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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump delivers remarks on tariffs, at the White House

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Asia-Pacific: Growth to decline if President Trump implements reciprocal tariffs

April 15, 2025 revoi editor

New Delhi: Major Asia-Pacific economies, like China, India and Japan, will witness growth decline by 0.2 percent to 0.4 percent over the next two to three years due to implementation of the reciprocal tariff that US President Donald Trump announced on April 2. According to Standard & Poor, the impact of this tariff regime could […]

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Roving Periscope: Sensing trouble within, President Xi sacks PLA’s No 2

April 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ever since he got the Communist Party scrap the two-term limit on his presidency in 2018, effectively allowing him to remain in power for life, an insecure Chinese President Xi Jinping has been sacking hundreds of officers at different levels of his government on “corruption” charges to shield his own […]

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Markets: Hoping for tariff relief, Indian indices zoom over 2%

April 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump pausing the 26 percent tariff on India for three months, and amid ongoing bilateral trade talks showing positivity, the Indian equity market surged over 2 percent on Monday, bringing cheers back to the Dalal Street in Mumbai. Following President Trump’s comments suggesting the possibility of […]

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ICC considers tweaks to two-ball rule in ODIs to rebalance the format

April 15, 2025 revoi editor

In a move that could significantly alter the dynamics of One Day Internationals (ODIs), the ICC men’s cricket committee, chaired by former India captain Sourav Ganguly, has proposed a change to the existing two-ball rule in a bid to restore a better balance between bat and ball in the 50-over format. Currently, each ODI innings […]

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Blue Origin rocket carrying Katy Perry and all-female crew reaches edge of space, returns safely

April 15, 2025 revoi editor

Pop star Katy Perry and five other women launched into space on a Blue Origin rocket and successfully returned to Earth on Monday, marking the first all-female spaceflight in more than 60 years. The crew lifted off from West Texas at 9:31 a.m. ET (1331 GMT) and traveled to the edge of space, where they […]

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Financial crime: Mehul Choksi, arrested in Belgium, may be brought back to India

April 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after the 26/11 terror attack mastermind Tahawwur Rana was extradited from the US to India, another high-value accused, Mehul Choksi, is likely to be brought back from Belgium to face the long arm of the law in the country of his origin. According to the media reports, the Belgian […]

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Roving Periscope: To teach Trump a lesson, China may weaponize $760 bn in US Treasury holdings

April 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: It was expected. Ever since US President Donald Trump began entangling China in a tariff quagmire, some believed Beijing might, after all, have the ultimate weapon to pin down Washington: USD 760 billion worth of US Treasury holdings. Beijing reiterated its vow to “fight to the end” last Friday. Not […]

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Technology: Govt to prioritize AI, divert Rs.10k startup fund to new tech

April 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said that Indian startup should innovate rather than recycling old ideas in new avatars, his ministry has decided to allocate a major part of the second Rs. 10,000 crore Fund of Funds Scheme (FFS) for startups to budding entrepreneurs in sectors […]

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Markets: Tariff pause, trade negotiations push equity markets up

April 11, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump pausing his steep ‘reciprocal tariffs’ on all imports for 90 days and India’s ongoing trade negotiations showing positivity, benchmark Sensex and Nifty indices rallied nearly 2 percent on Friday as metal stocks shone, the media reported. The BSE Sensex surged 1,620 points or 2.2 percent […]

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Bangladesh: Islamist court issues fresh arrest warrant for Hasina, her daughter

April 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: An Islamist-influenced court on Thursday issued a new arrest warrant against Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed, her daughter Saima Wajed Putul, and 17 others in an alleged case of corruption, accusing them of procuring a residential plot through “fraudulent” means. On Thursday, Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Mohammad […]