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Human trafficking: India rescues 60 Indians from Chinese job scam in Cambodia

May 22, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Indian Embassy in Cambodia on Wednesday announced it has rescued 60 Indians who fell victim to fraudulent employment practices run by handlers in the former China-supported communist nation in Southeast Asia. The rescued persons were shifted from Sihanoukville, Cambodia, to its capital Phnom Penh with assistance from the Embassy for […]

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Roving Periscope: The US is stunned as 3 European allies recognize Palestine!

May 22, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a far-reaching disruption, the equivalent of a geopolitical temblor, three European allies of the United States—Norway, Ireland, and Spain—on Wednesday announced to recognize a separate Palestinian State, in a historic move that may potentially cripple NATO amid Russian challenge and diminish President Joe Biden’s chances of a second term in […]

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Space: Gopi Thotakura, the first Indian-origin space tourist, waves the Tricolor

May 21, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Gopichand Thotakura,30, made history on Sunday when he became the first Indian-origin space tourist and waved the Tricolor, as five other crew members for the New Shepard-25 (NS-25) mission of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin aerospace firm’s flight, that lifted off a private ranch in West Texas, USA, looked on. With this […]

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Roving Periscope: “Genocide Joe” Biden slams ICC prosecutor’s plea for warrants against Bibi, others

May 21, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Calling the death of over 35,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as “no genocide”, Joe Biden on Monday slammed the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor’s plea for arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as the poll-bound US President called the move “shameful, outrageous.” Addressing a Jewish […]

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COVID-19: Alert in Singapore; ICMR junks BHU’s “study” of vaccine side effects

May 20, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: When COVID-19 is rearing its head again in Singapore, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has junked a purported “study” carried out by some Benares Hindu University (BHU) researchers who claimed the COVAXIN vaccine used in India created ‘side effects.’ According to the media reports, Singapore’s government is sounding the […]

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Taiwan: New Prez seeks peace with China; Beijing sanctions US cos

May 20, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Taiwan’s new President William Lai Ching-te, in his inaugural address on Monday, sought peace with China. In response, Beijing announced sanctions on leading US companies, like Boeing, for arms sales to Taiwan. Soon after being sworn in as the new President, Ching-te praised the self-governing island’s democracy and urged China to […]

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Roving Periscope: Iran heads to uncertain future as President Raisi dies in chopper crash

May 20, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid simmering conflict with Israel, tensions with the US and the Arabs, the killing of senior army generals, and a months-long women’s anti-clerical agitation, Iran on Monday headed toward an uncertain future as its President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian died in a helicopter crash in the dense fog […]

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Hypocrisy: After several self-goals, the US suddenly ‘praises’ Indian democracy!

May 18, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: It’s election season even in the US and no party can afford to antagonize the powerful, 4-million-strong, Indian-American community. So, after threatening, warning, and condemning India on various counts—Russia, Khalistan, Canada, human rights, Iran, etc.– in the last few months under pressure from its Liberal-Democrat-Secular (LibDemSec) power brokers–the Biden Administration suddenly […]

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Roving Periscope: No ‘genocide’ in Gaza, Israel claims after 36,000 Palestinians’ deaths

May 18, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Israel on Friday defended its all-out military offensive in the besieged Gaza Strip at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), asking judges to throw out a South African plea that urged the court to order the Jewish state to halt the operation in Rafah and withdraw from the Palestinian enclave. On […]

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“Brothers forever”: Presidents Putin and Xi cement their ties, again

May 17, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In February 2022, days before Russia invaded Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin attended the Olympic Games in Beijing, returned with a promise of “limitless friendship” with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, and ordered his armed forces to launch a “special military campaign” that has dragged on from his intended “48 hours” to […]

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