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Roving Periscope: India punctures Trump claim for the May 10 ‘ceasefire’

May 13, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India on Tuesday denied US President Donald Trump’s suggestion that he used trade as a tool to secure a ‘truce’ between India and Pakistan on Saturday last week (May 10), according to the media reports. In his address to the nation on Monday evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that […]

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Maldives thanks India for offering $50 million financial support

May 13, 2025 revoi editor

Maldives, on Monday, expressed gratitude to India for offering a government treasury bill of $50 million, which has supported the island nation in its fiscal reform efforts towards economic stability. Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Khaleel thanked External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar and the Indian government for offering the timely financial assistance. “I express my […]

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Rush of diplomatic calls follow Trump’s offer to join potential Russia-Ukraine talks

May 13, 2025 revoi editor

U.S. and European diplomats went on a flurry of calls in the hours after U.S. President Donald Trump offered on Monday to join prospective Ukraine-Russia talks later this week, trying to find a path that would bring an end to the war in Ukraine. Trump’s surprise offer to join the talks on Thursday in Istanbul […]

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China Denies Reports of Sending Military Aids to Pakistan

May 12, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, May 12: China on Monday denied reports that its largest military cargo plane has carried arms supplies to Pakistan and warned legal action against those spreading such rumours. The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAF) has denied that its Xi’an Y-20 military transport aircraft has taken supplies to Pakistan. After seeing a large […]

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Malaysia: Employment boom amid investment surge

May 12, 2025 revoi editor

New Delhi: Malaysia’s job market is buzzing as the recorded investment soared to 76 billion ringgits in the first quarter of this year. This surge in investment means that Malaysia’s labour market is showing resilience, with job numbers increasing by 44,500 in March 2025, reflecting a promising 0.3 per percent growth to 16.8 million, the […]

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Roving Periscope: Blinking together, the US and China slash tariffs for 90 days

May 12, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After a lot of fire and brimstone they spewed against each other for weeks, the US and China blinked together at Geneva, Switzerland, on Sunday and agreed to slash reciprocal tariffs by 115 percent for 90 days, soaring investors’ sentiments around the world markets for the time being. During this […]

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Markets: Sensex, Nifty zoom over 3% in their best performance in 4 years

May 12, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With a thaw in the ongoing US-China trade talks and the ‘ceasefire’ between India and Pakistan, the benchmark Indian equity indices, BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50, logged their biggest intraday gains in the last four years on Monday. The Dalal Street investors celebrated the suspension of hostilities between India and […]

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Jaishankar speaks to Egyptian FM, reaffirms ‘zero tolerance’ for terrorism

May 12, 2025 revoi editor

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar received a call from Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Sunday, during which the two leaders discussed recent developments amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan. Jaishankar underlined the importance of “zero tolerance for terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.” The conversation also covered opportunities for economic cooperation between […]

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Study finds how obesity is linked to long Covid

May 12, 2025 revoi editor

People with excess weight are more likely to experience long-term neurological and mental health symptoms after Covid-19, including headaches, vertigo, smell and taste disorders, sleep disturbances, and depression, according to new research. The study was conducted by visiting PhD scholar Debora Barbosa Ronca from the Edith Cowan University (ECU) Centre of Precision Health. “We anticipated […]

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Indian economy has potential to surpass China in near future: Jim Rogers

May 12, 2025 revoi editor

India is poised to become one of the most exciting investment destinations in the world and may even outperform China in the coming years, according to ace investor Jim Rogers. In an interaction with IANS, Rogers said, “I have been around the investment world for decades, and for the first time in my life, I […]