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Weather: Fresh thunderstorms, and heavy rains, force the UAE to cancel flights, again

May 2, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Within two weeks, thunderstorms and heavy rains returned to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday, leading to the cancellation of several international flights, the media reported. On Wednesday, the country’s National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) elevated the readiness and preparedness levels of the national system to deal […]

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The Gaza War: Amid acrimony, Colombia cuts ties with Israel

May 2, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: South American country Colombia on Wednesday severed all ties with Israel, blaming its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the “genocidal war” in Gaza. Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first leftist President since 2022, said his country will sever diplomatic ties with Israel, the media reported. “Tomorrow (Thursday) diplomatic relations with the state of […]

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Roving Periscope: India reiterates a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine at the UN

May 2, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Supporting a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine at the United Nations amid the raging Gaza War, India on Wednesday expressed the hope that Palestine’s request for a full UN membership, blocked in March by the US, will be reconsidered, and endorsed. The US vetoed a resolution in the UN Security […]

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Defaulters: Pakistan to block SIM cards of over 5 lakh tax evaders’ mobile phones

May 1, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a surprise move, nearly bankrupt Pakistan has decided to block the SIM cards of more than five lakh defaulters as part of the drive to take action against tax evaders to force them to pay up or suffer. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), in an Income Tax General Order […]

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Canada: Opp leader Poilievre calls PM Trudeau “wacko”, ejected from Parliament

May 1, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after India registered a strong protest to the raising of pro-Khalistani slogans in the presence of Justine Trudeau, the Canadian Parliament ejected the Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre, viewed as the current Prime Minister’s successor, as the troubled North American country heads to general elections by October 2025. Poilivre had […]

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Roving Periscope: US police arrest hundreds, clear varsity campuses of Gaza protesters

May 1, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after “occupying” Hamilton Hall at Columbia University and the authorities rejecting their demand for food and water, the so-called pro-Palestinian “students,” starved and exhausted, meekly cleared the way for New York police which stormed the premises on Wednesday and arrested many, the media reported. Hundreds of New York City […]

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Pannun “murder plot”: India dismisses Washington Post’s report

April 30, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The External Affairs Ministry on Tuesday dismissed a report by the Washington Post, that claimed an Indian spy agency’s alleged involvement in a failed murder attempt against US-based Khalistani terrorist-separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. The newspaper even named a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) official who it claimed orchestrated the purported murder […]

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Roving Periscope: Pro-Palestinians ‘take over’ Columbia varsity hall in the US!

April 30, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: It does not happen only in India—ahead of elections—when anarchists of all hues masquerade as “students,” pick up “causes” to hog the limelight, and spark chaos in educational institutions, their soft launchpad for a career in full-time politics. Just six months ahead of the presidential elections in the United States, also, […]

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Economy: IMF positive on Asia growth prospects for India and China in 2024

April 30, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has boosted its growth forecast for Asia in 2024, reflecting a positive outlook for the region’s two largest economies—India and China—on the back of their governments’ stimuli. Asia is set to expand 4.5 percent this year from 2023, 0.3 percentage points higher than the October regional […]

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EVs: Worried over falling sales, Musk’s Tesla sacks 2 more top officials; hundreds to follow

April 30, 2024 virendra pandit

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Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk has dismissed two top officials and plans to sack hundreds of employees working under them because of dwindling sales of electric cars and the pace of job cuts globally, the media reported on Tuesday. At the end of 2023, Tesla had 140,473 employees globally. Those sacked […]

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