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Abortion: France, the largest Catholic nation, makes pregnancy termination a constitutional right

March 6, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Christian theology has taught the faithful—particularly over 1.3 billion Catholics—that abortion is an unpardonable sin. For centuries, the faithful have fought amongst themselves on this critical issue. Even now, the Republicans and the Democrats fight in the USA on whether abortion is a woman’s right. Now, France, the largest Catholic […]

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Price rise: CMIE’s inflation projections lower than RBI’s

March 4, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Contrary to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s projections, the leading economic think tank, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), said on Monday the country’s inflation may decline for two years in a row. It is likely to fall to 4.3 percent in 2024-25 from 5.4 percent in 2023-24, which […]

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Economy: Moody’s ups India growth forecast to 6.8% for 2024

March 4, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Global rating agency Moody’s on Monday raised India’s growth forecast for the 2024 calendar year to 6.8 percent, from 6.1 percent estimated earlier, on the back of ‘stronger-than-expected’ economic data of 2023 and fading global economic headwinds. This forecast came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, exuding confidence in the […]

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Roving Periscope: “National extinction” fears worry China, Japan, South Korea, and more…

February 29, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Imagine China, the world’s most populous country until November 2023, reporting no new birth at all in two months of 2024… a South Korean businessman offering USD 75,000 as a bonus to each of his workers for producing a kid…and Japan is worried about its increasingly emptying roads… For, population, statisticians […]

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Budget highlights: Good news on fiscal deficit, infra, SHGs, green energy…and more

February 1, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The following are the key takeaways from the Interim Budget 2024 that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled in Parliament on Thursday. The Interim Union Budget for the financial year 2024-25 focused on fiscal consolidation, infrastructure, agriculture, green growth, and railways. However, no changes were made in the tax rates, disappointing […]

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529 Fresh COVID cases on Wednesday

December 27, 2023 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 27: Even as India recorded 529 fresh COVID-19 cases in a single day on Wednesday, the union health ministry reported a wide gap between the first and second vaccine doses compared to the booster doses administered to the eligible people across the country. According to the data released by the health ministry […]

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WHO Clears Second Malaria Vaccine Produced by SII

December 21, 2023 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 21: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday prequalified a second malaria vaccine developed by Oxford University and manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SII). In October, WHO had recommended the use of this R21 vaccine to prevent malaria in children following the advice of the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts […]

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Covid-19 Cases on the Rise but No Need to Panic, Centre Holds Review Meeting

December 20, 2023 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 20: With the Covid-19 cases again on the rise, the union health ministry on Wednesday convened a review meeting of the health ministers of all the states and underscored the need for a “Whole Of Government” approach to effectively combat the emerging JN.1 coronavirus variant. Covid-19 cases are on the […]

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Additional spends: Parliament okays Rs. 58k crores, mainly for rural and farm sectors

December 19, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: During the ongoing Winter Session, Parliament on Tuesday approved a net additional spending of Rs 58,378 crore in the current fiscal ending March 2024, with a large chunk allocated to MGNREGA and fertilizer subsidies. The gross additional spending would now be more than Rs 1.29 lakh crore, out of which […]

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COVID-19: Centre Asks States to Monitor “Influenza-like Illness,” Karnataka Makes Masks Compulsory for Senior Citizens

December 18, 2023 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 18: The Centre on Monday issued an advisory to states urging them to monitor and report any influenza-like illness amid rising cases of Covid-19 in the country, the Karnataka government has asked the senior citizens with comorbidities, and symptoms of cough, phlegm and fever to mandatorily wear face masks. “As […]