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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 […]

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More than 100 dead after flooding in eastern Congo, official says

May 12, 2025 revoi editor

More than 100 people have died after flooding in a village near the shores of Lake Tanganyika in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a local official said. The flooding, which affected the village of Kasaba, comes at a vulnerable moment for the Central African nation. Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have intensified an offensive in the […]

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Terror v/s might: India destroys 4 Pak airbases; IC-814 mastermind among dead

May 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: On the third day of the ongoing Operation Sindoor, India on Saturday struck hard at Pakistan’s multiple air bases, destroying four of them, as fresh reports emerged about the deaths of dozens of terrorists, including that of Jaish-e-Muhammed chief Masood Azhar’s brother-in-law, Muhammed Yusuf Azhar, the man behind the Indian […]

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Kabuliwala: Now, the Taliban also reject Pak claim that India attacked Afghanistan!

May 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: On a day India decided to designate any further Pakistani military or terror misadventure as an “act of war,” Afghanistan on Saturday rejected Pakistan’s claims that New Delhi’s missiles targeted even Kabul! In one voice, Afghanistan and India rejected Pakistan’s claims of Indian missile strikes on Afghan territory, calling them […]

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War-time: FM Sitharaman directs banks, insurance companies to remain fully alert

May 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With bilateral tension escalating by the hour and India considering to formally declare any fresh Pakistani military or terror misadventures as an ‘act of war”, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has directed the banks and insurance companies to remain fully alert and ensure uninterrupted access of the people to banking and […]

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Roving Periscope: The US ‘re-enters’ Pakistan to checkmate China

May 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Last week, a lamenting Pakistan Defense Minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif ‘exposed’ a secret everybody was aware of: Islamabad nurtured ‘terror assets’ for 30 years on behalf of the USA, Europe, and the UK during their war against the USSR in Afghanistan. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, […]