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Dubai floods: Emirates says sorry; to return 30,000 suitcases to passengers

April 22, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After the unprecedented flash floods of April 17, which paralyzed the desert city of Dubai in the UAE and brought life to a grinding halt, Emirates Airlines has apologized to the stranded passengers for the inconvenience and promised to return their 30,000 suitcases at the earliest. The weatherman has warned of […]

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Roving Periscope: Weeks after clashes, Iran’s President visits frenemy Pakistan

April 22, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid the ongoing Iran-Israel ‘friendly fight’ and weeks after tit-for-tat airstrikes they carried out against alleged terrorist hideouts on rival lands in January, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday arrived in Pakistan on a three-day official visit to promote cooperation between uneasy neighbors suspicious of each other. President Raisi, the first […]

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Poll funding: If voted back to power, Nirmala hints at reinstating electoral bonds

April 20, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: If voted back to power after the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, the NDA government is likely to reinstate corporate funding to political parties through controversial electoral bonds. According to the media reports, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hinted at this possibility, stating to bring in a political funding framework acceptable to all […]

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Tesla’s EVs: Elon Musk postpones next week’s India visit to “later this year”

April 20, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Tesla chief Elon Musk, who was expected to announce an investment of around USD 3 billion to manufacture his electric vehicles and start satellite broadband services in India, has postponed his next week’s visit to the South Asian country to “later this year.” “Unfortunately, very heavy Tesla obligations require that the […]

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Court closes case against former PS to Chhattisgarh CM

April 19, 2024 Editor In Chief

Raipur, Apr 19 : A trial court in Raipur has accepted the closure report filed by EOW-ACB after no case of disproportionate assets was made against Aman Singh, who was principal secretary to former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh. The court in an order dated April 16 accepted the closure report filed by the state […]

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Defense: India delivers BrahMos missiles to China-wary Philippines

April 19, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India on Friday delivered BrahMos missiles to the Philippines, as its deterrent against China, as part of the USD 375 million defense deal signed bilaterally in 2022. The export of ground systems for the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system along with the missiles started in March. The Indian Air Force sent […]

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Election year: IMF official applauds India for fiscal discipline

April 19, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) official has praised India for maintaining fiscal discipline in an election year, saying the Indian economy is doing well and continues to be the world’s bright spot. “At this point, India’s economy is doing well. Growth at 6.8 percent is very good. Inflation’s coming down. We […]

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Roving Periscope: A ‘peaceful’ war Israel and Iran reluctantly fight under domestic compulsions

April 19, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Around the year 540 BC, Persian Emperor Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire, one of the largest-ever domains anywhere, defeated the Babylonians and released the hapless Jews held captive for five decades, allowing them to return to Israel, that ensured they developed their religion, Judaism. The grateful Jews never […]

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Roving Periscope: India trying to catch Musk’s EV to reach the UNSC top seat

April 18, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The biggest stumbling block in India’s securing the Permanent Membership of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has been its first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s shortsighted decision to pass on the offer to China instead. For over 75 years, India has paid heavily because of this strategic blunder of a romanticist […]

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Pakistan: “I’ll not leave the Army chief,” Imran threatens Gen Asim Munir

April 18, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: “If anything happens to my wife, I will not leave Asim Munir as long as I am alive,” said former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi from behind bars in his latest rant against the Army chief whom he holds responsible for all his problems. Bushra Bibi, 49, was convicted […]