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Roving Periscope: A beneficiary himself, Elon Musk defends “skilled foreign immigrants”

December 31, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: An H-1B visa beneficiary himself from South Africa, the world’s richest man Elon Musk, a staunch Donald Trump supporter, is now at loggerheads with other Republican Party leaders who are supporting the US president-designate’s plans to overhaul the immigration policy to Make America Great Again (MAGA). With his support for […]

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Post-pandemic: President Xi says China clocked nearly 5% GDP growth in 2024

December 31, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With US President-elect Donald Trump potentially reopening the COVID-19 wounds in 2025, and his plans to impose high tariffs on Chinese imports, President Xi Jinping has reassured his people that a recovering China is regaining its economic power and its 2024 GDP growth has hit the target of nearly 5 […]

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Five Times Increase in Indian Visitors to US in 4 Years

December 28, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 28: The US mission in India has said it issued more than one million non-immigrant visas for the second year in a row, including a record number of visitor visas, underscoring the huge demand of Indians for travel to the US. Washington is also working to formally establish a US-base to renew […]

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Putin Apologises for Azerbaijan Plane Crash

December 28, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 28: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev for what he called a “tragic incident” which happened in Russian airspace involving an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed on Wednesday killing 38 people on board while 29 survived. Flight J2-8243 crashed on Wednesday in a ball […]

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Roving Periscope: Battling against the Taliban, Pak accuses India of LoC violations!

December 28, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Its ongoing battle against the Kabul-ruling Taliban and their Pakistan branch, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has already claimed dozens of lives on both sides of the borders. Now, amid reports that 15,000 Taliban fighters are marching towards Pakistan, Islamabad has accused India of “violating” the Line of Control (LoC) at […]

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Manmohan Singh – a Great Human

December 27, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 27: Amidst the flood of tributes pouring in memory of the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, perhaps the one that came directly from heart was from the Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim Mr Ibrahim wrote a moving tribute to Manmohan Singh on Friday recalling how the Indian leader offered scholarships for his […]

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China Approves Construction of World’s Largest Dam near Indian Border

December 26, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 26: Causing concern to the two riparian nations India and Bangladesh, China has cleared the construction of the world’s largest dam and perhaps the planet’s biggest infra project costing $137 billion, on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet close to the Indian border. “The Chinese government has approved the construction of a hydropower […]

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Deportation: The US needs $86 billion to start deporting millions of illegal entrants!

December 26, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: President-elect Donald Trump’s border security man Tom Homan is set to seek a special USD 86 billion budget from the US Congress early next year to launch mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, as promised by the incoming 47th President of the US in his election campaign this year. Tom Homan, […]

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Roving Periscope: St Trump wants Christmas ‘gifts’ from Canada, Greenland, and Panama Canal!

December 26, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Finding Alaska unviable to retain, Russia sold the icy desert to the United States on March 30, 1867, for a mere USD 7.2 million (now, the equivalent of nearly USD 150 million). In recent years, Russia has wanted to buy Alaska back. The US, on the other hand, is not […]

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Azerbaijan Airlines on Way to Russia Crash, At least 30 Killed

December 25, 2024 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 25: A passenger plane en route to Russia from Azerbaijan carrying 67 passengers, including five crew members, crashed near Kazakhstan’s Aktau area killing at least 30 people. Authorities said 32 people have survived the crash and at least 29 of them including an 11 year old girl and 16-year old […]