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Upgrade: IMF ups India’s GDP forecast for FY26, FY27 to 6.4%

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid Trump tariff uncertainties, the International Monetary Fund has upgraded India’s growth forecast by 20 basis points for the current fiscal and 10 basis points for the next fiscal years, the media reported on Wednesday. This is lower than the RBI projection (6.5 percent) but within the range of growth […]

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Earthquake: An 8.8 mega-temblor in Russia triggers tsunami warnings in Japan, the US, etc

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A magnitude 8.8 quake hit Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday morning, prompting tsunami warnings as far away as Japan, the US West Coast, and other countries, multiple media reports said. Fearing huge losses, Japan prepared to evacuate around two million people. Until Wednesday afternoon, tsunami warnings were issued for Russia, […]

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Britain warns Israel it could recognise Palestinian state as Gaza starvation spreads

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

Britain said on Tuesday it would recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes steps to relieve suffering in Gaza, where starvation is spreading, and reaches a ceasefire in the nearly two-year war with Hamas. The warning, which drew a harsh Israeli rebuke, came after a hunger monitor said a worst-case scenario of famine […]

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Trump says he may skip G20 summit in South Africa, cites policy disapproval

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he might skip the upcoming Group of 20 (G20) leaders’ summit in South Africa in November and send someone else to represent the United States, citing his disapproval of South African policies. “I think maybe I’ll send somebody else because I’ve had a lot of problems with South Africa. […]

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Australia adds YouTube to social media ban for children

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

Australia said on Wednesday it will include Alphabet-owned YouTube in its world-first ban on social media for teenagers, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the video-sharing platform. Australia’s internet watchdog last month urged the government to overturn the proposed exemption for YouTube after its research found 37% of children aged 10 to 15 reported seeing […]

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Russian airstrikes on prison, hospital kill 19 in southeastern Ukraine

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

Russian airstrikes on a prison and hospital in southeastern Ukraine killed at least 19 people, officials said on Tuesday, while U.S. President Donald Trump said he would start imposing punitive measures on Russia within 10 days if Moscow showed no progress toward ending its war in Ukraine. Sixteen of the people were killed when Russia […]

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Indian consulate in San Francisco issues advisory amid tsunami threat after Russia quake

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

The Consulate General of India in San Francisco on Wednesday said it is closely monitoring the potential tsunami threat following a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. The advisory urged Indian nationals in coastal areas to follow instructions if a tsunami warning is issued. In a post on X, the consulate said, “The […]

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Eminent economist Lord Megnadh Desai passes away at 85

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

Renowned economist, author, and member of the UK House of Lords, Lord Meghnad Desai, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 85, leaving behind a rich legacy of scholarship, public service, and enduring contributions to India-UK relations. Born in 1940 in Vadodara, Gujarat, Meghnad Jagdishchandra Desai studied economics at the University of Mumbai, earning […]

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ISRO-NASA earth-observing ‘NISAR’ satellite to lift off today from Sriharikota

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite today at 17:40 IST from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. This highly anticipated mission marks a major milestone in Indo-US space collaboration, with over a decade of planning and a joint investment of more […]

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India backs two-state solution, calls for ceasefire and aid to Gaza

July 30, 2025 revoi editor

India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, on Tuesday reaffirmed the country’s support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict and called for urgent humanitarian aid in Gaza. Speaking at the High-Level International Conference on ‘The Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution’ in […]