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Roving Periscope: After his “suicide mission” against Trump, panicked Democrats may replace oldie Biden

June 28, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With only about four months remaining for the November 5 Presidential elections, the ruling Democrats are panicked in the United States and wondering if they can replace incumbent Joe Biden, 81, from re-entering the fray for a second term after his ‘disastrous’ TV debate against his predecessor Donald Trump, 78, on […]

Business

The Maldives: Climate minister arrested for “black magic” on President Muizzu

June 27, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a bizarre incident, the Maldives Police arrested the State Environment Minister, Fatimah Shamnaz Ali Saleem, and two others, for allegedly using “black magic” against President Mohamed Muizzu. Although sorcery is not a criminal offense under the Maldivian law, it can result in a six-month jail sentence under Islamic law, the […]

Business

Financial system: RBI chief Das cautions against tech-led disruptions

June 27, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has said while the Indian economy is exhibiting strength and resilience amid global headwinds, there is also a need for caution against disruptions in the financial system from new technologies. The matrix of financial stability is perhaps at its best, but the real […]

Defence

Roving Periscope: After key poll outcome, Poilievere challenges Trudeau to order snap poll in Canada

June 26, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ahead of next year’s federal elections, Canada’s ruling Liberal Party, headed by its controversial Prime Minister Justine Trudeau, suffered a major setback on Tuesday when it lost a special poll in the Toronto-St Paul’s district, a stronghold of his party since 1993, prompting his chief rival Pierre Poilievere to seek snap […]

English

Heatwave: Abraham Lincoln’s wax statue melts in Washington!

June 26, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The iconic wax sculpture of Abraham Lincoln, America’s legendary 16th President (1861-65), who was assassinated, melted in the heatwave sweeping the US national capital Washington DC over the last weekend, the media reported on Wednesday. The six-foot-tall wax statue melted as the temperatures, which soared to over 37 degrees Centigrade, disfigured […]

Business

America: “Admit more Chinese students for the humanities and Indians for sciences!”

June 25, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A top American diplomat said the US should welcome more students from China to study the humanities, and Indian students for sciences, noting that American universities are limiting Chinese students’ access to sensitive technology given security concerns. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said on Monday not enough Americans were studying […]

Business

Space: Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams ‘stuck’ on the ISS for 2 weeks

June 25, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With NASA conducting additional reviews of the spacecraft’s technical issues, Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams’ return to Earth has been delayed by about two weeks, the media reported on Tuesday. Sunita Williams and her co-astronaut Butch Wilmore’s return to this planet has been postponed due to multiple technical issues. NASA will permit […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Under China’s pressure, Pak to ‘relaunch’ anti-terror drive

June 25, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Nearly bankrupt and clueless, Pakistan will once again launch a new military operation to curb increasing “armed attacks” within the country, but this decision has come only because of the pressure from its ‘all-weather’ friend China which has refused to invest more funds until the Islamist country, infested with state-supported terror […]

Business

Media: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to plead ‘guilty’, and walk free

June 25, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who leaked America’s best-kept secrets over a decade ago causing sensation worldwide, will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the US Justice Department that will free him from prison and resolve a long-running legal saga that spanned multiple continents and centered on the […]

Business

Hajj pilgrims: 83% of the 1,300-plus dead were unregistered, say the Saudis

June 24, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Saudi Arabia on Sunday said that nearly 83 percent of the over 1,300 Muslim pilgrims who died during the Hajj pilgrimage due to intense heat, were unregistered and did not have official permits for the pilgrimage. “Regrettably, the number of mortalities reached 1,301, with 83 percent being unauthorized to perform Hajj […]