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The Divided States: Internet urges Modi for “ceasefire” as Trump, Musk spar in public!

June 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The Internet was flooded on Friday with social media users requesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce a ‘ceasefire’ between warring US President Donald Trump and his estranged billionaire-funder Elon Musk who have been firing on all cylinders this week, making the world puzzled and the markets panicking. Their memes […]

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Markets: With RBI’s significant rate-cut, Sensex, Nifty up 1%

June 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India’s benchmark equity indices surged on Friday after the RBI cut interest rates by more-than-expected 50 basis points — a third consecutive reduction — and reduced the cash reserve ratio (CRR) for banks to provide a major liquidity fillip to support the economy amid geopolitical and tariff headwinds. Recovering all […]

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Roving Periscope: Now, Russia pounds “almost all of Ukraine” with missiles

June 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Five days after Ukraine stunned Russia, and the world, with a low-cost destruction of a third of Russian Air Force assets merely by using drones from 4,500 km, Moscow’s missile attack on Friday left Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy admitting that “almost all of Ukraine” came under fireballs. Europe’s deadliest war […]

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Indian maritime firms secure major shipbuilding deals and green tech partnerships at Nor-Shipping 2025 in Oslo

June 6, 2025 revoi editor

Indian maritime companies have made significant strides at Nor-Shipping 2025 in Oslo, signing key agreements with global players to boost shipbuilding, green technology, and knowledge partnerships, reinforcing India’s maritime prowess and the “Make in India” initiative. Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, attended the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Memorandum of Intent […]

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Trump, Musk feud explodes with threats of cutting contracts, backing impeachment

June 6, 2025 revoi editor

President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to cut off government contracts with billionaire Elon Musk’s companies, while Musk suggested Trump should be impeached, turning their bromance into an all-out brawl on social media. The hostilities began when Trump criticised Tesla CEO Musk in the Oval Office. Within hours, the once-close relationship had disintegrated in full […]

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Musk-Trump breakup puts $22 billion of SpaceX contracts at risk, jolting US space program

June 6, 2025 revoi editor

About $22 billion of SpaceX’s government contracts are at risk, and multiple U.S. space programs could face dramatic changes in the fallout from Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s explosive feud on Thursday. The disagreement, rooted in Musk’s criticism of Trump’s tax-cut and spending legislation that began last week, quickly spiralled out of control. Trump […]

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Operation Sindoor outreach: Indian delegation calls on US Vice President in Washington

June 6, 2025 revoi editor

An all-party Indian parliamentary delegation, led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, on Thursday had an “excellent meeting” with the United States Vice President J.D. Vance in Washington, briefing him about Operation Sindoor, terrorism faced by India, and regional security. The delegation is on a 2-day visit to the United States as part of India’s global […]

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Aid Ship Carrying Greta Thunberg Heads to Gaza Amid Israeli Warning

June 5, 2025 revoi editor

A humanitarian aid vessel named Madleen, organised by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), is en route to Gaza with a group of activists, including prominent climate campaigner Greta Thunberg. The mission aims to draw international attention to the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave and challenge the longstanding Israeli blockade. The ship departed from a […]

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US vetoes UN Security Council demand for Gaza ceasefire

June 5, 2025 revoi editor

The United States on Wednesday vetoed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that demanded an “immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza and unhindered aid access across the war-torn enclave. The other 14 countries on the council voted in favor of the draft as a humanitarian crisis grips the enclave […]

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Op. Sindoor: Group of US lawmakers support India’s right to retaliate

June 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: A group of US lawmakers has strongly condemned the April 22 massacre of 26 Hindu-only tourists at Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, and supported India’s right to self-defense and retaliate, as they invoked a shared commitment to zero tolerance against terrorism. At a high-level meeting in Washington with the visiting all-party […]

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