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India’s Economy: Ahead of the FY27 Budget, IMF revises GDP growth to 7.3%

January 19, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gives finishing touches to the General Budget for 2026-27, to be tabled in Parliament on February 1, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday upped India’s growth estimates by 70 basis points to 7.3 percent for 2025. This is […]

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Roving Periscope: Chinese youth shun pregnancy; birth rate hits record low

January 19, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In 2022, China was the world’s most populous country with a headcount of more than 1.4 billion people, boasting of a ‘demographic dividend.’ No longer. Media reports on Monday, quoting official numbers, suggested that births in China fell to a record low in 2025 despite subsidies and policy shifts, as […]

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Roving Periscope: As Trump closes in, Europe sends “troops” to Greenland!

January 17, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: To shield Denmark’s overseas territory, Greenland, from its likely ‘annexation’ by the United States, the European Union, which recently floated the idea to raise a 100,000-strong joint army, sent less than 30 “soldiers” for initial deployment on the Arctic island, the media reported. France, which even warned the US, said […]

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Automobiles: Maruti Suzuki to invest Rs.35,000 crores in Gujarat plant; create 12k jobs

January 17, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India’s largest automaker, Maruti Suzuki, will invest Rs. 35,000 crore (USD 3.9 billion) ‍to develop a new manufacturing plant in Gujarat. Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) will set it up at Khoraj, Gandhinagar district, with a total annual production capacity of 10 lakh vehicles, the state government announced on Saturday. […]

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US Tariff Threat: India Mulling Options to Withdraw from Chabahar Port Project

January 16, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 16: India is mulling various options on its engagement in the development of the strategically-located Chabahar port in Iran against the backdrop of the Trump administration threatening a 25% additional tariff on countries doing business with Tehran. India is a major partner in development of the Chabahar port, located in the Sistan-Balochistan […]

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India-EU trade deal: “Its Mother of All Deals,” says Piyush Goyal

January 16, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz indicated that the much-awaited India-European Union trade deal is likely in the coming weeks, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said it would be the “mother of all deals.” Since 2014, India has finalized seven trade agreements. The proposed India-EU free trade […]

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Roving Periscope: As he prepares for war (s), Trump ‘gets’ Peace Prize!

January 16, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Finally, he got it, through a circuitous route though, even as he reportedly prepares for American wars in Iran, Greenland et al. As in other matters, he scarcely cares for the Nobel Institute of its Committee which recently said the Peace Prize cannot change hands. “Wonderful gesture,” an overjoyed Donald […]

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Economy: IMF calls India a global growth engine, may upgrade outlook soon

January 16, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ahead of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s General Budget for the fiscal 2026-27, to be tabled in Parliament on February 1, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called India a key growth engine for global growth as it prepares for a likely upgrade of the South Asia nation’s outlook by January-end. […]

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Four Astronauts Return from ISS before Schedule

January 15, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 15: After the first ever medical evacuation in the orbital lab’s history, four International Space Station crew members splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, NASA footage showed. A video feed from NASA showed the capsule carrying American astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov and Japanese astronaut […]

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Top LeT Operative Admits its Muridke Headquarter Destroyed in Operation Sindoor, being Re-Build

January 15, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 15: In a stunning public admission that cuts through years of denials and diplomatic doublespeak, the commander of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hafiz Abdul Rauf, has acknowledged that India’s Operation Sindoor delivered a devastating blow to the terror group’s nerve centre in Muridke, razing what he described as its headquarters at […]