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Roving Periscope: On the Khalistani issue, India and Canada expel each others’ diplomats

September 19, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: The so-called pro-Khalistani separatists may have lost support in India but they have successfully blackmailed the minority government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau they support in faraway Canada to expel a top Indian diplomat and, in return, get back a top Canadian diplomat whom New Delhi expelled on Tuesday. India […]

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Business

Ukraine: Secret US-Pak arms deal helped Islamabad secure IMF bailout

September 18, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Islamabad’s duplicity and hypocrisy are legendary. Until a few months ago, while it was trying to secure discounted crude oil from Russia, at par with India, Pakistan was simultaneously signing a secret arms deal with the US to help Ukraine in the ongoing war to get a controversial IMF bailout […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: Now, China’s Xi regime coaches citizens, and students on ‘how to catch a spy’

September 18, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Dictators, who usually grab power from others, are invariably suspicious about others—even their henchmen—and hugely insecure and obsessed with their own security. China’s President-for-Life Xi Jinping is no exception. In a video that went viral in August, the world saw him waiting, and turning his face back twice, for his […]

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Business

Exodus: Investors pull out $200 bn from Chinese markets

September 16, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Amid the collapsing economy in China, the meltdown of the real estate sector, which contributed nearly a third to the Dragon’s overall GDP, and the exodus of Chinese realtors from Australia and other countries are old hats. The latest indication that China is descending into chaos is this: global investors […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: Downcast, Canada postpones India mission for FTA

September 16, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Everybody expected it. Canada has just followed the script. With anti-India activities in Canada going unchecked, Ottawa cannot sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with New Delhi. Period. After Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced a frosty welcome in New Delhi during the G-20 Summit (September 9 and 10) and […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: Panicked with a possible coup, China’s Xi purges the ‘enemies within’

September 15, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In one breath, he is exhorting the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to be prepared for a multi-front war; on the other, he is sacking the very military generals who would have led these conflicts. China’s President-for-Life Xi Jinping—whom his critics abroad denounce as “Xitler”—appears to be facing a series of […]

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Roving Periscope: On China’s ‘standard map’, the cat is out of the bag!

September 14, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Former Indian Army chief General Manoj Naravane, on Tuesday, nailed China’s cartographical lies. Posting a map on X (formerly Twitter), he cryptically remarked: “Finally, someone got the map of China as it really is!” Sharing the map on the microblogging platform, his caption exposed China’s latest lies on its claims […]

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Business

In the same boat: After Donald Trump, President Biden also faces ‘impeachment’

September 14, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: His predecessor Donald Trump faced two impeachments during his term (2017-21) and is still embroiled in various court cases. Now, US President Joe Biden, 80, is also facing an impeachment inquiry on his allegedly ‘lying’ about his son Hunter’s controversial business deals over a decade ago in China and Ukraine. […]

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Astro Science

Roving Periscope: Amid severe reverses, Putin tries to revive Russia war in Ukraine with NoKo’s help

September 13, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With the 18-month-long invasion of Ukraine remaining indecisive, the aggressor’s economy and weaponry depleting faster than it ever did even in Afghanistan and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping fighting his own demons at home and overseas, Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to revive the conflict with help from the […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: “Absolutely believe it was a success,” says the US on G-20 Summit

September 12, 2023 Vinayak Barot

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi:  A day after the 18th Annual Summit of the Group of 20 (G-20) concluded in the Indian capital, the United States said on Monday it “absolutely believed the event was a success,” as India basked in the glory after praise continued to pour in from overseas. Responding to a question […]

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