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New economy: India recognized nearly 1.15 lakh entities as startups until Oct

December 6, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said the government has recognized 114,902 startups in the country as of October 31, 2023. These eligible firms can seek fiscal incentives under the Startup India Action Plan, launched in January 2016, which includes income tax exemption for three years, […]

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Roving Periscope: Himalayas melting alarmingly, warns UN chief

December 2, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Warning the world that the Himalayas are melting at an alarming rate, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday insisted on urgent action to protect the world from climate challenges ahead. Nearly 240 million people depend on the glaciers and 10 major rivers, including the Indus, Ganga, and Brahmaputra which […]

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Modern Stars: D-Mart’s RK Damani tops the list of “Top 200 Self-Made Entrepreneurs”

November 30, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Radhakishan Damani, founder of retail chain D-Mart, may be leading the list of the “Top 200 Self-made Entrepreneurs of the Millennia 2023”, announced on Thursday, the focus of Modern India is elsewhere. For, eight of the Top 10 most valuable companies in the list are startups. “The IDFC FIRST Private […]

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COVID-19: After 24 deaths, and 209 critical cases in October 2024, WHO asks China for details

November 23, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: As China recorded 24 deaths and 209 severe cases of ‘pneumonia’ last month, the WHO, fearing a new spike in COVID-19 infections this winter, has asked Beijing to come clean and provide details. China’s respiratory disease experts have warned of an uptick in COVID-19 infections in the winter, urging the […]

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Immigration: Indians third largest “illegal” immigrants in the US, says Pew Research

November 22, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Not only have nearly eight lakh Indians officially renounced their citizenship since 2018, but the number of illegal immigrants from India to other countries, particularly to the West, is also growing steadily. New research has revealed that Indians form the third-largest illegal immigrant population in the United States. According to […]

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Roving Periscope: As OIC meet fails, and Israel digs deeper in Gaza, aid falters

November 17, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: With the near-collapse of the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting on the Gaza situation this week, Israel penetrated deeper into the war-torn Strip while international aid to the Palestinian enclave was halted because of the breakdown of communications for the second day on Friday, threatening the survival of […]

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Roving Periscope: War being big business, 3 Hamas leaders amass USD 11 billion

November 9, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Amid the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel, while many amongst the 2.3 million poor Palestinians struggle to get a morsel of food and a bottle of water, leaders of the ruling terror outfit have amassed huge wealth. Many of them are war merchants, living in comfort in Qatar, their […]

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Economy: Pakistan’s debt servicing cost may go up to PKR 8.5 trillion

November 7, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Nearly bankrupt, Pakistan has informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that its debt servicing costs may go up to PKR 8.5 trillion in the current financial year and that efforts are being made to lower this projection through adjustments in debt maturity profiles. A substantial portion of this debt is […]

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Roving Periscope: Hamas ‘predicts’ the USA’s Soviet-type collapse!

November 4, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As Israel relentlessly encircled Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, killing many and wounding even more people, the Hamas terror outfit ‘predicted’ that the USA, the chief supporter of the Jewish state, would “collapse just like the USSR”, at a time US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to […]

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The Gaza War: As Israel penetrates deeper, the UN warns of a humanitarian catastrophe

October 31, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As Israel penetrated deeper into the Gaza Strip and the death toll mounted amid wanton destruction, the United Nations has warned that “an immediate ceasefire has become a matter of life and death for millions” of the Palestinians. Philip Lazzarini, who heads the UN agency for the Palestinian refugees, briefed […]

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