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Weather: Cyclone, rains, floods kill hundreds in Sri Lanka, Thailand & Indonesia

November 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Inclement weather, including impacts of cyclone, landslides, heavy rains and floods, has claimed lives of hundreds and left hundreds of thousands homeless in Sri Lanka, Thailand and Indonesia in the last few days, the media reported on Saturday. On Saturday, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh were alerted for heavy rains […]

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Business

Trade deals: With the US, expected in Dec; talks on with 50 nations

November 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With most of the issues resolved, India expects to secure a trade deal with the US by the end of December 2025, the media quoted Trade Secretary Rajesh Agrawal as saying on Friday. The US imposed tariffs of up to 50 percent on imports from India starting in late August, […]

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Business

The USofA: Trump to stop all immigration from “The Third World”

November 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: After an immigrant of Afghanistan origin shot dead a cop and injured another next to the White House in Washington, DC, US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that America will permanently pause immigration from the “Third World” countries. On his social media platform Truth Social, he said that he […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: Beating estimates, India’s GDP grew 8.2% in Q2FY26

November 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Beating all estimates,  and despite multiple challenges from within and outside the country, India’s economy in the second quarter (July-September) of the current financial year 2025-26 (Q2FY26) grew a staggering 8.2 percent, as the South Asian powerhouse’s overall GDP is expected to cross the USD 4 trillion mark next year. […]

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Business

Putin: The Russian President to visit India on December 4 and 5

November 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India on Friday said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit next week will give both countries an opportunity to review progress in their bilateral relations. Putin will be in India on December 4-5 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Ministry of External Affairs said. It will be his […]

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Business

Op. Sindoor: India reaches threshold of ‘major power’ status on Asia Power Index

November 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Following Operation Sindoor, India now ranks third on the Asia Power Index 2025, after the US and China, according to media reports on Friday. While the US tops the list (80.5 points) and China comes second (73.7 points), India (40 points) and Japan (38.8 points) are listed third and fourth. […]

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Defence

Disaster: Bamboos, foam caused HK’s worst fire in a century; 55 dead, 3 arrested

November 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Extensive use of traditional bamboo scaffoldings and foam may have worsened the biggest fire in more than a century in a Hong Kong building, which has claimed 55 lives so far, with hundreds still missing, while officials arrested three persons for ‘manslaughter.’ Bamboo scaffolding, a centuries-old technique traditionally ubiquitous in […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: To arm-twist it, Trump shuts out S. Africa from next G-20 Summit

November 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday described as “regrettable” the announcement by US President Donald Trump that South Africa would not be invited to take part in next year’s G-20 Leaders’ Summit in Florida, USA, the media reported. In a social media post, Trump complained South Africa had refused […]

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Business

Economy: India’s growth to be robust; GST 2.0 to cushion US tariff impact, says IMF

November 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India’s economy is estimated to grow at 6.6 percent in the current financial year (2025-26) and the recent Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms are likely to help cushion the country from the adverse impact of the 50 percent tariffs imposed by the US, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said […]

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Business

Operation Sindoor: Munir claims the conflict ‘enhanced’ Pak’s global stature!

November 26, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi:  Trust Pakistan, and its shameless officials, to lie through their teeth, with a straight face. Pakistan’s Army chief, General Syed Asim Munir, also known as Mulla Munir and Jihadi General, is their guiding light. He has now claimed that Operation Sindoor, which India launched this year (May 7-10) after the […]

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