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US elections: Resisting calls to quit, ‘hard-lucky’ Biden, 82, down with COVID-19

July 18, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Gaffe-prone US President Joe Biden, who is fighting advanced aging symptoms and resisting intensifying pressure NOT to contest the November 5 elections against his predecessor-cum-potential successor Donald Trump, got the latest blow when doctors diagnosed him with COVID-19 on Wednesday and urged him to take rest. The incumbent President’s hopes of […]

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Diplomacy: Dr. Jaishankar opens the first Jan Aushadhi Kendra in Mauritius

July 18, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar inaugurated India’s first overseas “Jan Aushadi Kendra” in the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius, testifying to the “close” bilateral cooperation between the two countries, especially in the key health sector. Dr. Jaishankar was in Mauritius on a two-day visit from July 16, one of the […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Trump’s MAGA White racists attack JD Vance’s “Hindu wife”

July 18, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Barely two days after Republican nominee Donald Trump picked a key former critic as his Vice-Presidential running mate, the fundamentalist Christian, far-right, and White racist brigade in the former President’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) umbrella has started attacking Usha Chilukuri, the Indian-origin wife of James David (JD) Vance, Senator from […]

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Ukraine: Startups developing a ‘robot army’ to fight against the Russian forces

July 17, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: It looks straight from a science fiction movie. Losing hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the ongoing Russian invasion since February 2022, Ukraine, which is struggling with acute manpower shortages, is now creating an army of robots to take on the might of the Russian armed forces, the media […]

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Roving Periscope: Iran denies plot to assassinate Donald Trump

July 17, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Iran has rubbished claims in a section of the US media that it is planning to assassinate Donald Trump, who escaped a bid on his life in Pennsylvania on Saturday last week and was nominated on Tuesday as the Republican Party candidate against incumbent Democrat President Joe Biden before the November […]

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Pakistan: Army kills 10 terrorists who kill 8 soldiers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

July 17, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Call it the Law of Karma. What goes around, comes around. While Pakistan is pushing terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir to kill the Indian soldiers, its own army is being attacked by terrorists in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At least eight soldiers of the Pakistan Army and 10 terrorists were killed […]

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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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US polls: “I’m old but only 3 years older than Trump,” says fast-aging President Biden

July 16, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Trying to catch up with an energetic Donald Trump, who bounced back into the poll arena barely hours after surviving an assassination bid last Saturday, President Joe Biden tried to justify his insistence to contest the November polls—despite several Democrat leaders’ strong opposition—saying that “I am only 3 years older than […]

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Roving Periscope: Back in action, Trump names ex-critic JD Vance as VP pick

July 16, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Returning to the election arena triumphantly with a bandaged right ear after last Saturday’s failed assassination attempt, Donald Trump has named former “never Trumper” Republican and Ohio Senator JD Vance as his vice-presidential nominee, the media reported. Vance, who was baptized as a Catholic in 2019, is anti-abortion. He has backed […]

Business

Pakistan: Islamabad to ban Imran’s PTI for “anti-state” activities

July 15, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Pakistan Government on Monday announced the imposition of a ban on jailed former Prime Minister Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi’s political outfit, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI), for its alleged “anti-state” activities. Sensing that, despite the months-long crackdown, PTI remains defiant and the largest political outfit in the country and the National Assembly, […]