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Roving Periscope: Trump’s Golden Dome may ape Reagan’s Star Wars!

May 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: America’s objective has remained the same, although its enemies are different. Then, it was the Soviet Union; now it’s China plus Russia. Aiming to defend the USA and galaxy, no less, Republican President Ronald Reagan, on March 23, 1983, in a televised address to the nation, announced his plans to […]

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Trump tariffs: India well-positioned to deal with negative effects, says Moody’s Ratings

May 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Dispelling fears in some quarters, Moody’s Ratings said on Wednesday that India is well-positioned to deal with the negative effects of the current US tariffs and global trade disruptions as domestic growth drivers and low dependence on exports anchor the Indian economy. The media reported that government initiatives to boost […]

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Torrent Pharma : Aman Mehta appointed as Managing Director

May 20, 2025 revoi editor

Torrent Pharma said, Aman Mehta, currently Whole-time Director, Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited, holds a  degree in Economics from Boston University and an MBA from Columbia University, New  York. During his journey with the Group, he has held leadership roles across both Power and  Pharma verticals.   In his role as Executive Director at Pharma, he was primarily […]

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Torrent Pharma announces Q4 FY25 results

May 20, 2025 revoi editor

Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.’s consolidated net profit surged 11% in the fourth quarter of financial year 2025, according to an exchange filing on Tuesday. The pharma company’s bottom line stood at Rs 498 crore during January- March period in comparison to Rs 449 crore in the year-ago period. Torrent Pharma Q4 Highlights (Consolidated, YoY) Revenue at […]

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Terror: If the US can extradite Rana, why can’t Pak send Saeed, Lakhvi to India?

May 20, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: If the US can extradite terrorist masterminds like Tahawwur Rana to India, why cannot Pakistan extradite Hafiz Saeed and others to India? Citing a long list of terror attacks in India that originated from Pakistan, India’s Ambassador to Israel J P Singh has said that the “root cause is the […]

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Science and Tech: Former AEC chief Srinivasan and cosmologist Narlikar pass away

May 20, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Two towering personalities of Indian science and technology—Dr. M. R. Srinivasan, 95, and Dr J. V. Narlikar, 87—passed away on Monday in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, respectively, due to age-related issues. Veteran nuclear physicist and former Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Chairman Dr. M. R. Srinivasan, who played a key role […]

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Roving Periscope: Russia-Ukraine to begin ‘peace talks’ immediately, claims Trump

May 20, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Even before India and/or Pakistan could say so on May 10, US President Donald Trump, desperate to take credit to jack up his plummeting popularity at home, announced that the two South Asian countries had agreed to a ‘ceasefire’ during the Operation Sindoor, which, ironically, has just paused and is […]

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Bhikharistan: Begging is a Pak ‘biz’ worth PKR 42 bn; 5k beggars deported to Islamabad!

May 19, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: That Pakistan is infamous as a begging country is no secret. It has secured over two dozen bailouts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) alone in as many years. And its current Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has publicly admitted that Pakistan is ashamed of going abroad with a begging bowl! […]

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Trump’s tax: Indians remitting from the US may lose over $1.5 bn annually

May 19, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In 2023-24, Indians living in the US remitted USD 32 billion to their families back home and the motherland. From this year, however, if the US Congress passes a new law, the non-US citizens among them may have to pay a five percent remittance tax on this amount, or USD […]

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Roving Periscope: China supports Denmark on Greenland; wants its support on Taiwan!

May 19, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Taiwan is to China what Greenland is to Denmark—at least Beijing believes so. According to the media reports on Monday, China said it respects Denmark’s sovereignty on Greenland, and sought its reciprocity on Taiwan, the breakaway self-ruled, democratic island territory which calls itself the “Republic of China.” The Sino-Danish diplomatic […]

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