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Nobel 2024: South Korean author Han Kang gets the Prize for Literature

October 10, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: South Korean author Han Kang has been chosen for the award of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature for her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life,” the media reported on Thursday. The Nobel Prize Committee, on its X handle, said that Kang’s […]

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Ongoing wars: India-ASEAN friendship crucial in times of conflicts, says PM Modi

October 10, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that the friendship between India and the members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is very important at a time when parts of the world were facing conflicts and tensions. Addressing the 21st India-ASEAN Summit in Laos, he said he had […]

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Tata, the Titan: On Monday, he denied it; on Thursday he passed away

October 10, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: When news went viral on October 7 in the media that he was unwell and admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital, Ratan Tata, 86, promptly denied it. “Thank you for thinking of me,” he humbly wrote in his last social media post, on Monday. “I am aware of recent rumors circulating […]

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Roving Periscope: Israel urges the Labanese and Iranians for ‘regime change’

October 9, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soften up Lebanon and Iran ahead of the decisive assault, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ‘encouraging’ the citizens in the two countries to throw out their terror infrastructures and reclaim their countries. On September 30, directly addressing the Iranians, Netanyahu conveyed both a warning […]

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Nobel 2024: Three scientists share the Chemistry prize for work on protein structures

October 9, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Three scientists—David Baker (University of Washington), Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper (both Google Deep Mind, the UK)—will share the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the award-giving body said on Wednesday, for their work on the structure of proteins. The Prize, widely regarded as among the most prestigious in the scientific […]

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Curbing inflation: For the 10th time, RBI keeps the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%

October 9, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With a majority of five members out of six, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 percent in its tenth consecutive bi-monthly meeting. After its three-day meeting, starting on Monday, the MPC, however, unanimously decided to […]

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Zakir Naik Trolled in Pakistan, Told to be a “Disgrace for Religious Preacher”

October 8, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 8: The controversial India-origin Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who is on a state visit to Pakistan, is getting trolled on social media for the comments he is making during his speeches in cities across the country. His latest statement, wherein he is seen advising single women who are looking to get married, […]

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Durga Puja: Ahead of presidential polls at home, the US urges Bangladesh to protect Hindus’ rights

October 8, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Under pressure from the influential Hindus, and their widespread protests ahead of the presidential elections on November 4, the United States has urged Bangladesh to protect the rights of the minority community whose largest annual festival, Durga Puja, began on Monday. It said “it wants to see the rights of […]

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Nobel Physics: Canadian and US physicists share the 2024 Prize for AI research

October 8, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Tuesday awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton for their foundational contributions to artificial intelligence (AI) through the development of machine learning with artificial neural networks, the media reported. “This year’s two Nobel Laureates in […]

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U.S. Consulate Pioneers Upcycled Benches in BKC for Enhancing Consular Operations

October 8, 2024 revoi editor

In the same week that U.S. Mission in India opened an additional 250,000 visa appointments for Indian travelers, the U.S. Consulate General in Mumbai, in collaboration with the Indian Regional Passport Office, inaugurated 70 benches in the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) area. These benches, made from recycled materials, are part of a significant initiative to […]