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War: Israel kills Oct 7 Hamas commander as thousands flee Gaza

October 14, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned them again to evacuate the strife-torn Gaza Strip, thousands of Palestinians fled south towards Egypt on Saturday while the Israeli forces killed a senior Hamas commander. India, which received the first batch of evacuated citizens on Friday, is sending another chartered aircraft to rescue […]

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IMEEC: With the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Corridor’s fate hangs in the balance

October 14, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Barely a month after its announcement, the fate of the proposed India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC) has come under a cloud. During the G-20 Summit in New Delhi, India, the US, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, and the European Union signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on September 10 […]

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Roving Periscope: Israel and the US knew, but underestimated intel about Hamas’ attack!

October 14, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: They cried wolf, time and again…when the creature arrived, they had no place to hide. It turns out that Israel and the US already had intelligence about the imminent Hamas invasion—if not its magnitude or brutality—which started on October 7, the day the Jews, ironically, celebrated as a day of […]

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Earthquake: Taliban refuses Pakistan’s aid for victims of temblor

October 13, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid worsening bilateral relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan—and their armies’ frequent clashes along the troubled borders—the Taliban-ruled Kabul has refused to accept the aid Islamabad wanted to provide to the victims of a series of recent earthquakes that rocked the landlocked country. The Pakistani media reported on Friday that the […]

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Food: Zomato, Big Mac fined Rs.1 lakh for delivering non-veg to a veg customer

October 13, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As large parts of India prepare for the onset of Navaratri on Sunday and observe fast or stick to vegetarian food, a consumer court has imposed a fine of Rs. One lakh on online food ordering and delivering platform Zomato and its restaurant partner McDonald’s for allegedly delivering non-vegetarian food […]

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Roving Periscope: On Hamas’ “Day of Rage”, Israel warns Gazans to evacuate

October 13, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: On Friday, which Hamas and its sympathizers observed as the “Day of Rage”, Israel asked Gaza City civilians to evacuate within 24 hours and move south, indicating its coming ground attack, while an employee of the Israeli Embassy in China was hospitalized after being mysteriously stabbed in Beijing, the media […]

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Conflict: If it widens, the Hamas-Israeli clash may leave ‘really big impact’ on trade, says WTO chief

October 13, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization (WTO) has also warned of a “really big impact” on already weak global trade flows if the Hamas-Israel conflict widens throughout the region. “Everybody is on eggshells and hoping for the best,” Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, WTO’s Director-General, said as she […]

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Conflict: The Hamas-Israeli clash may spur inflation, hamper growth, says IMF

October 12, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Until now, the five-day war between Israel and Sunni terror outfit Hamas is limited to the Jewish state and Gaza Strip, but, if it widens, it may trigger a significant rise in oil prices and hamper growth, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday. The global lender’s First […]

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Roving Periscope: Bibi vows to annihilate Hamas, prepares to turn the Gaza Strip into ashes

October 12, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As an angry Israel, still smarting due to its utter failure to predict the October 7 surprise multipronged invasion by Hamas, prepares for a final land assault on the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to destroy the Iran-supported Sunni terror outfit root and branch. “Every Hamas terrorist is […]

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Roving Periscope: In Netanyahu’s pain, Putin sees a gain in Ukraine!

October 11, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the American weapons, dollars, and support ‘diverting’ to Israel after the October 7 invasion by the Hamas terror group, which has claimed over 3,000 lives so far, Russia is looking at an indirect advantage in its ongoing war in Ukraine which the West has supported in the last […]