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Roving Periscope: The Wagner Group’s mutiny jeopardizes Ukraine war, Putin’s position

June 27, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The coup failed but the ‘victor’ is weaker than ever. The short-lived insurrection by the Wagner Group on Saturday last week has jeopardized not only Russian plans to win the prolonged Ukraine war in the foreseeable future but also made President Vladimir Putin’s political position vulnerable for the first time […]

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Gaslighted: After Sitharaman, former USCIRF chief also roasts ex-President Obama

June 26, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: The unsolicited advice Barack Obama gave through the media to US President Joe Biden to rake up the ‘religious freedom question’ during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s just-concluded State Visit last week has landed the former US President in a soup within and without. Not only did Indian Finance Minister Nirmala […]

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Friendship: The US-India ties among the ‘most consequential’ in the world, says POTUS

June 26, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Taking stock two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first State Visit concluded, US President Joe Biden hailed relations with India, saying the friendship between the two democracies is among the “most consequential in the world.” Taking to Twitter on Sunday, he said, “The friendship between the United States and […]

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Roving Periscope: Pakistan court eases the way for Nawaz’s return from self-exile

June 26, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Following an amended law, a Pakistani court’s fresh ruling has eased the way for former Prime Minister Mohammed Nawaz Sharif’s return from self-exile and to lead his political outfit Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in the General Elections to the National Assembly due later this year. The PML-N said its supremo […]

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Roving Periscope: Now, Putin is hoisted by his own petard—the Wagner militia

June 24, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: It was waiting to happen in Russia also which did not pay heed to what she said 12 years ago. As the then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Pakistan in 2011: “If you have snakes in your backyard, they won’t bite only neighbors.” President Vladimir Putin, who reportedly […]

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Modi in Egypt: India may invest in Suez Canal Economic Zone

June 24, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who reached Cairo on Saturday, is likely to discuss India’s possible investments in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, where the African nation plans to offer land for Indian companies to set up their units. PM Modi’s two-day State Visit to Egypt at the invitation of President […]

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Business

Day 4: Google, and Amazon to invest $25 bn in India

June 24, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Search engine behemoth Google will invest USD 10 billion in India’s digitization fund, while e-commerce giant Amazon plans to invest another USD 15 billion in the country, the media reported on Saturday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interaction with the CEOs of global companies. Announcing fresh investments, Google’s CEO Sunder […]

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Day 3: Unlike China, India shares a ‘democratic character’ with the US, says Biden

June 23, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Standing next to visiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House on Thursday, US President Joe Biden defended calling his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping a “dictator” recently and characterized the American relationship with the Indian PM as different from the one with the Chinese leader because India shares the same “democratic […]

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Day 3: The US-India partnership a defining moment in the 21st century, says PM Modi

June 23, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Addressing a joint session of the US Congress for a second time since he came to power in India in 2014, and amid at least 15 applauses, standing ovations, and lawmakers lining up for his autograph after the event, visiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that the US-India […]

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Day 3: Key takeaways from PM Modi’s landmark US visit—defense, technology, space cooperation

June 23, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: If the UPA government, led by Dr. Manmohan Singh, had pushed India into the US orbit after the 2008 nuclear deal, despite the Left’s Opposition, the landmark State Visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to America has firmed up multiple deals that would propel New Delhi to new heights in […]

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