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Economy: World Bank raises India’s GDP growth to 7% in FY25

September 3, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The World Bank has revised its growth forecast for India, upgrading it to 7 percent for 2024-25, up from its earlier estimate of 6.6 percent. The adjustment reflects the continuing strong performance of the Indian economy, the fastest-growing major economy in FY24 with an 8.2 percent growth rate, the media reported […]

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America: Now, ex-WH man claims Melania hates Donald, and supports Kamala!

September 2, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With only two months remaining for the November 5 presidential elections in the US, stunning claims and wild allegations are flying thick and high from the camps of both the main contenders—former US President and Republican nominee Donald Trump and Vice-President and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. But what takes the cake […]

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Roving Periscope: Is Germany returning to Adolf Hitler’s Nazi era?

September 2, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Many European countries are worried over the unchecked influx of “immigrants”, mainly from the Middle East, which has changed demographics in several regions, a fact reflected in their emerging political dynamics. France is worried about the rise of far-right political parties. And, Germany is going the same way. After the Second […]

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Roving Periscope: Amid M-E crisis, ISIS resurfaces; US kills 15 terrorists

August 31, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid the ongoing Middle East crisis, where more than 40,000 people have been killed since the Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023, the dreaded terror outfit Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has resurfaced, prompting a raid by the US and Iraqi forces that killed 15 of these […]

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Bangladesh: UNICEF urgently needs USD 35 mn as 20 lakh flood-hit children are at risk

August 31, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid the ongoing political instability and communal violence in Bangladesh, more than two million children in eastern districts are at risk as the worst floods have swept through their homes, schools, and villages in the last few weeks. In areas where flood waters are receding, the South Asian country faces outbreaks […]

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Roving Periscope: Dialogue era with Pak over; actions will have consequences, says EAM

August 30, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after Pakistan invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Islamabad in October—with the Kashmir rider!—External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, in a tough message, told the neighbor that the era of “uninterrupted dialogue is over,” and that “actions will have consequences.” Speaking at a […]

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Fintech: India attracted $31 bn in 10 years; needs more cybersecurity, says PM Modi

August 30, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India’s robust financial technology (fintech) sector has attracted nearly USD 31 billion of investment in the last 10 years and more is expected, as he asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to enhance cyber security and digital literary to effectively combat cyber frauds. […]

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Roving Periscope: With a Kashmir rider, Pak invites PM Modi for SCO Summit in October

August 29, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As expected, Pakistan has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with a Kashmir rider, to attend the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Islamabad scheduled for October 2024. The SCO Summit will take place soon after the ongoing Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, to be from September 18 to October […]

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East Pakistan ‘reborn’: Yunus govt apes Sharif’s; hunts down Hasina, top Awami leaders

August 29, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Nobel Peace Laureate Mohammed Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh (erstwhile East Pakistan) is no different from the Mohammed Shehbaz Sharif-led government in Pakistan: both are controlled by militant Islamists, have imposed dozens of cases against their democratically-elected and toppled former prime ministers and hunting down their respective parties. The way Islamabad […]

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The Maldives: Muizzu claims a “financial coup;” Opposition debunks it

August 28, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Bangladesh witnessed a “coup” in July, barely seven months after parliamentary polls returned Sheikh Hasina Wajed to power. Now, India’s other neighbor, the Maldives, may also witness political instability just 10 months after its general elections. For, the Maldives’ pro-China President Mohamed Muizzu, elected in November 2023 on an anti-India plank, […]