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Price curve: Rise in global commodity, energy costs drive wholesale inflation in India

August 3, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said on Monday that the recent rise in wholesale inflation in the country was being driven by a global rise in prices of commodities and energy, the media reported. On a year-on-year basis, wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation increased from 9.68 […]

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English

Trump again Hints at Possibility of End of West Asia War

August 2, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Aug 2: Even as the Iranian media denied the President Donald Trump’s assertions that Tehran had requested the US to refrain from conducting new raids, Mr Trump hinting at a possibility of ending the West Asia war on Sunday claimed that a framework for stopping the ongoing conflict with Iran was […]

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Business

Social media: Defying the ban, most Australian teens still use it

July 31, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: More than 8 in 10 Australian teenagers were still found using social media three months after the government’s landmark ban on the platforms for under-16s took effect because the technology firms failed to implement effective age checks, the country’s internet regulator has found. In a study published on Friday, eSafety […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: 20 died as thousands of Moroccans ‘invade’ Spanish enclave in N. Africa

July 31, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Spain on Friday declared a “migrants’ emergency” after thousands of Moroccans, mostly African Muslims, breached the border, swam through waters, and ‘invaded’ the European country’s autonomous city of Ceuta, on the tip of the continental North Africa, taking towns midway by storm, the media reported. Nearly 5,000 Moroccan Muslims ‘illegally’ […]

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Business

Pakistan: 11 police officers, 15 terrorists killed in K-P as Munir tries to control PoK

July 30, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: At least 11 officers were killed and many others injured when unidentified terrorists attacked a police post in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province while the bankrupt country’s army tried to control the ongoing uprising in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) where it has killed nearly 100 people in recent weeks, the media reported […]

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Economy

Roving Periscope: High prices, PM Modi’s appeal pulls gold demand down in Q1FY27

July 30, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India’s gold demand fell 6 per cent year-on-year to 131.4 tonnes in the April-June quarter of 2026-27, weighed down by seasonally subdued sales, higher customs duty and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to reduce purchases of the precious metal, the World Gold Council (WGC) said in a report. The total […]

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Business

Hormuz: Iran rejects Oman’s proposal for joint management of the Strait

July 29, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Accusing the US and Saudi Arabia of pressuring Oman to advance the proposal of a regional joint management of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has rejected the “unrealistic” plan, the media reported on Wednesday. Iran said the proposal has no chance of ​success. With this development, crude oil futures traded […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: Apple touches $5 tr in m-cap; world’s biggest company again

July 29, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India’s nominal GDP is projected to reach USD 4.15- 4.58 trillion in the current financial year, 2026–27. Now consider just one American behemoth: Apple, the biggest iPhone maker. On Tuesday, it briefly crossed the historic USD 5 trillion market capitalization mark during trading, becoming only the second publicly listed company […]

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7.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Southwest Japan, At least 50 Feared Killed

July 28, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, July 28: A massive earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 shook Kumamoto on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu late Tuesday afternoon and a tsunami advisory was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. While there was no official report about casualty, the Japanese media quoting the Prime Minister Sanae […]

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Business

Banking: Delhi HC orders to wind up Paytm Payments Bank, says RBI

July 28, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has ordered that Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL) be wound up, the Reserve Bank of India said on Tuesday. In April 2026, the central bank had cancelled the banking licence issued to PPBL for alleged non-compliance with norms, saying the affairs of the bank were conducted […]

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