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Trade & tariffs: Solution to issues with US likely in eight to ten weeks, says CEA

September 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday said that India and the US are expected to solve the tariff issues in the next eight to ten weeks, the media reported. Addressing an interactive session organised by Bharat Chamber of Commerce in Kolkata, he hinted at ongoing unofficial (Track II) […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Pakistan’s Dar admits India didn’t agree to Trump’s mediation

September 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: For once, Pakistan, always in a denial mode, found itself on the same page as India! In a rare public admission, Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Muhammed Ishaq Dar has said that India never agreed to any third-party mediation on bilateral issues, directly undercutting US President Donald Trump’s […]

Business

Economy: GST reforms to inject Rs. 2 lakh crores in Indian economy, says FM

September 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said the Next Generation GST reforms, being rolled out on September 22, the first day of the Navratra Festival, will infuse Rs. 2 lakh crores into the Indian economy, leaving the people with more cash on hand, which would otherwise have gone to […]

Education

Modi@75: Trump, Putin, Bibi, other world leaders greet “Narendra, my friend!”

September 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: US President Donald Trump became the first among world leaders to greet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who turned 75 on Wednesday, amid resumed US-India bilateral trade negotiations in the Indian capital. President Trump on Tuesday dialled PM Modi and greeted him, in what is being seen as a significant gesture […]

Business

Trade talks: ‘India First’ to be focus of negotiations with the US, says Puri

September 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As trade negotiations between the US and India resumed in New Delhi on Tuesday, former diplomat and Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri asserted that “India First” policy will be the focus for any potential deal. As a fresh round of trade talks, leading to a […]

English

Roving Periscope: 220,000 Palestinians flee as Israel readies to annex Gaza City

September 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Three weeks before it observes the second anniversary of Hamas’ gunning down of 1,200 Israelis, the Jewish state launched an expanded operation on Tuesday in Gaza City to annex it as the death toll in the ongoing war crossed the 64,800 mark. The fresh Israeli assault may widen the scope […]

Business

Media: Trump to sue The NYT with a $15 bn lawsuit over Epstein reports

September 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Fuming over sustained media disclosures, US President Donald Trump on Monday said that he will file a USD 15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times in Florida for its reporting on his alleged ties to late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a post on his Truth Social platform, […]

Business

Bilateral trade: US negotiator reaching India tonight; talks tomorrow

September 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With back-channel efforts underway, US trade negotiator Brenden Lynch will hold bilateral trade talks in New Delhi on Tuesday, the media reported. Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South and Central Asia Brendan Lynch, who will arrive in India on Monday night, will continue talks on a Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) with […]

Business

Nepal, again: Fearing wipeout, political parties slam Parliament dissolution, fresh polls

September 13, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid media reports that the new interim government, led by former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki, could retire and ban six former prime ministers from contesting elections for life, Nepal’s political parties, fearing irrelevance, have slammed President Ram Chandra Paudel’s announcement to dissolve Parliament and hold fresh elections on […]

Business

Nepal: President Paudel dissolves Parliament; announces fresh elections in March 2026

September 13, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after swearing in former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki as the Interim Prime Minister, Nepal’s President Ramchandra Paudel late on Friday dissolved Parliament and announced fresh elections to be held on March 5, 2026, the media reported. After a week of chaos, the Himalayan country is slowly […]