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Economy: Amazon to invest another $48 bn in India by 2030

June 25, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Nearly 10 months after US President Donald Trump claimed that the economies of India—and Russia—are “dead,” American e-commerce behemoth Amazon, Inc. announced on Thursday to invest an additional USD 48 billion in India by 2030, taking its total investment to over USD 88 billion. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy made this […]

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Earthquakes: Thousands feared dead as powerful twin temblors hit Venezuela, neighbours

June 25, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Thousands of people were feared killed as back-to-back powerful earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 magnitudes, struck off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings and sending panicked residents into the streets. The temblors roiled the region, with buildings evacuated in cities as far away as Brazil’s Amazon, about […]

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Markets: Crude price eases to $77/barrel; Sensex and Nifty rise 1%

June 24, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the volatile situation in the war-torn West Asia limping back to near-normalcy and crude oil price hovering around USD 77 per barrel, Indian bourses reacted positively on Wednesday, rising nearly 1 per cent, the media reported. Benchmark index Sensex jumped over 900 points, closing 790.54 points higher (1.04 per […]

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Roving Periscope: US Senate refuses more funds, asks Trump to stop Iran war!

June 24, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: For the first time, the Senate, the Upper Chamber of the US Congress, on Tuesday approved the War Powers resolution in rebuke to President Donald Trump over the Iran conflict, refused to provide any more money, and asked him to end hostilities immediately, the media reported. It was the 10th […]

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“Funeral of democracy:” Pak court’s lifer for Baluch ‘lioness’ Mahrang

June 23, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Mahrang Baloch, the public face of Baloch freedom fighters, has been sentenced for life in a prison, the media reported on Tuesday. A military-controlled “anti-terrorism” kangaroo court in Quetta handed down the sentence to Mahrang Baloch, and activist Sibghatullah Shah. Both were tried through a video link from Quetta district […]

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Roving Periscope: US senators pooh-pooh V-P Vance, flag Pakistan hiding bin Laden

June 23, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ridiculing their Vice-President JD Vance’s “love” for Pakistan, senior Republican US lawmakers have flagged the South Asian country’s long history of harbouring terrorists and hiding Osama bin Laden, the chief architect of the 9/11 attacks on American landmarks in 2001, the media reported on Tuesday. Their strong reaction came against […]

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West Asia: The US and Iran agree on roadmap for final deal in 60 days

June 22, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The United States and Iran have agreed on a roadmap aimed at reaching a final agreement within 60 days following two days of diplomatic talks at the Swiss resort of Burgenstock, according to a joint statement issued by mediators Pakistan and Qatar on Monday. The talks, held on Sunday and […]

Economy

Roving Periscope: British PM Starmer quits; successor likely by September

June 22, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Europe—particularly the United Kingdom—laughed derisively at India’s political instability in the 1977-1999 period. On Monday, Sir Keir Starmer became the sixth British Prime Minister to quit in 10 years! Following dissidence in his party, he announced to quit, setting out a timetable to step down from Downing Street in the […]

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Peace talks? Vance postpones visit; Iran-US call off Switzerland MoU follow up!

June 19, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Barely a day after US President Donald Trump electronically signed an “MoU” with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian to halt the over a hundred-day-long war, Switzerland, which was to host follow-up deliberations, said on Friday that the negotiators’ talks on a pact leading to the end of the West […]

Economy

Roving Periscope: India-US interim trade deal in “final stages,” says Misri

June 19, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump in France on Thursday, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said the interim bilateral trade agreement (BTA) is in its “final stages,” the media reported on Friday. Addressing a briefing following PM Modi’s visit to the G7 summit […]