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Farmers’ stir, Covid-19: Karnataka HC fines Twitter Rs. 50 lakhs, rejects its claims

June 30, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed global microblogging platform Twitter’s plea against the Union Ministry of Information Technology’s order to block its content about the farmers’ agitation and the pandemic and directed it to pay a fine of Rs. 50 lakhs. “You are not a farmer but a billion-dollar […]

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Warriors: As the war with Russia rages, 2,300 Indian students return to Ukraine

June 29, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid outcry from their worried parents, over 23,000 Indian students returned home when Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Now, a tenth of them have returned to the war-torn nation which has faced wanton destruction in the last 16 months and is short on supplies of everything. After a […]

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Roving Periscope: It was a “bioweapon,”—Covid ghost puts China on the mat, again

June 28, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Despite Covid-19 subsiding worldwide, the pandemic’s ghost refuses to go under: now, a Wuhan researcher has revealed that China engineered the pandemic to ‘purposely infect’ the people in the world. According to media reports on Wednesday, this shocking information was disclosed by Chao Shan in an interview in 2020. Jennifer […]

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Day 3: Key takeaways from PM Modi’s landmark US visit—defense, technology, space cooperation

June 23, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: If the UPA government, led by Dr. Manmohan Singh, had pushed India into the US orbit after the 2008 nuclear deal, despite the Left’s Opposition, the landmark State Visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to America has firmed up multiple deals that would propel New Delhi to new heights in […]

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Yet another loan: On the verge of default, Pak gets $1 bn breather from China

June 17, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: On the verge of default after June 30, and amid the bailout delays by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Pakistan on Friday received a fresh loan of USD 1 billion from China, the media reported. Of the USD 130 billion worth of external loans Pakistan has to pay to lenders, […]

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Modi overseas: the Indian PM to lead Yoga Day at the UN, visit the US and Egypt next week

June 16, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a busy schedule next week as he embarks upon his visit to the US (June 20 to 24), lead the International Day of Yoga at the United Nations (June 21), and pays a visit to Egypt thereafter (June 25-26) while returning home. On June […]

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Roving Periscope: After the US, China, and Eurozone, NZ’s economy also slips into recession

June 15, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: After recessionary trends visible in the US, China, and Eurozone, New Zealand has also slipped into recession, threatening world economies to sink into the like of the Great Depression that roiled the planet from 1929 onwards and pushed the globe into the Second World War. The media reported on Thursday […]

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Inflation: India’s WPI declines to a 3-year low of (-) 3.48% in May 2023

June 14, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As Pakistan battles against a record 38 percent inflation, and so do many other countries, India’s Wholesale Price Index (PI) declined to a three-year low of minus 3.48 percent in May 2023, on easing prices of food, fuel, and manufactured items. The WPI-based inflation rate remained in negative territory for […]

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Technology: India’s Internet-based economy to grow 6-fold to USD 1 trillion by 2030

June 6, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi:  As the Indian economy marches ahead, the South Asian country’s Internet-based economy is likely to grow exponentially six-fold to USD 1 trillion by 2030, mainly driven by the e-commerce vertical, a report said on Tuesday. This growth will be led by the B2C e-commerce segment, followed by B2B e-commerce, software-as-a-service […]

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Technology: WHO applauds India’s successful adoption of digital health tech

June 5, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday applauded India’s successful adoption of digital health technologies, saying it can provide lessons for accelerating the progress toward universal health coverage for all countries. It is important to achieve a level-playing field and ensure these technologies are available widely for all countries, Dr. Alain […]

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