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Roving Periscope: In a 1971 Dhaka repeat, Taliban hang Pak soldiers’ pants in Afghanistan!

October 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In 1971, when nearly 93,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered before the Indian Army in Dhaka, many of them were photographed squatting without their trousers, and some Bangladesh Mukti Bahini members hung their pants publicly. Cut to 2025. As Pakistan claimed on Wednesday that it agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire as ‘requested’ […]

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The Adani Green Energy Gallery at London Celebrates One Million Visitors

October 16, 2025 revoi editor

London, 16 October 2025: Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery, an award-winning free gallery at the Science Museum, that explores how the world can generate and use energy more sustainably, has welcomed one million visitors since opening in late March 2024. Dedicated to examining one of the greatest challenges of our time – the rapid […]

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Energy: India ‘rejects’ Trump’s claims on stopping Russian oil import

October 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Hours after US President Donald Trump claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured him of cutting the procurement of Russian crude oil, India on Thursday said that New Delhi is broad-basing and diversifying the sourcing of petroleum products to meet market conditions. India prioritises its consumer in an energy-sourcing scenario, […]

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Carrot-and-stick: Trump declares trade war with China; Bessant calls for truce!

October 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: They have done it with India in recent weeks, with zero results. Now, they are doing it with China as well—hoping for a different response from an equally old and living civilization. Using the age-old carrot-and-stick policy, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that America is already locked in […]

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Hamas Brutality Continues Amidst Trump-Sponsored Gaza Peace Plan

October 15, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 15: In a bid to maintain control over the Palestinian enclave, Hamas is reportedly carrying out mass public executions in Gaza even as the US President Donald Trump has vowed to disarm the group. Videos of Hamas’ barbaric reprisal have gone viral on social media as the group clashed with other armed […]

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Pakistan – Afghanistan Agree to 48-Hour Ceasefire after about 50 Killed in Skirmishes

October 15, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 15: Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire on Wednesday evening after dozens of people were killed, and many more wounded, in violence along their shared border earlier in the day. The ceasefire came into effect 6.30 pm IST. ‘Both sides will make sincere efforts, through dialogue, to find […]

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Trade: India’s exports up 6.74%, imports increase by 16.6% in September 2025

October 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India’s exports increased by 6.74 percent to USD 36.38 billion in September, despite global headwinds, while imports rose 16.6 percent to USD 68.53 billion. The country’s trade deficit stood at USD 32.15 billion last month, the media reported on Wednesday. Imports surged due to the increase in imports of gold, […]

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Roving Periscope: From hotspots, Trump returns to trade war, dollar conundrum

October 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: While hotspots like Gaza and Ukraine are smouldering, and Afghanistan and Pakistan are turning into new battlefields, US President Donald Trump has warned to cut China trade over the ongoing dispute over soybeans. China, on its part, has moved the World Trade Organization (WTO) against India’s subsidies to electric vehicles. […]

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No peace after Nobel: Irked, Venezuela to close its embassy in Norway!

October 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Embarrassed with its hiding Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado being declared the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2025, and then she dedicating it to US President Donald Trump, who ‘lost’ it, Venezuela on Tuesday said it would close its embassy at Oslo, Norway. Interestingly, Trump had not only campaigned […]

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Roving Periscope: Amid fragile peace, IDF guns down 5 Palestinians in Gaza

October 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After the hostage-swapping and US President Donald Trump’s departure for Egypt for the peace summit—in which neither Israel nor Hamas participated—the fragile peace in the Gaza Strip threatened to collapse on Tuesday as five Palestinians were shot dead, the media reported. About 200 US troops are in Israel to monitor […]