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COVID-19: After 24 deaths, and 209 critical cases in October 2024, WHO asks China for details

November 23, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As China recorded 24 deaths and 209 severe cases of ‘pneumonia’ last month, the WHO, fearing a new spike in COVID-19 infections this winter, has asked Beijing to come clean and provide details. China’s respiratory disease experts have warned of an uptick in COVID-19 infections in the winter, urging the […]

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Immigration: Indians third largest “illegal” immigrants in the US, says Pew Research

November 22, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Not only have nearly eight lakh Indians officially renounced their citizenship since 2018, but the number of illegal immigrants from India to other countries, particularly to the West, is also growing steadily. New research has revealed that Indians form the third-largest illegal immigrant population in the United States. According to […]

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Roving Periscope: As OIC meet fails, and Israel digs deeper in Gaza, aid falters

November 17, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the near-collapse of the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting on the Gaza situation this week, Israel penetrated deeper into the war-torn Strip while international aid to the Palestinian enclave was halted because of the breakdown of communications for the second day on Friday, threatening the survival of […]

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Roving Periscope: War being big business, 3 Hamas leaders amass USD 11 billion

November 9, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel, while many amongst the 2.3 million poor Palestinians struggle to get a morsel of food and a bottle of water, leaders of the ruling terror outfit have amassed huge wealth. Many of them are war merchants, living in comfort in Qatar, their […]

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Economy: Pakistan’s debt servicing cost may go up to PKR 8.5 trillion

November 7, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Nearly bankrupt, Pakistan has informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that its debt servicing costs may go up to PKR 8.5 trillion in the current financial year and that efforts are being made to lower this projection through adjustments in debt maturity profiles. A substantial portion of this debt is […]

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Roving Periscope: Hamas ‘predicts’ the USA’s Soviet-type collapse!

November 4, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As Israel relentlessly encircled Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, killing many and wounding even more people, the Hamas terror outfit ‘predicted’ that the USA, the chief supporter of the Jewish state, would “collapse just like the USSR”, at a time US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to […]

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The Gaza War: As Israel penetrates deeper, the UN warns of a humanitarian catastrophe

October 31, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As Israel penetrated deeper into the Gaza Strip and the death toll mounted amid wanton destruction, the United Nations has warned that “an immediate ceasefire has become a matter of life and death for millions” of the Palestinians. Philip Lazzarini, who heads the UN agency for the Palestinian refugees, briefed […]

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Energy: Sri Lanka renews Lanka-IOC petroleum license for 20 years

October 30, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Sri Lanka has renewed the Lanka-Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC)’s petroleum products license for another 20 years. The Lanka-IOC is the local subsidiary of the IOC in the island nation next door to India. The media reported on Monday that the license, originally issued in 2003, was to expire in January […]

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Electricity: ‘By 2050, India’s ACs would consume more power than entire Africa’

October 24, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India is geographically larger than Europe, minus Russia’s European part, and the British called the South Asian country a ‘subcontinent.’ By 2050, however, the air-conditioners installed in a rising India will alone consume more electricity than an entire continent—Africa—will do. India’s demand for electricity for running household air conditioners is […]

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Roving Periscope: Hamas releases 2 American captives as aid starts flowing in from Egypt

October 21, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Before launching a massive ground attack into the Gaza Strip, Israel is still giving a long rope to Hamas, which released two American hostages as hundreds of thousands of Gazans anxiously waited for their turn to get the much-need humanitarian aid that started flowing in from Egypt on Saturday. The […]