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Roving Periscope: India’s move on FCRA worries Christian leaders and missionaries!

August 5, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India’s proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, expected to be tabled in Parliament soon, has rattled Christian missionaries and their supporters inside the country and outside, with a US lawmaker threatening that it may impact India-US relations, the media reported on Wednesday. “It is an attack on Christians,” said […]

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Economy: RBI retains repo rate at 5.25%, ups GDP growth in FY27 to 6.7%

August 5, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Keeping the repo rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday projected the country’s GDP growth rate at 6.7 per cent in the current financial year (2026-27), the media reported. The central bank’s rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the benchmark repo rate as […]

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EAM Jaishankar interacts with visiting UN Permanent Representatives from 17 countries

August 5, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar interacted with Permanent Representatives of the United Nations (UN) from 17 countries who are visiting India on a study tour. “Delighted to interact with Permanent Representatives of the United Nations from 17 countries, visiting India on a study tour. As the global order transforms, reformed multilateralism reflecting […]

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Union Environment Minister chairs Parliamentary Consultative Committee Meeting of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in New

August 5, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: The Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change met today in New Delhi, under the Chairmanship of the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav. The agenda of the meeting was to deliberate on the issue of Human–Wildlife Conflict (HWC) and the measures required […]

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Centre Deploys National Joint Outbreak Response Team as Multi-Institutional Probe Intensifies into Chandipura Virus Outbreak

August 5, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has deployed a National Joint Outbreak Response Team (NJORT) to Gujarat and Rajasthan to strengthen the response to the ongoing Chandipura Virus Disease (CHPV) outbreak. The deployment comes against the backdrop of sustained and intensified scientific investigations by a nationwide network of premier research institutions, […]

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India Distances itself from Sheikh Hasina’s Proposed Public Appearance

August 4, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Aug 4: India on Tuesday said it has ‘no involvement’ with former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s proposed media event in the national capital, stressing that it is being organised by a ‘private media entity.’ Speaking at the routine bi-weekly media briefing, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said New Delhi […]

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Air India Phuket – Delhi Flight Caught in Turbulence, Some Passengers Injured

August 4, 2026 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Aug 4: The passengers on an Air India Phuket-Delhi flight had a scare on Tuesday as the aircraft experienced a brief mid-air turbulence causing injuries to several of them. Air India said 17 people, including four crew members, sustained injuries. The airline said flight AI379, operating from Phuket to Delhi on August 4, […]

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Turmoil in Karnataka Congress with Cabinet Expansion, CM Issues Stern Warning

August 4, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Aug 4: The expansion of the Karnataka cabinet by inducting 19 new ministers on Monday has caused political turmoil in the Congress and headache for the Chief Minister DK Shivakumar forcing him to issue a stern warning on Tuesday to the disgruntled party members with several senior leaders expressing strong resentment […]

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Congress’ ‘Gungi Gudiya’ Remark on Sunetra Pawar Sparks Controversy

August 4, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Aug 4: Amidst the talk of reunification of the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founded by the veteran politician Sharad Pawar, a war of words has broken out between the Congress and the NCP’s Ajit Pawar faction over the opposition party’s dubbing its leader and the Maharashtra deputy […]

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Udhayanidhi Stalin Arrested for Alleged Indecent Remarks against Women, Released at Madras HC Orders

August 4, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Aug 4: In a day of high political drama, the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Udhayanidhi Stalin was on Tuesday arrested for his alleged double entendre alluding to popular actor Trisha Krishnan and was released some four hours later after orders from the Madras High Court. Soon […]

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