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Christmas “gift”: Playing Santa Claus, Trump offers $3k, free ticket if aliens self-deport by Dec. 31

December 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The year 2025 began for them with a humiliated return home, but US President Donald Trump now wants illegal immigrants to return with a Christmas “gift”: a USD 3,000 stipend and a free ticket on flight back home—if they self-deport by December 31, 2025. According to media reports on Tuesday, […]

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Business

Sri Lanka: Op. Sagar Bandhu on; India proposes $450 mn Cyclone Ditwah relief package

December 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Under its ongoing Operation Sagar Bandhu, India has proposed a USD 450 million cyclone relief package to Sri Lanka, the media reported on Tuesday. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, who is in Sri Lanka as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s special envoy, made these remarks alongside Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Vijitha […]

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Education

Trade: Under FTA, New Zealand to allow GI registration for Indian goods

December 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: A day after announcing the conclusion of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India, New Zealand said it will allow a GI registration for Indian goods, the media reported on Tuesday. New Zealand has taken a binding commitment under its FTA with India to amend its laws within […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: The US President names new warship fleet after (Donald) Trump!

December 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: One can love him or hate him, but can’t ignore him! The latest rabbit he has produced from his Santa Claus cap indicates it: the US President has named a new warship fleet after (Donald) Trump! As he walked past a rendering of what he said was the “Trump Class” […]

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English

Racism Rising in New Zealand, Sikh Religious Procession Briefly Halted

December 22, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 22: A Sikh religious procession “Nagar Kirtan,” was briefly halted in South Auckland on Saturday after members of a far-right group blocked its route, prompting concerns over religious freedom and public order in New Zealand. Despite the provocation, Sikh participants, including Nihangs, remained calm and did not respond to the aggression, the […]

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Hundreds of H-1B Visa Holders Stranded in India

December 22, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 22: Hundreds of H-1B visa holders, who travelled back to India to renew their work permits earlier this month, have been stranded as their appointments were abruptly postponed to next year amid the US State Department’s new social media vetting policy. The workers had the appointments for interviews scheduled between December 15 […]

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Business

East Pakistan: Another “student leader” shot at as B’desh sinks further

December 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Either Muhammad Yunus may be hand-in-glove with Islamists ruling the streets and barging parliament, or he is losing control of Bangladesh, ahead of the February 2026 parliamentary elections, which are likely to go down as the bloodiest in the erstwhile ‘East Pakistan’s history. Indications are emerging of what the shape […]

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Business

Ukraine war: Senior Russian general killed in car blast

December 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In a significant development as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict heads into its fourth year in February 2026, a senior Russian general was killed in a car blast on Monday, the media reported. Russia’s Investigative Committee, which examines major crimes, said it had opened a probe into the “murder” of Lieutenant-General […]

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Business

Trade deal: New Zealand to invest $20 bn in India over 15 years; they also conclude the FTA

December 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India and New Zealand on Monday announced the conclusion of free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, aimed at boosting bilateral trade in goods and investments. Their trade talks, which started in May, have been completed in seven months, the media reported. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Monday that […]

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Bangladesh Turmoil: BNP Leader’s Daughter Burnt Alive, India Suspended Chittagong Visa Centre

December 21, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 21: Amidst the on-going unrest in Bangladesh caused due to the death of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi forcing India to indefinitely suspend visa operations at Chittagong , a 7-year-old daughter of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Belal Hossain was burnt to death after an angry mob attacked his house […]

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