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Pakistan: Baloch terrorists identify, kill 31 Punjabi passengers, torch their vehicles

August 26, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Pakistan is now getting a taste of its own ‘medicines.’ It had trained terrorists to identify and selectively kill the people in Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir since the 1980s. That’s what the Baloch terrorists are doing now. Baloch terrorists identified and killed at least 31 Punjabi people in two separate […]

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The next revolution: RBI to launch an Unified Lending Interface

August 26, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After the spectacular success of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in India and some other countries, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to launch a Unified Lending Interface (ULI) to transform the South Asian country’s lending space. “Just like UPI transformed the payments ecosystem, we expect ULI will play […]

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Ukraine: If the world stops buying its oil, Russia to face challenges, says Zelenskyy

August 24, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: If the world, including India, stops buying its subsidized oil, Russia will face major economic challenges, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday. According to the media reports, during his bilateral talks with visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Zelenskyy said, Putin has nothing except for oil, and his main currency […]

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Roving Periscope: “Extremely serious consequences if you elect Trump,” Harris warns US voters

August 24, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Democratic Party’s new candidate, Kamala Harris, 59, has warned the American voters against electing her Republican rival Donald Trump as it could lead to “extremely serious consequences.” In her Thursday night acceptance speech, she took forward President Joe Biden’s earlier attempt, wherein he framed voters’ choice in November to dark […]

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Roving Periscope: PM Modi meets Zelenskyy in Kyiv; pay tributes to Gandhi

August 23, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Six weeks after his high-profile meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with a warm hug, as soon as he alighted from a special train from Poland after a 7-hour journey, amid Kyiv’s fresh military offensive into the Russian […]

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Fund diversion: SEBI imposes heavy fines, bars Anil Ambani, and others for 5 years; group stocks tank

August 23, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a significant move, markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed heavy fines and barred businessman Anil Ambani and 24 other entities, including former key officials of his public-listed Reliance Home Finance Ltd (RHFL), from the securities market for five years for alleged diversion of funds from […]

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Roving Periscope: Before visiting Ukraine, PM Modi reiterates dialogue for peace

August 22, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ahead of his Friday visit to war-torn Ukraine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Poland that India has always advocated for permanent peace in the region and reiterated that New Delhi believes in dialogue and diplomacy as the best way to resolve any conflict. PM Modi arrived in Warsaw on Wednesday […]

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Employment: E-vendors created 15.8 mn jobs in India, including 3.5 mn for women

August 21, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Online vendors working in the electronic commerce (e-com) segment of businesses have generated 15.8 million jobs in India, including 3.5 million for women, with about 1.76 million retail enterprises participating in e-commerce activity, according to a report released on Wednesday. The report “Assessing the Net Impact of e-Commerce on Employment and […]

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Roving Periscope: A month after visiting Russia, PM Modi to seek peace in Ukraine

August 21, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Precisely because he has been breaking new grounds nationally and globally—that unites legions of his jealous and failed enemies within and without—Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attempting to do something many of his admirers-turned-secret foes couldn’t: bringing peace to war-torn Ukraine jackbooted by India’s old friend, Russia, since February 2022. With […]

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Roving Periscope: Yunus visits Dhakeshwari temples; court books Hasina for murder

August 13, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A week after she fled the country she led for over 15 years, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed has begun to face music from those who toppled her government: a murder case. Aping Pakistan’s kangaroo courts, a Bangladesh court has ordered a probe in a murder case allegedly involving Sheikh […]

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