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Ukraine: Amid ongoing war, Russia allocates one-third of the budget for defense

December 2, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As the ongoing war against Ukraine enters the third year in February 2025—unless a ceasefire comes into effect by then—Russia has hiked its defense budget by about USD 28 billion to a total of USD 126 billion, which is one-third of the overall budget for the next year, the media […]

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Immigration: Canada caught between the Devil and the Deep Sea

December 2, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With US President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement to deport thousands of illegal immigrants, Canada, whose open-door policy has adversely affected its demography, economy, and international relations, and turned it into a conduit for entry into America, is facing a huge task of dealing with the aliens flooding this North American country. […]

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Roving Periscope: Dual “miscarriage of justice,” as Biden pardons Trump, and his own son!

December 2, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: What a judicial system a ‘democratic’ America has! Before leaving the White House on January 20, 2025, outgoing President Joe Biden, 82, ‘pardoned’ the incoming President-elect Donald Trump of his perceived sins—and then reversed his earlier decision to pardon his own son, Hunter Biden, as well. While Trump was happy […]

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Inside Bangladesh: Two More Monks Arrested, Journalist Heckled by India-Baiters

December 1, 2024 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 1: In continued action against Hindu community, the Bangladesh police arrested two more ISKCON monks who had gone to deliver food to the arrested monk Chinmoy Krishna Das in Chattogram jail while a senior journalist was mobbed and heckled by India-baiters in Dhaka accusing her of doing everything to “make […]

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‘Every attack makes us stronger; every obstacle a stepping stone for us’: Gautam Adani breaks silence on US charges

December 1, 2024 revoi editor

Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani on November 30 said “every attack makes us stronger, every obstacle becomes a stepping stone for a more resilient Adani Group”, while breaking his silence on the US indictment against the conglomerate. Adani was speaking in Jaipur at the 51st Gem & Jewellery Awards. “This is not the first time we […]

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Another Hindu Priest Arrested in Bangladesh

November 30, 2024 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Nov 30: Days after the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das, another Hindu priest Shyam Das Prabhu, was arrested in Bangladesh’s Chattogram, International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Kolkata said on Saturday. The arrested priest had reportedly went to meet Chinmoy Krishna Das in jail. He was arrested without any official warrant, […]

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Trump’s tariff terror: Buffeted Trudeau rushes to grease the US President-elect

November 30, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With Donald Trump’s tariff terror looming on Canada (and China and Mexico, too), a panicked Canadian Prime Minister Justine Trudeau rushed to meet the US President-elect on Friday to enter his good books before his inauguration in January 2025. The buffeted Canadian PM—who, Trump ally Elon Musk has declared, is […]

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Roving Periscope: Ukraine relents, ready for Russia ceasefire if NATO…

November 30, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Unsure of how long the West would continue to support Ukraine—particularly after Donald Trump’s upcoming inauguration as the 47th US President on January 20, 2025— Kyiv has relented and said it is open to a ceasefire with Moscow if NATO protects the remaining areas of the war-torn country unoccupied so […]

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Lebanon: Accusing Hezbollah of violating peace deal, Israel strikes back

November 29, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As many expected, the short-lived Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire may have collapsed within two days on Thursday with Israel accusing Iran’s proxy terror outfit of violation of the peace deal, and resumed attacking Lebanon to flush out Shia terrorists. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) warned Lebanese citizens not to return to 60 […]

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Economy: India’s GDP growth falls in Q2FY25 to 5.4%

November 29, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Although the Narendra Modi-led NDA government returned to power a third time in June, with a reduced majority, the uncertainty it sparked, as also the unusually hot weather, may have been among the factors that caused the fall in the GDP growth in the second quarter (July-September 2025) of the […]