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Dubai welcomes record 9.88 million visitors in 2025, India remains key market

August 5, 2025 revoi editor

Dubai has reaffirmed its status as a global tourism powerhouse, recording 9.88 million overnight international arrivals in the first half of 2025, a 6% increase over the same period in 2024, the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism announced. This milestone reflects the emirate’s ambitious pursuit of excellence in tourism, infrastructure, and global connectivity, in […]

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President Marcos thanks India for 2024 rescue, announces visa-free travel for Indians

August 5, 2025 revoi editor

Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr on Tuesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for India’s role in rescuing Filipino nationals following a Houthi rebel attack in 2024. He made the remarks during a joint press conference held in New Delhi. President Marcos underscored the importance of ensuring safe navigation and maritime security for Filipino seafarers. […]

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Economy: India to become the world’s “most sought-after consumer market”

August 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India will play a bigger role in global economy over the coming decades and become the world’s “most sought-after consumer market,” a Morgan Stanley report said on Monday. Morgan Stanley, a leading global financial services firm, specializes in investment banking, wealth management, and investment management. They provide a wide array of […]

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Roving Periscope: India exposes the US-led West’s hypocrisy on Pakistan, Russia

August 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid worsening relations between the US-led West and India over purchase of oil and arms from Russia and tariff tantrums, India started counter-attacking them, exposing America’s role in arming Pakistan before 1971, indirectly allowing New Delhi to purchase crude from Moscow since 2022, and turning a blind eye on Europe […]

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MEA defends India’s oil imports from Russia; calls US, EU criticism ‘unjustified, unreasonable’

August 5, 2025 revoi editor

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday defended India’s continued import of oil from Russia amid criticism from the United States and the European Union (EU), terming such objections “unjustified and unreasonable”. Responding to questions over energy trade with Russia since the commencement of the Ukraine conflict, the MEA clarified that India’s imports are […]

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Trump to sign order creating Olympics task force ahead of 2028 games

August 5, 2025 revoi editor

U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday creating a White House Olympics task force to handle security and other issues related to the 2028 summer Olympic Games, an administration official told Reuters. The task force, made up of members from Trump’s cabinet and government agencies, will coordinate federal, state and local […]

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Philippines President accorded ceremonial welcome, calls India visit reaffirmation of strengthening ties

August 5, 2025 revoi editor

Philippines President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday, marking the formal start of his five-day state visit to India. The visit, which coincides with the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two nations, is being viewed as a step towards deepening their strategic and economic […]

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro arrested, adding to tensions with Trump

August 5, 2025 revoi editor

Brazil’s Supreme Court put former President Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest on Monday ahead of his trial for an alleged coup plot, underscoring the court’s resolve despite escalating tariffs and sanctions from U.S. President Donald Trump. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the target of U.S. Treasury sanctions last week, issued the arrest order against Bolsonaro. His decision cited […]

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Purchase of Russian Oil: Trump again Threatens to “Substantially Raise” Tariffs Paid by India

August 4, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Aug 4: The United States President Donald Trump has threatened to “substantially raise” the Tariff paid by India to the US over its purchase of Russian oil.” “India is not only buying massive amounts of Russian Oil, they are then, for much of the Oil purchased, selling it on the Open Market for […]

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N-power: The US opposes, but Islamabad supports Tehran for “peaceful use”

August 4, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: While the US is pressurizing Iran to sign the nuclear deal, fearing it could use it for warfare, Pakistan, keeping its own options open, has supported Iran’s right to develop nuclear capability for “peaceful purposes.” After Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who arrived in Islamabad on Saturday on a two-day official […]