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New Zealand: “The Maori nation has been born,” as natives march to parliament

November 19, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Tens of thousands of the Maori community members, native people of what later became known as New Zealand, on Tuesday marched to parliament in the capital Wellington to protest against a controversial bill striking at the core of the country’s founding principles and diluting the rights of Māori people. Hīkoi […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Moscow alters nuclear doctrine as Biden digs the pitch for Trump

November 19, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Having lost the Democratic Party’s nomination to his deputy Kamala Harris in July—who also lost the presidential election this month—and left with no second shot at the White House he could rule from only four years, the outgoing US President Joe Biden may now be digging the pitch for his […]

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Pakistan Bangladesh Inching Closer

November 18, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Nov 18: Bangladesh and Pakistan seem to be inching close to each other since the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina government in August. A Pakistani cargo ship docked at Bangladesh’s Chittagong port last week, marking the first-ever direct maritime contact between the two countries in over five decades. The vessel from Karachi has […]

Education

The United States and India Reach New Heights in Education Cooperation

November 18, 2024 revoi editor

Mumbai, November 18, 2024: The United States and India share a longstanding relationship in the field of education and continue to work together on a wide range of initiatives, from early childhood education to promoting two-way student mobility at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. This ongoing collaboration is now expanding with the launch of […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Post-Trump comeback, G-20 meet may look lackluster

November 18, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Being held in the shadow of Donald Trump’s return to the White House in two months, the upcoming Group of 20 Summit in Brazil, beginning on Tuesday, may appear lackluster and discuss the ‘new situation’ besides pending issues like fighting poverty, boosting climate financing and other multilateral initiatives that could […]

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China: 8 Killed, 17 Injured in a Stabbing Spree by a Student

November 16, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Nov 16: Eight people were killed and 17 others injured when a 21-year-old student went on a stabbing spree in China’s eastern city of Wuxi on Saturday evening, police said in a statement. The attack took place in the evening at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in Jiangsu province, according […]

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Heritage: The US to return over 1,440 antiquities to India

November 16, 2024 revoi editor

New Delhi: The United States will return more than 1, 440 antiquities, worth about USD10 million, this year, to India, the media reported this week. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L Bragg, Jr., in a statement on Wednesday, said the pieces were recovered under several ongoing investigations into criminal trafficking networks, including those of alleged antiquities […]

Business

Education: As Indian students shun them, UK varsities face cash-crunch

November 16, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With a drop of more than 20 percent Indian students’ enrolment in the United Kingdom universities, these institutions are facing financial crises, the media reported on Saturday. Starry-eyed Indian students are now avoiding UK universities, adding to their financial woes at a time when education institutions are already coping with […]

Business

Technology: Google’s AI assistant Gemini advises a student to “Please Die!”

November 16, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: “Please die,” Gemini, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot of Google, ‘advised’ a shocked student who sought assistance with homework in the United States, the media reported on Saturday. “You are a waste of time and resources. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Amid Trump-scare worldwide, China treads cautiously

November 16, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Expect a paradigm shift in geopolitical discourse after January 20, 2025, when Donald Trump becomes the US President again. While Europe is trembling with fear, a scared China is treading cautiously. “China has no plan to surpass or replace the United States,” Beijing’s Ambassador to Washington Xie Feng said in […]