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The Rising: India may become a $30-trillion economy by 2050, says HDFC chief

October 11, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: India is likely to become a USD 30-trillion economy by 2050 because of its robust consumption and booming exports, HDFC Chairman and former Economic Affairs Secretary Atanu Chakraborty said here on Wednesday. International financial institutions, such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), have projected India’s growth […]

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Failure to fatalities: How Bibi ignored intel and Hamas bombed Israel’s claims of ‘invincibility’

October 10, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Not only did Israel’s intelligence networks, like Mossad, fail to predict a Hamas invasion, but even its military’s operational preparedness collapsed for some time, a former Israeli intelligence chief said on Tuesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, popularly known as “Bibi”, despite being a security veteran himself, remained stuck in domestic […]

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Roving Periscope: Hamas threatens to kill hostages, as Israel ‘controls’ Gaza borders

October 10, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As Shia Iran-supported Sunni terrorist group Hamas threatened to kill the 160-odd hostages unless Israel stopped its Gaza Strip’s complete siege and vow to convert it into “rubble”, the latest conflagration in the Middle East heightened geopolitical uncertainties as the death toll after the October 7 invasion mounted to over […]

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Economy: India to grow at 6.3% in FY24, says IMF

October 10, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Although the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected the Indian economy’s growth at a rate of 6.3 percent in 2023-24, the uncertainties created by the Hamas-Israel conflict, starting October 7, may throw a spanner in it. But the instability in the Middle East may also affect the rest of the […]

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The hostages: To rescue 100, Israel orders “complete siege” of Gaza Strip to starve 2.3 mn Palestinians

October 9, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: After nearly 1,200 people died since Saturday on both sides and its war with Hamas threatening to escalate and spread further, Israel has ordered a “complete siege” of the terrorist outfit’s den, the Gaza Strip, to deny electricity, food and water to its 2.3 million Palestinians, the media reported on […]

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Roving Periscope: Hamas tests Israel’s—and Netanyahu’s—nerves of steel

October 9, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Forty-seven years ago, his elder brother Yonatan Netanyahu, a special forces commander in Israel Defense Force’s elite Sayeret Matkal unit, sacrificed his life during the famous Operation Entebbe to rescue a hundred Jewish hostages kidnapped and taken to Uganda by the Palestinian terrorists in July 1976. Now, Prime Minister Benjamin […]

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India: Bourses down; the Hamas-Israel conflict may impact trade, diplomacy

October 9, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The spiraling impact of Sunni terror group Hamas’ surprise and all-out invasion of Israel from the Gaza Strip since October 7, which has so far claimed nearly 1,200 lives and left thousands wounded and homeless, reflected on market sentiment when share prices fell as soon as the bourses opened on […]

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Khalistan: British PM Sunak calls Canada’s Trudeau to de-escalate tension with India

October 7, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In a fresh move by the West to persuade Canada to get its bilateral relations with India back to normal, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau on Friday to de-escalate tension with New Delhi. The two leaders underscored the importance of de-escalation of the India-Canada […]

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Roving Periscope: After Hamas fires 5,000 rockets, and kills 22, Israel back at war in Gaza

October 7, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Israel on Saturday declared “We are at war” and launched Operation Iron Swords after Iran-supported Hamas extremists fired around 5,000 rockets from the Gaza Strip, Palestine, into the Jewish nation whose Defense Minister Yoav Gallant vowed to win the fresh conflict. Reports said 22 Israelis died and many others were […]

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Come October: Russia praises India, Modi—to woo them back from the US!

October 6, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As the year 2024 approaches, the US is trying to ‘reset’ China, and its bete noire Russia is also ‘rediscovering’ India! That is why, in quick succession, Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “very wise man,” and called India a “giant country.” He also backed […]

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