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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 […]

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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), […]

Business

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 […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Canada’s domestic politics spoiling its relations with India

July 4, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Domestic political compulsions may have forced Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to go ‘soft’ on pro-Khalistani separatists in his North American country which has seen a recent spurt in violence by anti-Indian activists. The revitalized Khalistani separatists have resurfaced and attacked Indian interests in Canada, the US, and Australia, among […]

Business

Roving Periscope: PM Modi to host Putin, Xi, and others virtually in SCO Summit on Tuesday

July 3, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ten days after the Wagner Group’s short-lived mutiny in Russia, its President Vladimir Putin will appear at the Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) hosted virtually by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday. Besides President Putin, his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, among others, […]

Business

Cliffhanger: IMF approves Pak’s $3bn loan program; may be considered in two weeks

June 30, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Almost bankrupt Pakistan, facing a default on July 1, has clinched initial approval from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a USD 3 billion loan program, lowering the risk of a sovereign default, the media reported on Friday. The staff-level agreement is subject to approval by the IMF Executive Board, […]