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Arrested Actress Ranya Rao’s DGP Father Says He was Devastated by her Acts

March 5, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Mar 5: Kannada actress Ranya Rao’s IPS father, the DGP of Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation, Ramachandra Rao, said he had been shocked and devastated by his daughter’s arrest allegedly for smuggling of gold. Ranya was arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) at Bengaluru International Airport on Monday after she was […]

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Air India Suspends Simulator Trainer Pilot, Put on Off-duty 10 Pilots Trained under Him

March 5, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Mar 5: Air India on Wednesday fired a simulator trainer pilot for lapses, and removed from flying duties 10 others who trained under him, pending further investigation. The action came after a whistleblower flagged the simulator trainer pilot not doing his job properly while training others, the Tata group-owned airline said in a […]

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Suspension of Funds to USAID: Trump Suffers Legal Defeat

March 5, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Mar 5: A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday handed a legal defeat to the President Donald Trump rejecting his bid to freeze some $ two billions in foreign aid payments. The Court, in its first significant ruling on a legal challenge to the Trump administration, voted 5-4 to uphold a lower court […]

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Comments on Aurangzeb, Abu Azmi Suspended from Maharashtra Assembly

March 5, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Mar 5: Disregarding his apology and clarification on his statement on Aurangzeb, which has sparked a massive political uproar, the Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi was on Wednesday unanimously suspended from the Maharashtra state Assembly till the remainder of the current budget session. But instead of dying down, the issue further […]

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Mani Shankar Raise Questions on Rajiv Gandhi’s Academic Qualifications, BJP Attacks

March 5, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Mar 5: Giving some ammo to the rivals to beat the Grand Old Party with, veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar sparked a controversy raising questions about academic qualifications of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and wondering how an airline pilot could be made the prime minister. As the BJP […]

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One more: “If the US wants any war, we will fight till the end,” says China

March 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Retorting sharply to US President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs from April, the Chinese Embassy in Washington said Beijing is ready to “fight till the end” in any type of war the US wants, the media reported on Wednesday. “If war is what the US wants, be it a tariff war, […]

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Trump @US Congress: Ukraine, Greenland, China, India…and more

March 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In his first address to the joint session of US Congress after starting his second term in January, President Donald Trump on Tuesday raked up the issues now familiar with his actions so far, held his predecessor Joe Biden responsible for inflation, and threatened reciprocal tariffs against India, China, and […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump pushes Europe and China to hike defense budgets

March 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump’s rapid-fire actions emerging as the latest ‘threat’ to the existing world order, Europe and China are increasing their respective defense budgets to meet the potential exigencies in the next four years. While the European Union (EU) has proposed borrowing of 150 billion euros (USD 157.76 […]

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Steve Smith Retires from ODI Cricket, Refuses to Buy India Advantage Talks

March 5, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Mar 5: One of the greatest cricketers of his generation, Australia captain batter Steve Smith, who refused to buy the argument that India enjoyed advantage by playing at one venue, Dubai, in the on-going ICC Champions Trophy, announced retirement from ODI cricket on Wednesday after his team’s elimination from the tournament […]

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Borrowing: Credit-seeking women’s number increased by three times in 5 years

March 4, 2025 revoi editor

New Delhi: The number of women borrowers availing of retail credit has increased at a massive compounded annual rate of growth (CAGR) of 22 percent between 2019 and 2024, the media reported. According to a recent report of the NITI Aayog, it reflects a major shift in financial behaviour, with women leveraging credit increasing for […]