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Roving Periscope: Infested with terrorists, Canada turning into Pakistan-II

October 19, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Canada, like Pakistan, may have turned into a proxy of the USA, becoming America’s toolkit for geopolitical manipulations, harboring ‘non-state actors’ against unfavorable elected governments, and attempting a regime change. With the tacit support of Washington and London, Ottawa’s recent brinkmanship against New Delhi is an example of how nations […]

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Relaxation for Indian Passport Holders for Visa on Arrival in UAE

October 18, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 18: The United Arab Emirates (UAE), which is already one of the preferred locations for Indians travelling abroad, now seems set to welcome even more Indian travellers due to recent changes in its visa policy for additional Indian nationals. The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship, Customs and Ports Security (ICP) announced […]

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Economy: WB President Ajay Banga lauds India’s growth

October 18, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Applauding India’s current growth rate as the ‘shiniest’ part of the global economy, World Bank President Ajay Banga has said a lot of this growth is driven by the vast domestic market. “I think being able to grow at six, seven percent and more in this kind of environment shows you […]

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The Gaza War: “The Group can’t be eliminated,” says Hamas after Israel kills Sinwar

October 18, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: “Hamas is a liberation movement led by people looking for freedom and dignity, and this cannot be eliminated,” said Basem Naim, a senior member of Hamas’s political bureau, but stopped short of confirming death after Israel said it had killed the terror outfit’s chief Yahya Sinwar, the media reported on Friday. […]

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Roving Periscope: After using Canada as a proxy against India, the US tries to frame an ex-Indian official in the Pannun case

October 18, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: On May 2, 2011, the US Navy SEALs shot and killed Osama bin Laden, who founded the Islamist terror group al-Qaeda, at his compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad. The US charged Osama, born in Saudi Arabia and studied in the United States and the United Kingdom, with masterminding the […]

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Canada: India tightens screws, singles out Trudeau for damaging bilateral ties

October 17, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the buffeted Justine Trudeau, ahead of the next year’s parliamentary elections, acknowledging that he had no hard evidentiary proof when he alleged the involvement of the Indian government’s “agents” in the Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing, New Delhi has hardened its stance against Ottawa and singled out the current Prime […]

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Roving Periscope: Dhaka apes Islamabad; making Hasina Imran-II

October 17, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: That Bangladesh is racing to morph back into what it was until 1971—East Pakistan—was little in doubt when the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed’s democratically-elected government was toppled in August 2024, 16 months after her counterpart in Islamabad, Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi, was overthrown—both allegedly as America’s behest. Now, […]

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Population: S&P’s concerns as India to become 3rd largest economy by 2030

October 17, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: S&P Global Ratings expressed concerns over India’s growing population—at 1,438 million plus now—as the South Asian country, currently the fifth-largest economy, races to become the world’s third-largest by 2030. According to media reports, India’s rising population presents mounting challenges in basic service coverage and growing investment needs to maintain productivity. […]

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Pakistan: At the SCO Summit, India opposes China’s BRI, again

October 16, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India on Wednesday once again refused to endorse China’s ambitious multicontinental “One Belt One Road (OBOR) Initiative,”, also known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), becoming the only country in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) not to support the controversial USD 200 billion connectivity project. A joint communique unveiled […]

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Roving Periscope: Arm-twisting Trudeau, Jagmeet demands RSS ban

October 16, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The two principal reasons behind the ongoing India-Canada row appear to be: the USA, unhappy with India refusing to condemn the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine since February 2022, is pulling strings against New Delhi via Canada; and Prime Minister Justine Trudeau, panicked at losing power next year, is now […]