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Banquet: Congress laments, Tharoor enjoys Putin event at Rashtrapati Bhavan

December 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after President Draupadi Murmu hosted a state banquet to honour visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor, who attended, said a “warm and engaging atmosphere” reigned at the event. Officially, the Congress on Friday lamented that the leaders of the opposition in parliament, Mallikarjun Kharge and […]

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BTA: India, US to hold three-day trade talks from December 10

December 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India and the United States will commence three-day talks on the first phase of their proposed bilateral trade agreement (BTA) in the Indian capital from December 10, the media reported on Saturday. “The talks will start on December 10, and conclude on December 12. It’s not a formal round of […]

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Roving Periscope: India-Russia partnership among “steadiest” in world, says Dr. Jaishankar

December 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s highly-successful India visit concluded, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Saturday that the India-Russia partnership has been among the “steadiest big relationships” globally in the last 70-80 years, the media reported. The Russian leader’s visit to New Delhi was about “reimagining” the […]

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Growth momentum: Indian economy may grow over 7% in FY26, says Sitharaman

December 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Seven weeks before tabling her next Budget for the fiscal year 2026-27 in the Lok Sabha on February 1, 2026, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the government expects the Indian economy to expand by at least 7 percent in the current financial year (FY26). Chief Economic Adviser Dr. […]

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Ukraine: Russia will end the Ukraine war only “after achieving its goals,” says Putin

December 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Noting that Russia is willing to go to great lengths to protect its interests at any cost, President Vladimir Putin has stated that Russia did not start the Ukraine war, and accused the West of ‘igniting’ the conflict, the media reported on Friday. In an interview with India Today group […]

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MPC meeting: RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25%

December 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday slashed its repo rate by 25 basis points from 5.5 percent to 5.25 percent, the central bank’s governor, Sanjay Malhotra, announced, the media reported. The decision was taken unanimously after a three-day meeting of the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), held every […]

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Roving Periscope: Russia ready to continue fuel shipment to India, says Putin

December 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said his country is ready for uninterrupted shipments of fuel to India, the media reported. After the 23rd India-Russia Summit at Hyderabad House, he said “We resolved to prioritise our cooperation in areas of security, economy, trade and cultural spheres.” “We are looking at […]

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Ukraine: India not neutral, on the side of peace, says PM Modi

December 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday strongly supported the latest efforts to end the ongoing war in Ukraine and conveyed to visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin that India will stand shoulder-to-shoulder in all peace efforts to find an amicable solution to the nearly four-year-long conflict. The Ukraine issue figured prominently […]

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Pakistan: 44 US lawmakers flag ‘human rights crisis’ under Munir-Shehbaz regime

December 4, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: At least 44 US lawmakers, both from the ruling Republican and Opposition Democratic Party, have asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to impose immediate visa bans and asset freezes on senior Pakistani officials, alleging transnational repression, election irregularities, and the detention of opposition leaders, including former Prime Minister Imran Khan, […]

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The Ukraine war: Talks with the US ‘useful’ but also ‘difficult work,’ says Putin

December 4, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his five-hour talks with US envoys on ending the ongoing war in Ukraine were necessary and useful but also difficult work, as some of the proposals were unacceptable to the Kremlin, the media reported on Thursday. His remarks to a private news channel came […]