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Economy: The UN lowers India’s growth to 6.4%; still among fastest growing economies

May 20, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Citing global uncertainties and economic shocks arising from the ongoing West Asia crisis, the United Nations has revised downward India’s economic growth forecast for 2026 to 6.4 per cent from its earlier projection of 6.6 per cent, but the South Asian nation remains among the fastest-growing major economies, the media […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: Befuddled, Trump sends Rubio to India to repair ties

May 20, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: His threats to NATO and Iran remained empty. His much-publicized visit to China yielded little. His poodle, Pakistan, has been sneezing in hot summer. Few now take him seriously even at home, and his popularity ratings have plummeted to just 37 percent. Even the Supreme Court has junked many of […]

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PM Modi meets Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Rome, discusses AI, space and strategic cooperation

May 20, 2026 revoi editor

Rome (Italy): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Rome and discussed ways to further strengthen the India-Italy partnership across sectors including trade, investment, technology, artificial intelligence, clean energy and culture. In a post on X, PM Modi said, “Met President Sergio Mattarella in Rome. We discussed different aspects relating […]

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Trump says US may strike Iran again but that Tehran wants deal

May 20, 2026 revoi editor

Washington D.C: President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States may need to strike Iran again and that he had been an hour away from ordering an attack before postponing it. Trump made the comments a day after saying he had paused a planned resumption of hostilities following a new proposal by Tehran […]

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Krishan Nagar, Sant Nagar, Jain Mandir Chowk, Ram Gali in Lahore, Pakistan reverting to Hindu, Sikh, Jain Names

May 19, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, May 19: In sharp contrast to India shedding off Mughal and colonial era names of streets and places replacing them with the names of the national heroes, Pakistan nearly 80 years after its creation through partition is reverting back to the old Hindu, Sikh, Jain and colonial names of the streets, […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: UPI the winner; debit cards lose sheen; RTGS the boss!

May 19, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Within a decade of its launch, India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has almost pushed out the ‘traditional’ debit card from general use and the new, QR code-based system now powers 85 per cent of all payments, the media reported on Tuesday. While the UPI dominates daily transactions, debit cards are […]

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Business

The Rupee: External headwinds plunge the Indian currency to Rs. 96.53/USD

May 19, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: On the sixth consecutive day, as external headwinds continued to roil world markets, the Indian rupee plunged further to a record low of Rs.96.53 per US dollar on Tuesday. Since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, starting the poly-crises in West Asia and elsewhere, the Indian currency […]

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What do we know about the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus?

May 19, 2026 revoi editor

Geneva (Switzerland): A rare strain of Ebola has prompted the World Health Organization to declare a public health emergency of international concern. Most of the cases have occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with more than 100 suspected deaths and nearly 400 suspected infections as of Monday. Here is what we know about this […]

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India and Norway Deepen Strategic Science & Innovation Partnership Through New Bilateral Agreements

May 19, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: As India and Norway deepen bilateral engagement during the visit of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to Norway, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), GoI signed a series of important agreements with leading Norwegian research, academic and industrial organizations in Oslo on 18 May […]

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Defence

Rajnath Singh holds bilateral talks with Vietnam Defence Minister, reaffirms commitment to strategic partnership

May 19, 2026 revoi editor

Hanoi (Vietnam): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday held bilateral talks with Vietnamese Defence Minister Phan Van Giang in Hanoi, with both sides reviewing defence cooperation and regional security amid growing strategic ties between India and Vietnam. In a post on X, Singh said “Held a productive bilateral meeting with Gen. Phan Van Giang, […]

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