Political

Business

Markets: Mideast war drags Sensex, Nifty down over 1.2% as crude prices rise

March 2, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With the ongoing war in the Middle East involving a dozen countries escalating by the hour—US President Donald Trump said it could go on for three to four weeks!—and crude oil prices going up due to potential supply crises, India’s equity markets tumbled over 1.2 percent on Monday. While benchmark […]

Read more

Business

N-energy: Cameco signs $1.9bn uranium deal; India, Canada trade deal this year

March 2, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India and Canada are planning to conclude a trade deal by the end of 2026, Canadian Prime Minister Mark ‌Carney said on Monday during his first visit ​to New Delhi, as the two countries ⁠sought to move past two years of diplomatic friction to get economic ties back on track, […]

Read more

Business

Retaliation: Iran attacks multiple Arab countries, US bases in the Middle East; 26 killed

February 28, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Panditt   New Delhi: Quickly spreading the ongoing war within hours in the Middle East, Iran, responding to a joint US-Israel aerial attack on Saturday, launched retaliatory strikes against six US-friendly Arab neighbours and an American base in the volatile region, killing at least 26 people, the media reported on Saturday. Israel claimed it […]

Read more

Business

War on Iran: “Final victory is near,” exiled Crown Prince Pahlavi tells Iranians

February 28, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: After the US and Israel launched joint aerial attacks on multiple targets in Iran on Saturday, in a bid to change its theocratic regime, exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi urged the Iranians to prepare for a “decisive phase,” the media reported. In a message to the Iranian people, he said, […]

Read more

Business

Roving Periscope: Targeting regime-change, the US-Israel duo launch attacks on Iran

February 28, 2026 revoi editor

  Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: After three rounds of nuclear talks in Geneva collapsed, President Donald Trump on Saturday called on the Iranian people to “take over” their government, and Israel, with US assistance, launched a fierce, daylight attack on Iran, threatening global energy supplies and economies, the media reported. Authorities offered no casualty […]

Read more

Business

Bangladesh: ‘Loan defaulter’ garment businessman is new central bank chief!

February 27, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The first major decision by the newly-installed Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government led by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman kicked off a firestorm on Friday when Dhaka announced the appointment of an alleged loan defaulter garment businessman as governor of the central bank, the media reported. The Tarique government abruptly ended […]

Read more

Business

Roving Periscope: Pak’s ‘open war’ against Afghanistan claims dozens of lives

February 27, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In renewed border clashes, Pakistan launched an ‘open war’ early on Friday after Afghanistan crossed the 2,600 km-long disputed Durand Line with multiple attacks, and claimed to have killed more than 130 Taliban fighters, the media reported on Friday. As with previous rounds of hostilities between Pakistani and Afghan forces, […]

Read more

Business

Helping the enemy: Ex-US fighter pilot arrested for training Chinese counterparts!

February 26, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: A former United States Air Force officer and “elite fighter pilot” has been arrested and accused of betraying his country for illegally providing training to Chinese military pilots, the media reported on Thursday. The US Department of Justice said ex-Air Force Major Gerald Brown, once known by his pilot’s call […]

Read more

Business

Roving Periscope: To reset ties, Canadian PM Carney’s 4-day India visit begins on Friday

February 26, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney will begin his first-ever four-day state visit to India on Friday to restore bilateral relations which remained frosty since his predecessor Justin Trudeau’s claims of India’s ‘interference’ soured ties in 2023. In a significant shift in its position, Ottawa said that it believes India is […]

Read more

Business

Thus he spoke: In his 101-minute-long SOTU speech, Trump claims ‘golden age!’

February 25, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Delivering America’s longest State of the Union speech to the US Congress on Tuesday, President Donald Trump, 79, facing a mid-term election later this year, tried to calm economic jitters and claimed the dawn of a ‘golden age.’ He boasted that he had ushered in “the golden age of America,” […]

Read more