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Pahalgam massacre: In a first, Jaishankar thanks Afghan FM for support to India

May 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India on Thursday welcomed Afghanistan’s firm rejection of attempts to sow distrust between New Delhi and Kabul as External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar thanked Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. In their first publicly acknowledged phone conversation, Dr. Jaishankar also “deeply” appreciated Muttaqi’s condemnation of the Pahalgam terror attack, […]

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Gold: As prices skyrocket, demand falls by 15% in three months, says WGC

April 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India, believed to be the world’s largest gold consumer, has seen its demand for the yellow metal fall by 15 percent this year because of skyrocketing prices, the World Gold Council (WGC) has said. This decline in sales volume was offset by a 22 percent surge (in rupee terms) in […]

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Financial crime: Mehul Choksi, arrested in Belgium, may be brought back to India

April 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Days after the 26/11 terror attack mastermind Tahawwur Rana was extradited from the US to India, another high-value accused, Mehul Choksi, is likely to be brought back from Belgium to face the long arm of the law in the country of his origin. According to the media reports, the Belgian […]

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Hughes Fires: 50,000 evacuated as devastating Los Angeles inferno returns

January 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: US Officials on Thursday evacuated nearly 50,000 people from fire-hit areas around Los Angeles, California, as the recent wildfires, which destroyed properties worth over USD 150 billion, killed many, and forced celebrities to flee, returned with ferocity—the fire department named them the Hughes Fires. A new wildfire erupted north of […]

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Roving Periscope: LA’s devastating fires cause $60 bn loss as H’wood celebrities flee

January 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Several Hollywood celebrities, whose palatial mansions turned into ashes, are reported to have fled the raging fires in Los Angeles where at least 10 people have died and nearly 20,000 acres of forested land have turned into rubble this week, the media reported on Friday. The fires have displaced nearly […]

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Social media “scourge”: Australia to legally ban users under 16 years of age

September 10, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Although analysts are doubting its technological feasibility, Australia is considering introducing legislation this year to ban access to social media outlets by users under 16 years of age. Even the Opposition will support it, the media reported on Tuesday. The minimum age for children to log into social media sites including […]

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Fintech: India attracted $31 bn in 10 years; needs more cybersecurity, says PM Modi

August 30, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India’s robust financial technology (fintech) sector has attracted nearly USD 31 billion of investment in the last 10 years and more is expected, as he asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to enhance cyber security and digital literary to effectively combat cyber frauds. […]

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Roving Periscope: Pakistan ’s revamped “counter-terror” move draws popular protests!

July 3, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after its launch with much fanfare—of course, under pressure from an angry China!-Pakistan’s revamped “anti-terror” campaign is facing stiff opposition from the terror outfits as well as the political Opposition, the media reported on Wednesday. Not only tribal councils but Opposition parties have also protested against the relaunch of a […]

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Roving Periscope: Oxford varsity to return 500-year-old statue ‘stolen’ from India

June 11, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Five years ago, renowned economist Utsa Patnaik and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor revealed that the British Empire, which systematically plundered the Indian subcontinent and pauperized its people, siphoned off their proverbial wealth to the tune of USD 45 trillion (9.2 trillion pounds) between 1765 and 1938. Besides, the British also took […]

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Roving Periscope: For the first time since 1948, Israel fights an existential crisis

April 2, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a never-before situation, Israel, and its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, are firing on all cylinders—both within and without. The Jewish state has never been through such an existential crisis, nor have so many Jews demanded their current PM’s resignation amid a raging war. Like Russian President Vladimir Putin, he is […]

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