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R-Day: PM Modi to host French President Macron; may discuss modular n-reactors

January 24, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: When French President Emmanuel Macron lands in Jaipur on Thursday, his host Prime Minister Narendra Modi will accompany him on a roadshow in the Rajasthan capital before welcoming him in New Delhi as the Chief Guest at the Republic Day Parade on January 26 (Friday). The grand roadshow in Jaipur […]

Business

Disaster: 65 POWs die as Russian aircraft crashes near Ukraine border

January 24, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A Russian military transport plane, Ilyushin II-76, carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew, and three people accompanying them crashed on Wednesday morning in Russia’s Belgorod region near Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. It wasn’t immediately clear if anyone survived or what caused the crash at around 11 AM, […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Trump wins NH, may trounce Haley in SC, and take on Biden

January 24, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With New Hampshire in his kitty, former US President Donald Trump, seeking re-election this year, is expected to trounce Indian-American Nikky Haley also in South Carolina in February to win the key Republican nomination which would enable him to take on the incumbent Joe Biden who is also taking a […]

English

Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur Ji’s life revolved around the twin pillars of simplicity and social justice: PM Modi

January 23, 2024 Vinayak Barot

PM Modi wrote on the blog that, Today is the birth centenary of Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur Ji, whose relentless pursuit of social justice created a positive impact in the lives of crores of people. I never had the opportunity to meet Karpoori Ji but, I heard a lot about him from Kailashpati Mishra Ji, who […]

Business

The Gaza War: Israel wants more hostages released—without ending the conflict!

January 23, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Around 108 days after the ongoing Gaza War began, Israel is reported to be pushing for a deal with the Hamas terrorists for the release of the remaining hostages—without ending the war—as its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under severe pressure at home and overseas. According to the media reports […]

Defence

Roving Periscope: India not on Top Table in the UNSC is “absurd”, says Elon Musk

January 23, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A week after External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar likened the five permanent members (P-5) of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)—the US, UK, Russia, France, and China—as the “five Choudharies of the System,” the world’s richest man Elon Musk has said India not having a permanent seat on the high […]

Business

Ayodhya: With infra worth $ 1 bn developed, 50 mn tourists/ year expected

January 23, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With an estimated USD 1 billion (Rs. 83,000 crores) invested in enhancing infrastructure in Ayodhya, the holy town is likely to attract 50 million pilgrims per annum, making it among the topmost pilgrim-cum-tourist places in the world. According to a report by Jefferies, a global brokerage firm, the January 22 […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Despite China brokering peace, Pakistan wary of Iran

January 20, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With China playing the peacemaker between two frenemies, the Pakistan-Iran tension after their tit-for-tat airstrikes against each other has blown over for now but Islamabad is still wary of Tehran’s next possible move. Both Shia Tehran and Sunni Islamabad are close allies of Beijing. And Pakistan is heading towards the […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Is the US trying to shift the M-E war from Gaza to Iran, via Pakistan?

January 19, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Can a nearly bankrupt Pakistan dare attack a relatively prosperous and better-armed Iran, suspected of having nuclear weapons as well? Did an unstable Pakistan, which is going to parliamentary polls on February 8 to potentially elect the army-supported Nawaz Sharif again, as the PM and is beset with multiple crises, […]

Business

Aviation: India will need over 2,500 new aircraft deliveries by 2042

January 19, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India, currently the first largest aviation market in the world, will need nearly 2,500 new aircraft deliveries by 2042. According to Boeing, India is the only big economy, a large market in Asia, which has evolved to pre-pandemic levels in terms of domestic and global demand. That reflects how important […]