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India-Canada: After 2 years, FTA talks to restart; Carney to visit India in 2026

November 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Mark Carney deciding to resume negotiations on the bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), India and Canada are set to restart trade talks after a two-year rift, the media reported on Monday. The two PMs also decided to nearly double bilateral trade by 2030, Union […]

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Gold mining: Kabul offers 5-year tax exemption to Indian investors, new sectors

November 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In yet another instance of the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan’s improving relations with India—to the chagrin of Pakistan!—Kabul has offered a five-year tax exemption to Indian investors in gold mining and other new sectors. Afghanistan will charge only 1 percent tariff if Indian firms import machinery for investment, the media reported […]

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Roving Periscope: At G-20, PM Modi proposes Global Traditional Knowledge Repository

November 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday proposed the setting up of the G-20 Global Traditional Knowledge Repository. The PM arrived in Johannesburg on Friday and was welcomed by the Indian diaspora with traditional cultural programs. In his speech at the G-20 under the presidency of host South Africa on Saturday, PM […]

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G-20 Leaders’ Summit: Ramaphosa underscores gaps in global wealth, development

November 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As the 20th Leaders Summit of Group of 20 (G-20) nations began in Johannesburg on Saturday, in the presence of nearly 40 heads of state and government, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa underscored the need to dismantle divisions based on economic status, gender, race, and […]

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Environment: 42 glacial lakes in Nepal at high risk of catastrophic bursts

November 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Landlocked Himalayan country Nepal may face environmental threat as 42 of its glacial lakes have been identified as being at critical risk of bursting, according to experts. A potential glacial lake outburst flood could result in massive loss of life and severe damage to infrastructure, International Centre for Integrated Mountain […]

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Edtech: US court orders Byju to pay over $1 billion to BYJU’s Alpha, GLAS Trust; he counters

November 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A US court has issued a default judgment making Indian entrepreneur, educator, and investor Byju Raveendran liable to personally pay back over USD 1 billion based on the petition filed by BYJU’s Alpha and US-based lender GLAS Trust Company LLC. Byju’s representatives said the US court’s ruling was based on […]

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Roving Periscope: For peace, Ukraine asked to cede land to Russia, dump NATO aspirations

November 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Nearly 44 months after the Russia-Ukraine war began in February 2022, a 28-point plan to end the bloody conflict has surfaced, asking Kyiv to surrender large chunks of land to Moscow and refrain from joining NATO, amid other things, the media reported on Friday. As pressure from America mounted and […]

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Dubai Air Show: IAF pilot dies As Tejas fighter jet crashes, bursts into flames

November 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a tragic accident, a Tejas fighter aircraft crashed on Friday afternoon during a flying demonstration at the Dubai Air Show, sending a plume of thick black smoke over Al Maktoum International Airport as worried crowds looked on. The pilot died in the crash, the Indian Air Force (IAF) confirmed, […]

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Iran: The US sanctions Indian entities and individuals for business with Tehran

November 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Donald Trump administration has sanctioned entities and individuals from India, and some other countries, involved in sales of Iran’s petroleum and petroleum products, and said the funds from this trade support Tehran’s regional terrorist proxies and procure weapons systems that are “a direct threat” to the USA. The Departments […]

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Twentieth G-20: PM Modi to attend, Trump to skip the South Africa event

November 20, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the three-day Group of 20 (G-20) Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, from Friday but US President Donald Trump will not. The White House, according to media reports on Thursday, said Trump will boycott the first-ever G-20 Summit on African soil because South Africa “mistreats” […]