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The Endgame: Israel’s ‘final push’ forces thousands to flee Southern Gaza Strip

July 2, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) bombarded several areas of the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, forcing thousands of Palestinians to flee their homes in a ‘final push’ of Israel’s intensive military operations in nine months of the war. The deadly war started on October 7, 2023, with Hamas terrorists, based in […]

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Space: Flying PM Modi on Gaganyaan will be a “very proud moment”, says ISRO chief

July 2, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi fly into space on Gaganyaan? This question did the rounds on Tuesday when Dr. S. Somanath, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), was quoted as saying that it would be a “very proud moment” if the country’s space agency could fly PM Modi into […]

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Roving Periscope: Anxious for the July 4 vote outcome, PM Sunak buys bf for scribes, and mingles with robots!

July 2, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: When he called for mid-term polls in May, the United Kingdom’s India-born Prime Minister Rishi Sunak may not have bargained for a loss of power at the hands of a revivified Labour Party. Now, as the UK goes to the polls on July 4, he is toiling to keep his chair […]

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Poor Joe: Despite his disastrous debate, the Bidens, and others implore him to fight against Trump

July 1, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: He is 81, and his aging problems are now well-known worldwide. His office said he cannot work properly beyond a six-hour window in sunlight. He has just infamously lost the first presidential hopefuls’ debate against his bete noire Donald Trump, forcing the Democratic Party to wonder if he could still be […]

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Roving Periscope: With France’s right-turn, Europe tries to correct the Left-led ‘wrongs’

July 1, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Italy did it, and elected a hard right, rightist, and populist-nationalist Giorgia Meloni as the new Prime Minister in 2022. France is doing it now and is set to find a rightist replacement for centrist President Emmanual Macron. Some other countries are also following. Europe, for sure, is turning from Left-led […]

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Roving Periscope: Terror-nursery Pakistan seeks US arms for ‘anti-terror’ operation

June 29, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Everybody knows that a portion of the foreign arms the Pakistani Army imported in the past found their way right into the hands of the terrorist gangs the military itself sponsored, trained, directed, and launched against India, and other countries. Now Pakistan has urged the US to supply arms to help […]

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Low-carbon energy: WB approves $1.5 bn for a second operation in India

June 29, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved USD 1.5 billion in financing for a second operation to help India accelerate the development of low-carbon energy. The operation will seek to promote the development of a vibrant market for green hydrogen, continue to scale up renewable energy, and stimulate finance […]

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China: President Xi’s Communist Party expels two ex-defense ministers

June 28, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Continuing the purge of all his potential challengers as China hurtles from one national crisis to another, President Xi Jinping-controlled Communist Party has expelled two former defense ministers over, what else, “corruption charges.” Hundreds of thousands of government employees, even highly-placed bureaucrats, military officials, and ministers have been sacked or jailed […]

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Roving Periscope: After his “suicide mission” against Trump, panicked Democrats may replace oldie Biden

June 28, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With only about four months remaining for the November 5 Presidential elections, the ruling Democrats are panicked in the United States and wondering if they can replace incumbent Joe Biden, 81, from re-entering the fray for a second term after his ‘disastrous’ TV debate against his predecessor Donald Trump, 78, on […]

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Roving Periscope: In a first, an ex-president is sentenced to 45 years in another country!

June 27, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has been sentenced to 45 years in a United States prison for his alleged role in “helping traffick cocaine worth USD 10 billion” into America, the media reported on Thursday. He has also been fined USD 8 million for his role, as US prosecutors accused […]

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