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86 Killed after Boat Capsized in Congo

September 12, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 12: At least 86 people have died after a motorised boat capsized in north-western Congo’s Equateur Province, state media reported on Friday. The accident occurred on Wednesday in Basankusu territory, according to the state news agency, which also reported that most of the victims were students. It was not immediately clear what […]

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Nepal Unrest: Sushila Karki to Head Interim Government

September 12, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 12: Ending the days of turmoil, the Nepal president’s office on Friday announced that the former chief justice Sushila Karki, who was the first woman chief justice of the Nepal Supreme Court, baceme the interim prime minister of the Himalayan nation. She was administered the oath of office on Friday […]

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Pakistan Called “State Sponsor of Terrorism” at UNHRC Meeting

September 12, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 12: Pakistan was once again embarrassed at the United Nations for harbouring terrorists and was branded “another state sponsor of terrorism” along with Qatar. The dramatic moment unfolded during a United Nations Human Rights Commission discussion on Israel’s recent attack in Qatar that targeted Hamas’s political leadership. A human rights […]

Defence

Roving Periscope: Nepal’s leadership crisis continues as Gen Z shows some sanity

September 12, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid a free-for-all since Monday’s uprising, led by Generation Z mobs, and allegedly infiltrated by foreign influencers, Nepal on Friday stared at Himalayan uncertainties as youngsters clashed with each other on who should now lead Kathmandu, and then hit the streets on Friday to clean up the mess they created […]

Business

Brazil: Trump’s ‘friend’ ex-President Bolsonaro gets 27-year jail for coup attempt

September 12, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Recently, US President Donald Trump clashed with his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, arm-twisted BRICS, accused it of alleged de-dollarization moves, and did whatever he could to protect his ‘friend’ former President Jair Messias Bolsonaro from being convicted of a coup attempt. It makes Bolsonaro, infamous as “Brazil’s […]

Business

Trump tantrums: Now, the US to press G7 bloc to impose tariffs on India, China!

September 12, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After failing to impress upon the European Union (EU) immediately to impose higher tariffs against India, the US is trying to persuade the Group of Seven (G7) countries to levy higher import duties against New Delhi and Beijing, even as President Donald Trump and his sycophants continued their carrot-and-stick policy […]

Business

Nepal: After Monday’s uprising,’ Gen Z factions confused on the next move

September 11, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After toppling the Communist-led government within 48 hours on Tuesday, and then torching several national symbols, the confused Generation Z, still leaderless and clueless, is trying to come to terms with a stark reality: how to govern a poor, landlocked country that has no government, and where more than 13,000 […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Trump proposes, but Europe is reluctant to dispose!

September 11, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A year after America’s independence from Britain, Scottish poet Robert Burns famously wrote in 1786: “The best laid plans of mice and men / Go often awry.” US President Donald Trump’s multiple plans have also failed to take off at home and abroad, despite much brouhaha. His favourite weapons of […]

English

Nepal Unrest: Sushila Karki Chosen to Lead Talks with Army for New Government Formation

September 10, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 10: The former Chief Justice of Nepal Sushila Karki, known for her no nonsense attitude against corruption, would be the representative of the Gen Z protesters for negotiations with the Army on government formation as a semblance of normalcy returned to Kathmandu on Wednesday after two days of massive protests […]

Business

Roving Periscope: France also on the boil; may follow SL, B’desh, and Nepal

September 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid fresh fears of the Russian-Ukraine war spreading deeper in Europe, France came to a boil on Wednesday as thousands of demonstrators, protesting against increasing political uncertainties ahead of the 2027 presidential polls, poured out on the streets in several French cities in what could degenerate into a chaotic situation, […]