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Bye, bye 2025: India to welcome 2026 on strong economic footing, high growth, low inflation

December 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Outgrowing concerns expressed in some quarters because of Trump tariffs and geopolitical uncertainties, India is on track to conclude 2025 as one of its most significant years of economic performance, with key macroeconomic indicators reflecting strong growth, low inflation, expanded exports and improved labour market conditions, the government said in […]

Defence

Nepal: Will rapper Shah become India’s next-door Zelenskyy?

December 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a former TV stand-up comedian and entertainer, became the sixth president of Ukraine in 2019. Since February 2022, his government has been struggling for existence against Russia. Now, amid mounting challenges from Gen Z agitation and political uncertainties, Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balendra Shah, a rapper-turned-politician, has been […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Ukraine seeks 50 years of US security against Russia

December 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In their Sunday meeting in yet another attempt to thrash out a peace plan, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged his US counterpart Donald Trump to provide 50 years of security guarantees, saying meeting with Russia to end the ongoing war is still possible. The current 20-point peace plan, floated by […]

Business

Security: India to buy defence hardware worth Rs. 79,000 crores

December 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid fast-changing geopolitics and emerging challenges in the neighbourhood, India on Monday decided to purchase defence hardware worth Rs. 79,000 crores (nearly USD 9 billion), the media reported. The Defence Ministry, on Monday, approved the procurement of long-range rockets, missiles, radar systems, and military platforms worth Rs. 79,000 crores to […]

Business

The Arab faultlines: “Immediate action,” Saudis warn the UAE-backed Yemen separatists

December 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The ancient faultlines within the Arab Muslims reappeared when the Saudi-led coalition warned the UAE-backed Yemen separatists of “immediate action,” the media reported on Saturday. The Saudi-led coalition, fighting in in Yemen, warned it would immediately respond to any military movements of separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates that […]

Business

India-NZ FTA: More jobs, incomes, trade, says PM Luxon

December 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Five days after India and New Zealand concluded negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Saturday that the deal will create more jobs, enhance incomes, and increase trade, the media reported. The two countries, on December 22, concluded negotiations for a comprehensive, balanced and […]

Business

Pakistan: It’s a junta with n-weapons, President Putin told George W. Bush in 2001

December 26, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As US President Donald Trump romances with Pakistan’s “Field Marshal” Asim Munir, fresh revelations have surfaced about how concerned Washington was when Islamabad pursued its nuclear programme relentlessly, by hook or crook. Pakistan’s nuclear proliferation programme, primarily against India, triggered deep concern at the highest levels of the United States […]

Elections

Roving Periscope: US targets Islamic State in Nigeria after attacks on Christians

December 26, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The United States on Thursday struck at Islamic State (IS) targets in Eastern Nigeria after the Muslim terrorist gang targeted Christians, the media reported on Friday. After weeks of accusing the West African country’s government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians, President Donald Trump said on Thursday […]

Business

Markets: Bourses fluctuate but metal prices soar

December 26, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In the last week of a volatile 2025, silver futures hit a new peak of Rs. 2.32 lakh per kg and its global prices crossed the USD 75-mark, while benchmark Sensex and Nifty50 ended negative on Friday, the media reported. On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), silver futures for March […]

Business

Libya: Army chief, 7 others killed in a private aircraft crash in Turkiye

December 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: At least eight people, including the Libyan army chief, were reported killed in a private plane crash near Turkiye on Wednesday, the media reported. Libya’s internationally ⁠recognised government said the dead included the African country’s army chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, four members ⁠of his entourage, and three […]