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Roving Periscope: Henry “Shuttle Diplomat” Kissinger, 100, passes away

November 30, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: When the Sunni terrorist gang Hamas invaded Israel on October 7, killing over 1,200, and invited death and destruction in the Gaza Strip, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken undertook a hectic weeks-long tour of the Middle East capitals trying to prevent the conflagration from spreading through the volatile region. […]

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Retail: Walmart turning from China to India for cheaper imports

November 30, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Only until 2020, the West led by America heavily depended on China for importing cheaper goods and their retail stores were full of “Made in China” stuff. No longer. The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact worldwide forced many countries to look for alternative supply chains to replace Chinese goods. That’s how their […]

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Roving Periscope: Amid US envoy’s meeting with him in jail, PTI denies Imran won’t contest party polls

November 29, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Sensing the popular support growing for Imran Khan, imprisoned since August and fighting dozens of court cases, the US Ambassador to Pakistan is reported to have met the former Prime Minister in a Rawalpindi jail to reset America’s relations with him, the media reported on Tuesday. Apparently, the US wants […]

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Golan Heights: India’s UN vote favors Israel’s withdrawal from Syrian territory

November 29, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Despite its warm relationship with Israel, India on Tuesday stuck to its traditional stand and voted in favor of a United Nations resolution that called for the Jewish state’s withdrawal from Syria’s Golan Heights it annexed in 1967. India voted in favor of a draft resolution in the UN General […]

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Technology: India’s IT industry to grow to $350 bn by 2030, says Infosys chief

November 29, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Despite global macroeconomic challenges, India’s high-growth information technology (IT) industry will grow from USD 200 billion now to USD 350 billion by 2030, Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder of Infosys, said on Wednesday. But NASSCOM expects the Indian IT industry will be worth USD 350 billion by 2026 itself! The National Association […]

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Bourses: With a $4 trillion m-cap, India is now the fourth-largest equity market in the world

November 29, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Hitting the historic milestone of USD 4 trillion worth of market capitalization on Wednesday for the first time, Indian equity markets became the fourth-largest worldwide after the US, China, and Japan. The market in Hong Kong is also part of this club. However, a large contribution to it comes from […]

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The Gaza War: Israel and Hamas agree to extend ceasefire until Wednesday

November 28, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Palestinian terror group Hamas and Israel have agreed to extend their ceasefire until November 29 (Wednesday), raising the prospect of additional exchanges of extremist-held hostages in return for Palestinians imprisoned by Tel Aviv and a longer halt to their deadliest and most destructive war in decades. Eleven Israeli women […]

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Roving Periscope: A decade after brouhaha, China tries to relaunch its BRI

November 28, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: That China’s multinational dream project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), may have turned into a nightmare for many was no secret. Even India’s neighbor has seen the BRI’s flagship, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), go nowhere near completion after a decade. Sri Lanka, Kenya, Zambia, Malaysia…Italy. These and more […]

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Politics: Anti-Islamist, anti-EU leader set to win a majority in the Netherlands

November 23, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The much-maligned nationalist, far-right is now trouncing the pseudo-secular, illiberal, and anti-democratic political outfits in the West. A day after nationalistic Javier Milei won the Presidency in Argentina, the Netherlands elections have produced its own far-right leader. Populist Dutch leader Geert Wilders, who backed India’s controversial BJP leader Nupur Sharma […]

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Roving Periscope: Despite irritants, Canada softens, India resumes e-visas

November 23, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The growing proximity in the last few years between India and the West, especially the US, prompted the global anti-India lobby to fire on all cylinders: it relentlessly planted and amplified anti-Hindu stories in the obliging media, resuscitated the comatose Khalistani activists within and without, reactivated the Pakistan-based Islamist terror […]