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Ukraine’s Drone-Based Attacks on Air Base in Siberia a Day before Istanbul Peace Talks

June 1, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, June 1: Ukraine on Sunday launched one of its largest drone-based operations on Russia to date, striking an air base in eastern Siberia, thousands of kilometres from its border. The Russian governor of the Irkutsk region confirmed the attack, saying Ukrainian remote-piloted aircraft attacked a military unit in the village of Sridni, the […]

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Sheikh Hasina, Two Others Charged on Crimes against Humanity, Mass Murder

June 1, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, June 1: Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Sunday indicted the deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two other senior officials on several charges, including crimes against humanity and mass murder, for their alleged role in the violent crackdown on student-led protests last year. An investigation report found that Sheikh Hasina […]

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Changing Stance: Colombia Withdraws Condolences to Pakistan, Offers Support to India’s “Operation Sindoor”

May 31, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, May 31: In a major diplomaic win for India, Colombia has withdrawn a statement offering condolences to Pakistan for the loss of lives during the “Operation Sindoor” in response to the Pahalgam terror attack after the Shashi Tharoor-led Indian Parliamentary delegation explained Islamabad’s relentless support to cross-border terrorism. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, leading […]

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Roving Periscope: Fake news wasted the Army’s 15% time in Operation Sindoor

May 31, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Indian Armed Forces lost at least 15 percent of their precious time tackling the flood of fake news during Operation Sindoor early this month, Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan said. Highlighting the significant challenge posed by misinformation and disinformation during the Operation, he revealed that approximately […]

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Development: ADB to provide $4.5 bn loan to India annually

May 31, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda on Friday said the multilateral funding agency is ready to provide up to USD 4.5 billion sovereign lending to India each year, the media reported. “Yesterday I met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi to deepen ADB’s partnership with India and advance […]

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Bangladesh: Japan to give $1.06 bn support, recruit 100,000 workers in 5 years

May 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Trying to undercut China’s influence in Bangladesh, Japan has said it would give USD 1.063 billion budgetary support to Dhaka, and also recruit 100,000 Bangladeshi workers over the next five years, the media reported on Friday. The aid package includes USD 418 million as a development policy loan to Bangladesh […]

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Economy: India’s GDP grew by 6.5% in FY25; 7.4% in Q4FY25

May 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India’s economy grew by 6.5 percent in 2024-25, down from 9.2 percent in the previous fiscal, the government data released on Friday said. India’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the fourth quarter (Q4) of financial year 2024-25 (FY25) stood at 7.4 percent, according to data released by the […]

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Roving Periscope: As Tharoor slams Pak on IWT, Munir warns water is a ‘red line’

May 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day before India conducts the second round of Operation Shield (mock drills) on Saturday in the states bordering Pakistan, as part of preparations during the ongoing Operation Sindoor, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor slammed Islamabad for betraying India’s goodwill on the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with state-sponsored terror. The media […]

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Judge blocks Trump ban on Harvard’s international students

May 30, 2025 revoi editor

A federal judge said on Thursday she would extend an order blocking President Donald Trump’s administration from immediately revoking Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, a victory for the Ivy League school that is entangled in multiple battles with the administration. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston announced her intention to issue a […]

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Without Musk, DOGE likely to fizzle out, says ex-staffer

May 30, 2025 revoi editor

Without billionaire Elon Musk in the Trump administration, his cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency project is likely to sputter out, a former DOGE staffer said in his first interview since leaving the team. Tesla CEO Musk announced on Wednesday evening that he was ending his time as a special government employee but vowed that DOGE […]