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Roving Periscope: Earth enters the “era of global boiling”, says UN chief

July 28, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Three days before the month of August begins, the United Nations has said July 2023 was the “hottest month” ever recorded worldwide. Some experts believe that July might well be the warmest month in the past 120,000 years. Amid blistering heatwaves in several countries, July is “virtually certain” to be […]

Business

Race for rice: India’s ban on exporting non-basmati triggers panic buying in the US

July 27, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Close on the heels of Russia exiting the Black Sea Agreements and bombing Ukraine’s last granaries, thus triggering a possible food scarcity in many countries, India’s ban on white rice exports has also panicked many people worldwide. After the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expressed concern at India’s June 20 ban […]

Business

Quick commerce: ‘Indians most impatient online shoppers worldwide; want delivery in 2 hours’

July 25, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Many Indians, always in a hurry to catch up with the rest of the world and adapt to novelty, are the most impatient e-commerce shoppers, who want their stuff to be delivered within just two hours, a global survey said. Indians are the world’s most impatient online shoppers, with nearly […]

Business

INR: Sri Lanka may allow the usage of Indian currency for local transactions

July 22, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A week after Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe hinted at it, his Finance Minister Ali Sabry reiterated on Saturday that the island nation is considering the possibility of allowing the usage of the Indian currency for local transactions, just like the dollar, euro, and yen to facilitate Indian tourists and […]

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Miracle: Israeli docs reattach boy’s head after a road accident

July 14, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: It’s nothing short of a medical miracle! A group of Israeli surgeons has successfully reattached a boy’s head to his neck after internal decapitation in June, the media reported on Friday. Suleiman Hassan, a 12-year-old Palestinian boy from West Bank, who was hit by a car while riding his bicycle, […]

Business

Roving Periscope: “You saved us… prevented bloodbath,” Sri Lanka tells India

July 8, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Friday expressed deep gratitude to India, calling it a “trustworthy friend” which saved the island nation and prevented a “bloodbath” during its unprecedented economic crisis in 2022. He said that not a single nation extended that kind of assistance to Colombo as New […]

Business

Green Cards: Thousands of Indian-Americans may benefit

July 7, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Thousands of Indian-Americans are expected to benefit from the latest US move on providing green cards to them after a US President’s Advisory Commission approved that over 230,000 unused cards for family and employment categories since 1992 be recaptured. A green card, officially known as a Permanent Resident Card (PRC), […]

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Economy: India’s growth sustainable, FinMin says, and cautions against headwinds

July 6, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Noting that the Indian economy grew by 7.2 percent in 2022-23, especially in its last quarter (January-March 2023), the Finance Ministry on Thursday said the country will continue to register sustained growth in a more durable way than before—but also cautioned about the possible headwinds that could pose major challenges, […]

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Global warming: Earth records hottest day ever on Tuesday, July 4

July 5, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: This week’s Tuesday (July 4), when the United States celebrated its Independence Day, was the hottest day ever recorded globally, according to data from the United States National Centers for Environmental Prediction. The average global temperature reached 17.01 degrees Celsius (62.62 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday, surpassing the August 2016 record […]

Defence

Roving Periscope: No country wants Japan to release Fukushima waters in the Pacific Ocean

July 5, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Japan got a green signal from the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday for its plans to pump out and release 1.3 million tons of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean over the next few decades from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, but no country […]