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The Durand War: 7 Pak troops die in suicide bomber’s attack on military camp

October 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Hours before the tenuous 48-hour ceasefire ended on Friday afternoon, a suicide bomber’s attack on a Pakistani military camp in Northern Waziristan, close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, reportedly killed seven soldiers and wounded 13 others. The attack happened ahead of the meeting of representatives of Islamabad and Kabul in Doha […]

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China-US trade war: IMF warns of “significant risks” to global growth

October 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned of “significant downside risks” to global growth because of renewed trade-and-tariff frictions between the US and China, the world’s two largest economies. After months of tentative stability in US-China relations, tensions flared in recent weeks when Washington expanded technology restrictions and proposed tariffs […]

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Roving Periscope: After Pakistan, S. Arabia may ink defence pact with the US

October 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After signing a mutual defence pact with Pakistan in September—mainly against Iran—Saudi Arabia is re-exploring a pact with the US as well. During the recent Israel-Iran conflict, in which the US bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities, Tehran had fired missiles at Qatar which has a defence pact with the US. Ahead […]

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Defence: India to make domestic production 100%, says Rajnath Singh

October 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said India is looking at taking domestic defence production to 100 percent as dependence on foreign military supplies creates “strategic vulnerability.” After inaugurating a third production line of Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)-Mk1A and a second manufacturing facility of trainer jet HTT-40 in Nashik, […]

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Roving Periscope: In a 1971 Dhaka repeat, Taliban hang Pak soldiers’ pants in Afghanistan!

October 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In 1971, when nearly 93,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered before the Indian Army in Dhaka, many of them were photographed squatting without their trousers, and some Bangladesh Mukti Bahini members hung their pants publicly. Cut to 2025. As Pakistan claimed on Wednesday that it agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire as ‘requested’ […]

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The Adani Green Energy Gallery at London Celebrates One Million Visitors

October 16, 2025 revoi editor

London, 16 October 2025: Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery, an award-winning free gallery at the Science Museum, that explores how the world can generate and use energy more sustainably, has welcomed one million visitors since opening in late March 2024. Dedicated to examining one of the greatest challenges of our time – the rapid […]

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Energy: India ‘rejects’ Trump’s claims on stopping Russian oil import

October 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Hours after US President Donald Trump claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured him of cutting the procurement of Russian crude oil, India on Thursday said that New Delhi is broad-basing and diversifying the sourcing of petroleum products to meet market conditions. India prioritises its consumer in an energy-sourcing scenario, […]

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Carrot-and-stick: Trump declares trade war with China; Bessant calls for truce!

October 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: They have done it with India in recent weeks, with zero results. Now, they are doing it with China as well—hoping for a different response from an equally old and living civilization. Using the age-old carrot-and-stick policy, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that America is already locked in […]

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Trade: India’s exports up 6.74%, imports increase by 16.6% in September 2025

October 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India’s exports increased by 6.74 percent to USD 36.38 billion in September, despite global headwinds, while imports rose 16.6 percent to USD 68.53 billion. The country’s trade deficit stood at USD 32.15 billion last month, the media reported on Wednesday. Imports surged due to the increase in imports of gold, […]

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Roving Periscope: From hotspots, Trump returns to trade war, dollar conundrum

October 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: While hotspots like Gaza and Ukraine are smouldering, and Afghanistan and Pakistan are turning into new battlefields, US President Donald Trump has warned to cut China trade over the ongoing dispute over soybeans. China, on its part, has moved the World Trade Organization (WTO) against India’s subsidies to electric vehicles. […]