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France: Fourth PM in a year quits; weakened, Macron to face polls in 2027

September 9, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: European Union’s largest country, France, has done it again. On Monday, the government of its fourth Prime Minister in a year collapsed after François Bayrou lost a parliamentary confidence vote, defeated by 364 to 194 in the National Assembly, plunging the country into political paralysis. Bayrou, the 74-year-old centrist, was […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: In just 48 hours, Nepal apes Lanka—Oli resigns; may flee!

September 9, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In just two days of massive anti-government demonstrations by leaderless Generation Z youths, the Communist-led government collapsed in Nepal, its ministers resigned, and so did its highly unpopular, pro-China Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who, reports suggested, might follow President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled Sri Lanka in 2022 after a […]

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English

Dr Priti Adani Urges a Unified Collaboration Platform to Multiply Social Impact

September 9, 2025 revoi editor

Hong Kong, 9 Sep 2025: At the AVPN Global Conference 2025 in Hong Kong, Dr Priti Adani, Chairperson of the Adani Foundation, delivered a stirring appeal to philanthropists, businesses and changemakers: “Don’t just give. Build together.” In her keynote, Dr Adani emphasized that the next leap for social development depends on collaboration and on bringing […]

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Elections

Roving Periscope: Nepal going the Sri Lankan way? 14 killed over social media ban, corruption

September 8, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Days after India and China rejected Nepal’s territorial claims over Lipulekh, and Kathmandu banned social media, at least 14 people were reported killed and over 200 wounded in police firing on Monday as thousands of angry youths hit the streets and some even tried to storm parliament in the national […]

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Business

Deal: India and Israel sign BIT to boost economic ties

September 8, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid US President Donald Trump’s trade and tariff tantrums and mounting global geopolitical uncertainties, India and Israel on Monday signed a reciprocal bilateral investment treaty (BIT) to boost their economic ties, the media reported. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her Israeli counterpart Bezalel Smotrich signed the agreement in the national […]

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Business

Trump’s tariffs: If continued, India’s GDP may shrink by 0.5%, says the CEA

September 8, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: If prolonged, US President Donald Trump’s 50 percent tariffs, which became effective on August 27, may shrink India’s GDP by 0.5 percent in the current financial year (2025-26), according to Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor to the government. “I hope the additional penal tariff is a short-lived phenomenon,” […]

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Business

Bonanza: With GST rate-cuts, Mahindra, Tata, and Renault to pass on benefits to customers

September 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Ahead of the festive season, leading four-wheeler manufacturers have announced a reduction in prices and pass on the benefits to customers following the Union Government’s “rationalization” of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and rate cuts in various sectors, including the automobile sector. According to media reports on Saturday, Mahindra & […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: PM Modi refuses to fall in Trump’s traps; to skip UNGA meet in NY

September 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: For the first time since he became the Prime Minister in 2014, Narendra Modi will skip an important meeting in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York this month, maybe because he has once again seen through the ‘trap’ laid for him by his frenemy, US President Donald […]

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Business

Adani Power and Druk Green Power to set up a 570MW hydro power project in Bhutan

September 6, 2025 revoi editor

New Delhi / Ahmedabad, September 06, 2025: Adani Power, India’s largest private power producer, and Druk Green Power Corp. Ltd. (DGPC), Bhutan’s state-owned generation utility, today signed the Shareholders Agreement (SHA) for setting up a 570 MW Wangchhu hydroelectric project in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. An in-principle understanding on the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) […]

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Business

Ukraine: After the US, Europe and India intensify efforts to end the 42-month-long war

September 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump’s August 15 meeting in Alaska with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin bearing no fruits so far, Europe and India have, in their own ways, are refreshing efforts to end the biggest European conflict after the Second World War (1939-45) that has created fresh challenges to […]

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