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Syria: How a teenager ignited the fire in 2011, forcing President Assad to flee in 2024

December 9, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: “It’s your time, Doctor,” read a graffiti in Daraa, South Syria, when a 14-year-old teenager scribbled it on a wall in 2011, warning Dr. Bashar al-Assad, a practicing ophthalmologist in London before he inherited the Ba’athist throne from his notorious father Hafez al-Assad in July 2002 and established a brutal, […]

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Roving Periscope: After Syria, is Iran the next target for a regime change?

December 9, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Look at the pattern. The US and its allies have ‘neutralized’ Houthis in Yemen, making Saudi Arabia and its friends breathe easy. Hamas invited the destruction of its Gaza Strip fortress by invading Israel, and so did Lebanon because it couldn’t control Hezbollah. In less than two weeks now, a […]

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Roving Periscope: Outgoing Biden’s team terms the BJP’s charges “disappointing”

December 7, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Reacting to the BJP’s accusation that the US State Department, and the Deep State in the outgoing Joe Biden administration, ran an “anti-Modi” agenda, an American spokesman has said it was “disappointing.” India’s chief ruling party, the BJP, locking horns with the Biden team of Democrats and the Left-Liberals, is […]

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Logistics: ADB approves $350 mn loan for India to enhance exports

December 7, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 350 million policy-based loan to support India in strengthening and modernizing the logistics sector and exports. ADB said in a statement that the proposed loan will finance the second subprogram, supporting New Delhi’s efforts to create a comprehensive policy, planning, and […]

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The US: Trump names David Perdue as the next Ambassador to China

December 6, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: US President-elect Donald Trump, who is set to return to the White House next month, has named his controversial political ally and former Georgia Senator David Perdue as the next Ambassador to China, a key trade partner so far, against which the Republican leader has promised to impose punishing tariffs. […]

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Roving Periscope: Reignited Syrian civil war may cripple Iran further

December 6, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As the 13-year-old civil war in Syria flared up again last week with Sunni insurrection, supported by Turkey and others, the pro-Iran Shia regime in Damascus, led by President Bashar Assad, is facing an existential crisis. This fresh development is being viewed as yet another attempt by the Sunni nations […]

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MPC meeting: RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5%, lowers growth forecast to 6.6%

December 6, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday retained its key interest rate—the repo rate—unchanged at 6.5 percent but lowered the growth forecast for FY25 from 7.2 percent earlier to 6.6 percent, aiming to balance inflation control with economic growth. The central bank also cut the cash reserve ratio (CRR), […]

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Make in India: Russia to manufacture in the South Asian country, says Putin

December 5, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his vision and policies, President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said Russia will now “Make in India” by starting manufacturing in the South Asian country. “Prime Minister Modi has a program called Make in India. We are also ready to set up our manufacturing operations […]

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South Korea: Post-martial law debacle, President Yoon may face impeachment

December 5, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In an unprecedented move, the police in South Korea, which is threatened with ‘extinction’ by the turn of the century because of an alarming rate of depopulation, has launched an investigation into President Yoon Suk Yeol’s extreme step to impose emergency and martial law, which he had to withdraw within […]

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Roving Periscope: His PM ousted, French President Macron faces an uncertain future

December 5, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the united Opposition, furious at budget proposals, toppling Prime Minister Michel Barnier within two months of taking power in Paris in September, French President Emmanuel Macron’s own political future may become uncertain ahead of his potential re-election bid in 2027. As Donald Trump re-enters the White House for a […]