According to the monthly data gathered by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), the domestic total two-wheeler dispatches grew by more […]

Read more

Business

Roving Periscope: Russia-Ukraine conflict may trigger the Third World War, warns Trump

December 12, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: US President Donald Trump warned on Thursday that the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict is likely to escalate into the Third World War, the media reported. Speaking to the reporters at the White House, he said that at least 25,000 people were killed in the war in November alone and expressed deep frustration […]

Read more

Business

Myanmar: Ahead of Dec 28 poll, military junta’s air attack kills 34 patients in hospital

December 11, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Ahead of December 28 “sham election,” at least 34 people died and dozens more were injured after air strikes from Myanmar’s military junta hit a hospital in the country’s west on Wednesday night, the media reported on Thursday. The hospital is located in Mrauk-U town in Rakhine state, controlled by […]

Read more

Business

Tariffs: Now, Mexico imposes levies on India, China, and others

December 11, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Even as the US negotiators are currently in India for a potential trade deal, America’s neighbour Mexico has announced levies of up to 50 percent on the import of select products from Asian countries, including India and China, the media reported on Thursday. According to Mexican economic news outlet El […]

Read more

Business

Roving Periscope: Nobel-obsessed, Trump ‘lost India’, says the US Dem lawmaker

December 11, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: His obsession for a Nobel Peace Prize, even as he wages war on Venezuela, claimed multiple peace deals, and annoyed millions across the planet in 2025, has made Donald Trump risk becoming a president ‘who lost India,’ the media reported on Thursday. He risks becoming “the President who lost India”, […]

Read more

Business

Operation Sindoor’s impact: The US to sell high tech worth $ 686 mn to Pakistan

December 11, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Seven months after India knocked out some of Pakistan’s fighter jets during Operation Sindoor in May 2025, the US has agreed to sell new technology and support to upgrade Islamabad’s F-16 fighter jets in a deal worth USD 686 million, the media reported on Thursday. The Indian Air Force (IAF) […]

Read more

Business

Tariffs & trade: The US-India deal likely by March 2026, says Nageswaran

December 11, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India’s Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran said he expects the long-pending India–US trade deal to be signed by March 2026, noting that most trade issues have already been resolved, the media reported on Thursday. The first phase of the deal, covering tariff rationalisation, was originally targeted for completion this […]

Read more

Business

Roving Periscope: Australia pioneers social media ban for U-16 teenagers; others may follow

December 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Australia has become the world’s first country to legally ban use of social media for children under 16 years of age from Wednesday, blocking access to platforms including TikTok, Alphabet’s YouTube and Meta’s Instagram and Facebook. Ten of the biggest platforms were ordered to block children from midnight (1300 GMT […]

Read more

Defence

Investments: Adani Group to invest up to Rs. 12 trillion in India by 2031

December 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Spanning key sectors like infrastructure, mining, renewable energy, and ports, among others, the Adani Group will invest up to Rs. 12 trillion (Rs. 12 lakh crore) in India by 2031, the media reported on Wednesday. The Gujarat-based ports-to-energy conglomerate Adani Group’s chairman Gautam Adani told a media outlet that: “There […]

Read more