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Pahalgam Terrorist’s Funeral in PoK Shows Pakistan’s Hands in Terror Attack

August 3, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Aug 3: Even as Pakistan has vehemently refuted India’s charge of its nationals being involved in the Pahalgam terror attack, the “funeral in absentia” (Janaza-Ghaib) of Tahir Habib, one of the three terrorists killed by the Indian security forces in Dachigam forests near Srinagar, at his native village in the Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump has sown the wind; he may soon reap the whirlwind!

August 2, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: US President Donald Trump’s erratic and radical trade and tariff policies have scared industries, businesses, and investors not only in other countries but also at home where the unemployment rate has increased to 4.2 percent as labour participation weakened, the media, quoting the US Labour Department, reported on Saturday. Panicked […]

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Trump orders nuclear submarines moved after Russian ‘provocative statements’

August 2, 2025 revoi editor

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in “the appropriate regions” in response to remarks from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev about the risk of war between the nuclear-armed adversaries. Security analysts called Trump’s move a rhetorical escalation with Moscow, but not necessarily a military one, […]

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SpaceX launches joint astronaut crew to ISS in NASA’s Crew-11 mission

August 2, 2025 revoi editor

An international crew of four astronauts launched toward the International Space Station from Florida on Friday aboard a SpaceX rocket, embarking on a routine NASA mission that could be the first of many to last a couple of months longer than usual. The four-person crew – two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and a Japanese […]

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South Korea’s ex-leader Yoon Suk Yeol lay on floor of cell and refused to be questioned, prosecutors say

August 2, 2025 revoi editor

South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is in detention while on trial and facing various criminal probes, lay on the floor of his cell on Friday and refused to leave it for questioning, a spokesperson for a special prosecutor said. Yoon was removed from office in April by the Constitutional Court over his […]

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ENG vs IND: Chris Woakes ruled out of remainder of 5th Test with shoulder injury

August 2, 2025 revoi editor

England seamer Chris Woakes has been ruled out of the remainder of the fifth and final Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against India after injuring his left shoulder on Day 1 at The Oval, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed on Friday. In a statement, the ECB said, “Chris Woakes will continue to […]

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France starts airdrops of humanitarian aid into Gaza

August 2, 2025 revoi editor

France on Friday started to airdrop 40 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Gaza as it urged Israel to allow full access to the area, which it said was slipping into famine. “Faced with the absolute urgency, we have just conducted a food airdrop operation in Gaza. Thank you to our Jordanian, Emirati, and German partners […]

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Putin, facing Trump deadline, signals no change in Russia’s stance on Ukraine

August 2, 2025 revoi editor

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow hoped for more peace talks with Ukraine but that the momentum of the war was in its favour, signalling no shift in his stance despite a looming sanctions deadline from Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will impose new sanctions on Moscow and countries […]

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India extending all possible assistance, in touch with friendly govts: MEA on Nimisha Priya case

August 2, 2025 revoi editor

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday called the Nimisha Priya case a “sensitive matter” and stated that India is extending all possible assistance and is engaging with friendly governments on the issue. While addressing a weekly media briefing on Friday, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that the sentencing of Nimisha Priya was deferred […]

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India’s forex reserves rise by $2.7 billion to $698.19 billion

August 2, 2025 revoi editor

India’s foreign exchange reserves increased by $2.7 billion to reach $698.19 billion for the week ending July 25, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday. The rise was led by foreign currency assets, which went up by $1.31 billion to $588.93 billion. These assets, expressed in dollar terms, include […]