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Roving Periscope: ‘I, not Elon Musk, will be the POTUS,’ asserts Donald Trump!

December 23, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi:  Who have the Americans elected as their 47th President? Donald Trump, of course, who was elected for a second non-consecutive term of four years (2025-28) in November and is now preparing to return to the White House on January 20, 2025. His assertion that he will start inauguration next month […]

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Christmas: Pope Francis reprimands staff for ‘gossip, an evil’

December 21, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As the countdown to December 25 began, Pope Francis, 88, in his annual Christmas message, reprimanded his staff for ‘gossiping,’ the media reported on Saturday. During the Group of Seven (G-7) Summit in Italy, in June 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Pope and invited him to visit India. […]

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Russia’s 9/11: Towering infernos as Ukraine’s drones fly into Kazan buildings

December 21, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Even as Russians started preparing to welcome Christmas, US President-elect Donald Trump hoped for a ceasefire, and Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a ‘positive response’ to it, Ukraine allegedly shot off at least eight drones in rapid succession into Kazan City’s residential towers on Friday, setting some of them on […]

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Roving Periscope: Now, even Raghuram Rajan slams UPA govt for NPAs; praises Jaitley

December 21, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In the ongoing season of discontent against India’s Grand Old Party (GOP), even former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, known for his proximity to the Congress leadership, has slammed the UPA government (2004-14) for corruption and mounting debts, and applauded the next Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for endorsing clean-up measures in […]

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26/11: The US may extradite Tahawwur Rana to India to face the law

December 20, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With the US government urging the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition filed by Tahawwur Rana, a key mastermind convict in the November 26, 2008, terror attack in Mumbai, the likelihood of his extradition to India has brightened, the media reported on Friday. Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, […]

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Roving Periscope: Open to Ukraine talks, compromise with Trump, Putin says

December 20, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Already war-fatigued and with the universal law of diminishing returns making his own stay in power vulnerable, Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to climb down on Ukraine and make a ‘compromise’ after a potential meeting with Donald Trump, whose second non-consecutive term as the 47th US President will begin […]

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We are working in developing strategic infrastructure in Bihar such as the Gati Shakti railway terminal, ICDs and industrial warehousing parks: Pranab Adani

December 20, 2024 revoi editor

Pranab Adani said at Bihar Business Connect 2024, It is an honour to be speaking here, in Patna, at the 2024 Bihar Business Connect  investor summit. Let me congratulate the Government of Bihar for bringing together so many influential  names from every sector of the economy. Hon’ble Chief Minister, this gathering is  evidence not only of your […]

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Brooklyn US Attorney Breon Peace to Resign as Trump Returns

December 20, 2024 revoi editor

Brooklyn US Attorney Breon Peace said he will step down Jan. 10, ending a stint as federal prosecutor that included high-profile cases such as singer R Kelly’s trial for sex-trafficking, a fraud indictment of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and the criminal conviction of a US Congressman.  Peace, a 53-year-old native of Brooklyn, New York, said […]

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HC upholds tender awarded to Adani Group to redevelop Dharavi slum sprawl

December 20, 2024 revoi editor

Mumbai, Dec 20, The Bombay High Court on Friday upheld the tender awarded to Adani Properties Private Limited by the Maharashtra government for the Dharavi slum redevelopment project in Mumbai. A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar dismissed a petition filed by UAE-based Seclink Technologies Corporation challenging the state […]

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Remittances: India tops the world with a $129 billion inflow in 2024

December 19, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With an estimated inflow of remittances worth USD 129 billion in 2024, India has topped the world, the World Bank said on Thursday. The growth rate of remittances this year is estimated to be 5.8 percent, compared to 1.2 percent in 2023, the media reported. India was the topmost recipient […]

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