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Pharmaceuticals: Trump slaps 100% tariffs; little impact on Indian generic exporters

September 26, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: US President Donald Trump on Thursday slapped a 100 percent tariff on branded or patented drug imports from October 1, 2025, unless the manufacturer is building a plant in the USA, the media reported. The US is India’s largest pharma market, accounting for over one-third of its USD 30.47 billion […]

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Trump@UN: Now, he demands inquiry over “triple sabotage” against him!

September 25, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Until last year, he ridiculed his predecessor, Joe Biden, 82, for his age-related infirmities. Now age is fast catching up with US President Donald Trump, 79, as well. That’s why he felt it difficult, thrice, to even pronounce the name of Azerbaijan recently—and eventually called it Aberbaijan to the embarrassment […]

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Fleeting moment: Trump meets Shehbaz—for a full 36-seconds!

September 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In what could be the shortest-ever meeting between two heads of government, US President Donald Trump met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for a full 36 seconds on Tuesday, the media reported. On his part, Sharif, accompanied by his deputy Mohammad Ishaq Dar, claimed he “engaged in an informal conversation” […]

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Roving Periscope: At the UNGA, Trump fires left, right, and centre—then wants seven Nobel Peace Prizes!

September 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Playing back worn-out claims to his Republican constituency ahead of the 2026 elections to US Congress, President Donald Trump accused one and all—except himself, whom he praised!—took credit for what he called ending seven wars in seven months across the planet, and sought a Nobel Peace Prize for each of […]

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H-1B visa woes: Germany eyes Indian talent as US fee hike rattles tech industry

September 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As US President Donald Trump’s H-1B visa crackdown chiefly on Indian IT companies continues, Germany is trying to attract skilled Indian workers, its India envoy said on Wednesday. Our migration policy is “reliable, it’s modern and it’s predictable,” said Philipp Ackermann, Germany’s Ambassador to India and Bhutan, in a video […]

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Weather: At least 14 killed as Ragasa pounds China, Taiwan, and neighbours

September 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: At least 14 people died, over 125 went missing, and more than a million were being relocated to safety as super typhoon Ragasa pounded China, Taiwan, and neighbouring countries, the media reported on Wednesday. These people were killed when a decades-old lake barrier burst in Taiwan, a government official said, […]

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UPI: Qatar accepts India’s real-time cashless digital payment system

September 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India’s highly successful United Payments Interface (UPI) will now be accepted in Qatar, enabling Indian travellers to make UPI payments seamlessly at major tourist attractions and at Qatar Duty Free outlets in the Arab nation in the Middle East. India’s NPCI International Payments Ltd, in partnership with Qatar National Bank […]

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H-1B visas: ‘Fee hike will hit the US start-ups more than Indian IT companies’

September 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: President Donald Trump’s recent announcement of steeply hiking the one-time H-1B visa fee to USD 100,000 (Rs. 88 lakh) will impact American start-ups and innovators more than it will India’s IT services exports, according to the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) President and CEO Mukesh Aghi. “It works in India’s […]

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Weather: China evacuates half-a-million as “King of Storms” Ragasa arrives

September 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: A panicked China on Tuesday evacuated an estimated 500,000 people and ordered at least 10 cities to close schools and some businesses as the strongest storm of the year, Ragasa, approached its southern coast. Hong Kong has upgraded its typhoon warning to eight, just two levels below the maximum, ahead […]

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Health: WHO, health bodies, reject Trump’s claims on paracetamol, autism

September 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As is his wont, US President Donald Trump on Monday sought to hog world headlines with his “historic” announcement on children’s health, only to find the World Health Organization (WHO) and global experts rubbishing his unproven claims. In an extraordinary press conference at the White House, he linked autism to […]

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