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Roving Periscope: India-Russia partnership among “steadiest” in world, says Dr. Jaishankar

December 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s highly-successful India visit concluded, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Saturday that the India-Russia partnership has been among the “steadiest big relationships” globally in the last 70-80 years, the media reported. The Russian leader’s visit to New Delhi was about “reimagining” the […]

Business

Growth momentum: Indian economy may grow over 7% in FY26, says Sitharaman

December 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Seven weeks before tabling her next Budget for the fiscal year 2026-27 in the Lok Sabha on February 1, 2026, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the government expects the Indian economy to expand by at least 7 percent in the current financial year (FY26). Chief Economic Adviser Dr. […]

Business

Ukraine: Russia will end the Ukraine war only “after achieving its goals,” says Putin

December 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Noting that Russia is willing to go to great lengths to protect its interests at any cost, President Vladimir Putin has stated that Russia did not start the Ukraine war, and accused the West of ‘igniting’ the conflict, the media reported on Friday. In an interview with India Today group […]

Business

MPC meeting: RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25%

December 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday slashed its repo rate by 25 basis points from 5.5 percent to 5.25 percent, the central bank’s governor, Sanjay Malhotra, announced, the media reported. The decision was taken unanimously after a three-day meeting of the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), held every […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Russia ready to continue fuel shipment to India, says Putin

December 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said his country is ready for uninterrupted shipments of fuel to India, the media reported. After the 23rd India-Russia Summit at Hyderabad House, he said “We resolved to prioritise our cooperation in areas of security, economy, trade and cultural spheres.” “We are looking at […]

Business

Ukraine: India not neutral, on the side of peace, says PM Modi

December 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday strongly supported the latest efforts to end the ongoing war in Ukraine and conveyed to visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin that India will stand shoulder-to-shoulder in all peace efforts to find an amicable solution to the nearly four-year-long conflict. The Ukraine issue figured prominently […]

Business

Pakistan: 44 US lawmakers flag ‘human rights crisis’ under Munir-Shehbaz regime

December 4, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: At least 44 US lawmakers, both from the ruling Republican and Opposition Democratic Party, have asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to impose immediate visa bans and asset freezes on senior Pakistani officials, alleging transnational repression, election irregularities, and the detention of opposition leaders, including former Prime Minister Imran Khan, […]

Business

The Ukraine war: Talks with the US ‘useful’ but also ‘difficult work,’ says Putin

December 4, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his five-hour talks with US envoys on ending the ongoing war in Ukraine were necessary and useful but also difficult work, as some of the proposals were unacceptable to the Kremlin, the media reported on Thursday. His remarks to a private news channel came […]

Defence

Roving Periscope: Ahead of Putin’s visit, India readies deal to get n-submarine

December 4, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s high-profile two-day visit to India, beginning Thursday evening, India is reported to have finalized a major defence agreement with Russia, under which it will lease a nuclear-powered attack submarine for about USD 2 billion, the media reported. The deal, likely to be signed […]

Business

Depreciation: The Indian rupee plummets to 90.21/USD; CEA says ‘don’t worry’

December 3, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As the Indian rupee breached the 90/ US dollar mark on Wednesday to close at 90.21, India’s Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V. Anantha Nageswaran said he will not ‘lose sleep’ over it. Reacting to the rupee hitting a record low, he said he expects it to improve against the US […]