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Roving Periscope: Immigrants have “colonized” the UK, says billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe

February 12, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid speculations that Labour MP Shabana Mahmood could become the United Kingdom’s first Muslim woman Prime Minister, British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe has warned that immigrants have “colonized” the country. He suggested the Prime Minister was “too nice” to do “difficult things” to stabilise the country’s economy, the media reported […]

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Islamabad: “The US used Pakistan, then threw it away like toilet paper,” says Def. Min. Khawaja Asif!

February 11, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Pakistan’s controversial Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has admitted Islamabad’s past alignment with the United States, accusing Washington of “exploiting” the Southeast Asian nation for its strategic interests and then discarding it “like a piece of toilet paper” after its objectives were met, the media reported on Wednesday. Speaking in Pakistan’s […]

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Roving Periscope: Amid existential crisis, Iran ‘celebrates’ the 1979 Islamic Revolution

February 11, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for national unity as his troubled theocracy, facing an unprecedented existential crisis for the first time, ‘celebrated’ the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, the media reported on Wednesday. He also said Iran does not seek nuclear weapons, and apologized for his government’s shortcomings. […]

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Canada: At least 10 dead in British Columbia school mass shooting

February 11, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: At least 10 people, including the shooter, died and 27 more were wounded in a school mass shooting incident in northeastern British Columbia in Canada, the media reported on Wednesday. The rare incident took place at a secondary school building in the small town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on […]

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Bangladesh: Feb. 12 election may decide the fate of Islamists—and Hindus.’

February 10, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The February 12 parliamentary elections in Bangladesh will not only decide the fate of the multiple competitive Islamist parties—and the hapless Hindu minorities—in the South Asian country but may also impact the Vidhan Sabha elections due in West Bengal and Assam, in March-April 2026, which are fighting the menace of […]

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Book Review

Book Review: Branding@Mythology by O.P. Srivastava

February 10, 2026 revoi editor

When I was young, I can recall, my mother once told me that manufacturers advertise because their products are “substandard.” “Have you seen any ad of desi ghee? she asked. That was long ago when India did not have many good choices for a range of products. After the 1991 economic liberalization, privatization, and globalization, […]

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Roving Periscope: India, the US, to work toward interim agreement, BTA, says the WH

February 10, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi:  With President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirming their commitment to a mutually beneficial, balanced trade relationship, ensuring benefits for exporters and workers, the US and India are heading to ink an interim government soon, the media reported on Tuesday. Under the bilateral deal, India will reduce tariffs […]

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Gaza: Pak PM Sharif may attend Trump’s Board of Peace meeting on Feb. 19

February 9, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to attend the first meeting of the Board of Peace, constituted by US President Donald Trump as part of the Gaza peace plan, on February 19 in Washington, the media reported on Monday. Trump unveiled the board in January as part of the […]

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Roving Periscope: China warns Japan as pro-Taiwan PM Takaichi wins ‘supermajority’

February 9, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: A day after her ruling party won a stunning ‘supermajority’ in snap elections to Japan’s parliament, which gives her a free hand until 2028, China on Monday warned hardliner, far-right Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi that any reckless actions—on Taiwan—would be met with a “resolute response.” Eying defence and immigration reforms, […]

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Parting kick: The US’s map of India leaves, China, Pakistan stunned

February 7, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With the US-Pakistan’s latest honeymoon over, Washington’s parting kick to India’s hostile neighbour left Pakistan, as also China, red-faced after the US published a map showing the entire Jammu and Kashmir, including Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), and Aksai Chin, as parts of Indian territory. Only on Friday, the Pakistan Army’s puppet […]

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