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Pahalgam: India roasts BBC, blocks 16 Pak YouTubers, on questionable content

April 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Strongly responding to their anti-India diatribe after last week’s heinous terrorist attack at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, New Delhi on Monday officially blocked at least 16 YouTube channels of the neighboring country, including those of former cricketers Shoaib Akhtar and Basit Ali. The government said these channels were disseminating […]

Business

Roving Periscope: N. Korea admits sending soldiers to Russia to fight in Ukraine

April 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has, for the first time, confirmed that he sent troops to help Russia ‘annihilate’ Ukrainian forces under a military pact he signed with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in June 2024, the media reported on Monday. The North Korean forces contributed to taking back […]

Business

Pahalgam massacre: The US urges India, Pak to find ‘responsible solution’

April 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After rebuking Pakistan for long, the US State Department said on Sunday that Washington was in touch with both New Delhi and Islamabad and urged them to work towards what it called a “responsible solution” as tensions between the two neighbors escalated after the last week’s terrorist attack at Pahalgam […]

Defence

Kailash-Mansarovar: After 5 years, the yatra to resume from June 2025

April 26, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With a recent thaw in the China-India ties after the May 2020 clashes in Eastern Ladakh, the much-awaited Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra is set to resume in June 2025, the media reported on Saturday. The resumption of this ancient Yatra is seen as an effort by India and China to improve ties […]

Business

Trade: Despite Pak ban, it buys Indian goods worth $10bn/p.a. via Dubai, etc.

April 26, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Pakistan’s political posturing, somersaults, bans, threats, and warnings apart, its own people are buying ‘Make in India’ goods worth about USD 10 billion annually via indirect routes, the media reported on Saturday. According to a Global Trade Research Institute (GTRI) report, USD 10 billion worth of Indian goods reach Pakistan […]

English

“In the silence after gunfire: a nation must listen “

April 26, 2025 revoi editor

(Prachi Vyas) The recent attack in Pahalgam—once considered a peaceful and picturesque tourist destination—has shaken the nation once again. It’s heart-wrenching to see innocent lives lost and families torn apart by yet another act of terror, seemingly rooted in religious hate and cross-border tensions. Our deepest empathy and sympathies go out to the families who […]

Business

Pahalgam: Junking 2021 decision, Pak, India exchange fire at LoC in J&K

April 25, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Failed and broke Pakistan, with China and Bangladesh supporting it, has not only suspended the Shimla Pact of 1971 after India’s largely diplomatic retaliatory moves post the Pahalgam terror attack, but also junked the informal 2021 decision to desist from firing along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Trump insists tariff talks on; but China denies it!

April 25, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: It is becoming queerer by the day. While China has declared it will not have any tariff talks with the US until the latter withdraws the unilaterally imposed import duty, President Donald Trump insists that talks for a deal are in progress! Trump, his flip-flops and all, claimed his administration […]

English

U.S. Consulate, IACC, and SAM Power Gujarat’s Role in U.S.-India Semiconductor Collaboration in a Roundtable Dialogue

April 25, 2025 revoi editor

Ahmedabad, April 25, U.S. Consulate General Mumbai co-hosted representatives from the Government of Gujarat and the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation, thought leaders, academicians, investors, and semiconductor industry stakeholders for a roundtable discussion in Ahmedabad, in collaboration with the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC), and knowledge partner Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. This roundtable marked the […]

Business

Fitch Ratings Sees Adani Ports’ NQXT Acquisition as Positive Step Towards Global Diversification

April 25, 2025 revoi editor

Fitch Ratings has characterized Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited’s (APSEZ, BBB-/Negative) acquisition of the North Queensland Export Terminal (NQXT) as credit neutral, while highlighting its positive strategic implications. The global ratings agency believes the acquisition will support APSEZ’s efforts toward international diversification, a key long-term goal for the company. Announced on April 17, […]