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EAM Jaishankar slams terrorism at SCO meet, cites Pahalgam attack as example

July 16, 2025 revoi editor

External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar on Tuesday underscored the need for an uncompromising stand against terrorism, citing the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, India, which was condemned by the UN Security Council. The minister was speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Tianjin, China. In a post on […]

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US launches probe into Brazil’s trade practices, digital payment services

July 16, 2025 revoi editor

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Tuesday he had launched an investigation into Brazil’s “unfair” trading practices, a week after President Donald Trump threatened a 50% tariff on imports from Latin America’s largest economy. Trump’s trade war, launched since starting his second term in January, sets tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners, aiming […]

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Trump to meet Qatar’s PM to discuss Gaza ceasefire deal, Axios reports

July 16, 2025 revoi editor

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani on Wednesday to discuss negotiations over a Gaza ceasefire deal, Axios reporter Barak Ravid posted on X. Israeli and Hamas negotiators have been taking part in the latest round of ceasefire talks in Doha since July 6, discussing a U.S.-backed […]

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IMF Objects to Pakistani Government Granting Subsidies on Imported Sugar

July 15, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, July 15: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised serious objections to Pakistan’s recent move to provide tax exemptions and subsidies on imported sugar and cautioned that the decision could undermine the ongoing $7 billion loan agreement with the global lender, media reports said on Tuesday. Official sources said the IMF opposed the […]

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Satyajit Ray’s Ancestral Home in Dhaka being Demolished

July 15, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, July 15: The ancestral home in Dhaka of the eminent filmmaker and winner of many national and international laurels Satyajit Ray is being demolished by Bangladeshi authorities. This was stated by the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee quoting Bangladeshi media reports on Tuesday. The century-old property in Dhaka’s Horikishore Ray Chowdhury Road […]

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Nimisha Priya’s Execution Postponed, Ray of Hope for her Reprieve

July 15, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, July 15: The execution of the Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, on the death row in Yemen allegedly for the murder of a local citizen and her former business partner, scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed with hectic parleys underway in Yemen in a last-ditch effort to save her life with “blood […]

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Space: In Shubhanshu Shukla, India gets its second astronaut and a new hero!

July 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the return of Shubhanshu Shukla on Earth on Tuesday, India has a new hero, 41 years after the country’s first astronaut, Rakesh Sharma, made the country proud. It has been a giant leap for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), which has funded Rs. 550 crore for the US-led […]

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Space: Shubhanshu Shukla-piloted Ax-4 mission returns on Earth

July 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Signifying a new landmark in the Indo-US cooperation and delighting millions of Indians, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft Grace successfully landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Tuesday, marking the safe return of the Axiom-4 Mission (Ax-4) crew, piloted by India’s Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian […]

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Automobiles: Elon Musk’s EV maker Tesla enters India; first showroom in Mumbai

July 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Weeks after India gave the go-ahead to Elon Musk’s Starlink, the high-speed, satellite-based Internet services provider, to operate, his electric vehicle-maker company, Tesla, entered the country with an ‘experience centre’ and the first showroom in Mumbai on Tuesday. A 4,000-square-foot space in Mumbai’s financial district of Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) […]

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In reversal, Trump arms Ukraine and threatens sanctions on countries that buy Russian oil

July 15, 2025 revoi editor

U.S. President Donald Trump announced new weapons for Ukraine on Monday and threatened sanctions on buyers of Russian exports unless Russia agrees to a peace deal, a major policy shift brought on by frustration with Moscow’s ongoing attacks on its neighbour. But Trump’s threat of sanctions came with a 50-day grace period, a move that […]