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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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Green investments: India may attract Rs. 360 trillion by 2047, says CEEW

November 26, 2025 revoi editor

  Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India could potentially attract USD 4.1 trillion (nearly Rs. 360 trillion) in cumulative green investments over the next two decades through 2047, according to a study launched on Tuesday by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), a non-profit policy research organisation. The report, which identifies 36 green […]

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Bangladesh: After her death sentence, India unlikely to return Hasina in a hurry

November 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As Islamists applaud a kangaroo tribunal sentencing ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed on charges of “crimes against humanity,” and Dhaka asking New Delhi to return her, India is unlikely to send her back to Bangladesh in a hurry. Hasina, 78, who fled Dhaka as pro-Pakistani Islamists, disguised as ‘student […]

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Roving Periscope: In the Arab v/s non-Arab divide, Erdogan issues warrant against Netanyahu!

November 8, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Trying to re-establish its leadership of the Ottoman era in the Muslim world a hundred years after its empire collapsed in 1924, but the Arabs ignoring its claims, an isolated Turkiye on Friday issued arrest warrants against several Israelis, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is currently busy implementing the […]

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Obituary: ‘Mile Sur Mera Tumhara’, ‘Ab Ki Baar Modi Sarkar’ creator Piyush Pandey passes away

October 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India’s ‘advertising god’ Piyush Pandey, who gave some of the most unforgettable advertisements and slogans, breathed his last on Friday. He was 70. He is survived by his wife, Nila, sister Ila Arun, and brother Prasoon Pandey, the media reported. Several prominent personalities, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union […]

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Environment: India ninth globally in total forest area, says FAO

October 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With large-scale afforestation and community-led forest protection efforts, India has climbed to the ninth spot globally in total forest area and retained its third rank in annual forest area gain, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said. In this respect, India follows Australia, the Democratic Republic of the […]

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Pharmaceuticals: Trump slaps 100% tariffs; little impact on Indian generic exporters

September 26, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: US President Donald Trump on Thursday slapped a 100 percent tariff on branded or patented drug imports from October 1, 2025, unless the manufacturer is building a plant in the USA, the media reported. The US is India’s largest pharma market, accounting for over one-third of its USD 30.47 billion […]

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Weather: At least 14 killed as Ragasa pounds China, Taiwan, and neighbours

September 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: At least 14 people died, over 125 went missing, and more than a million were being relocated to safety as super typhoon Ragasa pounded China, Taiwan, and neighbouring countries, the media reported on Wednesday. These people were killed when a decades-old lake barrier burst in Taiwan, a government official said, […]

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Weather: China evacuates half-a-million as “King of Storms” Ragasa arrives

September 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: A panicked China on Tuesday evacuated an estimated 500,000 people and ordered at least 10 cities to close schools and some businesses as the strongest storm of the year, Ragasa, approached its southern coast. Hong Kong has upgraded its typhoon warning to eight, just two levels below the maximum, ahead […]

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Health: WHO, health bodies, reject Trump’s claims on paracetamol, autism

September 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As is his wont, US President Donald Trump on Monday sought to hog world headlines with his “historic” announcement on children’s health, only to find the World Health Organization (WHO) and global experts rubbishing his unproven claims. In an extraordinary press conference at the White House, he linked autism to […]

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