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Roving Periscope: Fearing a likely coup, Xi Jinping sacks his deputy; exposes the rot in China

January 28, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Is China heading into its own violent change of guard? A coup d’etat or coup de grace? Nobody knows for sure about what is happening in China. But the straws in the wind do indicate the likely storm gathering behind the Bamboo Curtain. Who knows this better than the one […]

Business

Roving Periscope: India inks “Mother of All (Trade) Deals” with European Union

January 27, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Aggressively expanding its global trade footprint and weeks after signing trade deals with the UK, the UAE, and New Zealand, the Narendra Modi government on Tuesday successfully inked the “Mother of All (Trade) Deals” with the European Union (EU) that may prompt the long-awaited bilateral trade agreement (BTA) with the […]

Business

Russian crude: Trump aide hints at likely US tariff relief for India

January 24, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Indicating a ‘thaw’ in the frosty America-India bilateral relationship, US Treasury Secretary ‍Scott Bessent on Friday signalled the potential withdrawal of an additional 25 percent penalty ‌on India following a sharp reduction in Indian imports of Russian oil, the media reported on Saturday. His remarks come amid heightened ⁠pressure from […]

Business

Security: “China could ‘eat up’ Canada for opposing Greenland Golden Dome,” says Trump

January 24, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: US President Donald Trump on Friday slammed Canada for rejecting his proposed “Golden Dome” missile defence project over Greenland, warning that China could “eat them up” within a year as America’s northern neighbour chooses closer ties with Beijing over US-backed security. On his personal social media outlet, Truth Social, Trump […]

Business

Roving Periscope: What the WEF 2026 Annual Meeting taught the world–and its leaders?

January 24, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid a fast-changing geodynamics, the just-concluded World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Annual Meeting 2026, held from January 19 to 23 at Davos, Switzerland, has left many leaders perplexed as they realized that the world they were unaware of in 2025 no longer exists. The tumultuous 2025 ended with US President Donald […]

Business

BoP v/s the UN? Trump, furious at Carney, withdraws invite to Canada!

January 23, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid speculations that the US President-led 60-nation “Board of Peace” on Gaza, and beyond, may become the first step of Washington to replace the United Nations itself, Donald Trump has revoked Canada’s invitation to join the board. According to media reports, President Trump withdrew on Thursday an invitation for Canada […]

Business

Roving Periscope: “Mother of All Deals,” India, EU may sign the FTA on Jan. 27

January 23, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: “The Mother of All Deals,” the long-pending free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union (EU) is expected to be signed on January 27, a day after the President of the European Council, Antonio Costa, and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, grace the Republic […]

Business

Iran: Lull before the next storm after “thousands of deaths”

January 22, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Iran may have brutally crushed a popular urban uprising against the theocratic regime—leading to deaths whose number varies from 3,117 to over 16,000—the Ayatollah Syed Ali Khameini-led government is not sure when the next round of rebellion would resume—with or without US support. According to the Iranian state TV, the […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Not joining, but Russia supports US-led BoP on Gaza with $1bn!

January 22, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asserted that Greenland was not a “natural part of Denmark,” Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said his country is ready to contribute USD 1 billion to the US President Donald Trump-led Board of Peace for Gaza, the media reported on Thursday. Although Russia […]

Defence

AQI: Pollution bigger threat than tariffs, says Gita Gopinath

January 22, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Economist Gita Gopinath on Wednesday warned that pollution poses a much bigger threat to India’s economy than the US trade tariffs. Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Summit at Davos, Switzerland, she said pollution is quietly becoming one of the most serious […]