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India Joins other Nations to Condemn Attack on UN Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon

October 13, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 13: India has joined the dozens of other peacekeeping nations that contribute to the UN force in Lebanon, have strongly condemned recent attacks on the peacekeepers stationed in the country amid Israel’s military campaign against Hezbollah. “Such actions must stop immediately and should be adequately investigated,” said a joint statement signed by […]

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Khalistan: India clarifies “no substantive talks” during Modi-Trudeau meet

October 12, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Mounting pressure on Justine Trudeau, who just survived a parliamentary vote and is trying to fight anti-incumbency ahead of next year’s general elections, India on Saturday junked the Canadian Prime Minister’s claim of a chat with PM Narendra Modi, saying there was “no substantive discussion” between them, the media reported […]

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Roving Periscope: Israel may attempt a “regime change” in frenemy Iran

October 12, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The US, NATO, Saudi Arabia, India, and others, have all ‘urged’ it to either stop or go slow in its ongoing multi-front wars against the Gaza Strip, Yemen, Lebanon, and, of course, Iran. But a determined Tel Aviv knows these are mere ‘raps on the knuckles,’ meant for diplomatic archives. […]

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Infrastructure: 208 projects, worth Rs. 15.39 trn, proposed under PM GatiShakti

October 12, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a major push to enhance the country’s infrastructure, including the roads and railways, the Network Planning Group (NPG), constituted under the PM GatiShakti initiative in 2021, has recommended for approval 208 big-ticket infrastructure projects of various ministries so far, the media reported on Saturday. These projects are worth a […]

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Goddess Kali’s Crown Stolen in Bangladesh Temple

October 11, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 11: A purported video of the theft of Goddess Kali’s crown gifted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Jeshoreshwari temple in Bangladesh, has surfaced online. The staff at the temple in Satkhira reported the silver and gold-plated article missing on Thursday. Mr Modi had presented it to the temple as a gift […]

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Pakistan: Ahead of SCO Summit, Baloch terrorists kill 20, and injure 7

October 11, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Islamabad (October 15,16), suspected Baloch terrorists killed 20 coal miners and injured seven others in Southwest Pakistan, the media reported on Friday. The incident was reported at a small private coal mine in southwest Pakistan, police said, raising security concerns just […]

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Nobel Peace: The 2024 Prize goes to N-bomb survivors’ Japanese body

October 11, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 has been conferred on a Japanese organization, Nihon Hidankyo, for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons, the media reported on Friday. The Nobel Committee honored atomic bomb survivors for cultivating hope for peace through their experience. The organization is a […]

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The next Tata: Half-brother Noel succeeds Ratan to continue the 156-year-old legacy

October 11, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Noel Tata, 67, a Trustee on the Boards of Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, will step into the giant shoes of his illustrious half-brother, Ratan Tata, 86, who breathed his last late on Wednesday. His appointment as Chairman of Tata Trusts came after Ratan Tata’s death […]

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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 […]