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Inflation: CPI-based retail inflation was down to 5.48% in Nov

December 12, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based retail inflation slowed down to 5.48 percent in November from a 14-month high of 6.21 percent in October, data released by the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) said on Thursday, indicating persistent price pressures across sectors. The media reported that the data […]

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Roving Periscope: Ahead of Trump 2.0, COVID-19’s “lab-leak theory” resurfaces

December 3, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In 2020, then-US President Donald Trump dubbed the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic because of a “Chinese virus,” suspected to have leaked from Wuhan in China. Ahead of his second, non-consecutive term beginning next month, the same theory has resurfaced, thanks to his Republican Party’s findings—and hinting at the US’s […]

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Law and order: Pakistan is the world’s “third worst” country, says WJP

October 26, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a dubious distinction, the World Justice Project (WJP) has ranked Pakistan at number 140, as the “third-worst” nation in terms of law and order, among the 142 countries surveyed. Mali and Nigeria are the only countries ranked lower than Pakistan in terms of law and security. The WJP Rule […]

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BRICS’24: Hare Krishna Bhajan singers greet PM Modi at a Russian hotel

October 22, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A group of Russian singers, singing a Hare Krishna Bhajan, welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a hotel in Kazan, Russia, after he landed there to participate in the 16th Summit of the BRICS group of nations, beginning Tuesday. During the three-day summit, being held under the chairmanship of Russia, […]

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Nobel season begins: Medine Prize goes to two US scientists

October 7, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The 2024 Nobel Prize season kicked off on Monday with two US scientists—Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkin—winning it for Physiology/ Medicine, the media reported. They jointly received the prestigious award for their discovery of microRNA, a new class of tiny RNA molecules that play a crucial role in gene regulation, […]

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Energy: The UK becomes the first G-7 nation to scrap coal-fired power generation

September 30, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Taking a decisive step against pollution, the United Kingdom on Monday closed the last coal-fired power plant in the country, the media reported. London had, in 2015, announced to close all its coal-based power plants within a decade as part of wider measures to reach its climate targets. Closing the […]

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Pan-D, Shelcal, Telmisartan, Glimepiride and Several Other Drugs Found Sub-Standard

September 25, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 25: Several top selling across the counter medicines including Antacid Pan D, calcium supplement Shelcal, anti-diabetic drug Glimepiride and high blood pressure drug Telmisartan have been flagged for failing quality tests in the latest monthly drug alert issued by the country’s drug regulatory agency. According to the “Not of Standard Quality (NSQ) […]

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Roving Periscope: The UN accuses Myanmar’s junta of ‘mass killings, torture’

September 18, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The United Nations (UN) has accused China-supported Myanmar’s ruling military junta of killing thousands of civilians and subjecting many more to torture and neglect in prisons since the February 2021 coup, the media reported. Min Aung Hlaing, the Burmese army general, has ruled Myanmar as the chairman of the State Administration […]

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Health Dynamics Of India: Indian Govt Report Reflects Medical Infra In India

September 13, 2024 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi, 13 September, The central government has recently published a report titled “Health Dynamics of India: Infrastructure and Human Resources 2022-23”, which provides a detailed analysis of the health infrastructure and workforce across the country. Previously known as “Rural Health Statistics”, this report has been published annually since 1992, offering crucial data on health […]

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Economy: India to drive a fifth of global growth in the next decade, says Kant

September 12, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India is set to drive around 20 percent of the global economic growth in the next decade as it relentlessly marches to become the world’s third-largest economy, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said on Thursday. Addressing the All-India Management Association (AIMA) convention in the national capital, he said the South Asian country […]