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Roving Periscope: Trump to meet ‘frenemy’ Xi next week in Beijing—with little expectations

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid the ongoing geopolitical circus in West Asia, the US imposing huge tariffs on China last year and blockading the Strait of Hormuz chiefly to halt the flow of Iranian oil to China recently, pulling Islamabad away from Beijing, and the Taiwan tensions, President Donald Trump will meet his Chinese […]

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US and Iran inch towards short-term deal to end fighting

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: The United States and Iran are edging toward a limited, temporary agreement to halt their war, sources and officials said on Thursday, with a draft framework that would stop the fighting but leave the most contentious issues unresolved. The emerging plan centres on a short-term memorandum rather than a comprehensive peace deal, underscoring […]

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NDA expands Bihar cabinet; top leaders join Samrat Choudhary-led government

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: The NDA government in Bihar on Thursday expanded its cabinet with several leaders from the BJP, Janata Dal (United) and allied parties inducted into the Samrat Choudhary-led government at an oath-taking ceremony held at Gandhi Maidan. Among those sworn in as ministers were former Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s son Nishant Kumar, Shrawon Kumar, […]

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Trump sees swift end to war as Iran reviews US peace proposal

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: U.S. President Donald Trump predicted a swift end to the war with Iran as Tehran considered a U.S. peace proposal that sources said would formally end the conflict while leaving unresolved key U.S. demands that Iran suspend its nuclear programme and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. An Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson cited by […]

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After decades of violence and broken promises, West Bengal says: Enough

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

(Guru Prakash) There are election results, and then there are verdicts of history. What the people of West Bengal have delivered in this assembly election belongs to the second category. The trends leave little room for ambiguity: Bengal has not merely changed its government, it has altered the direction of its political destiny. This is […]

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Zelenskiy accuses Russia of spurning ceasefire proposed by Kyiv

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: Ukraine accused Russia of flouting a Kyiv-proposed ceasefire on Wednesday by carrying out dozens of battlefield assaults, air strikes and drone attacks in what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described as Moscow’s “obvious spurning” of peace. Zelenskiy had floated the cessation, starting on May 6, in response to Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s own proposed ceasefire […]

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Rajasthan CM Bhajan Lal Sharma interacts with villagers in Pratapgarh, stresses rural self-reliance

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

Jaipur [Rajasthan]: Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Thursday said the state government is engaging directly with villagers through its ‘Gram Vikas Yatra’ outreach programme to identify grassroots issues and strengthen rural development, ahead of the Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet (GRAM), scheduled later this month. Speaking during his visit to Bambori village in Pratapgarh, […]

Republican Gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks on U.S. Economy in Ohio

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Who is Vivek Ramaswamy, 2026 Republican nominee for Ohio governor?

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

Washington D.C.: Vivek Ramaswamy, a multimillionaire former biotech executive and erstwhile presidential hopeful, won the Republican primary for governor of Ohio on Tuesday and now faces a November general election contest against Democrat Amy Acton, a physician and former director of the Ohio Department of Health. The Midwestern state last elected a Democratic governor in […]

Business

Global stocks hit records on tech earnings, oil slide from prospect of Iran deal

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: Stocks surged to fresh records and oil prices dropped on Wednesday after a report that the United States and Iran are closing in on an agreement to end their war, while momentum in AI-driven trades accelerated. Brent crude, the global benchmark, initially plunged to just below $100 per barrel, its lowest in two […]

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Arunachal govt announces 2 per cent additional DA, DR for employees, pensioners

May 6, 2026 revoi editor

Itanagar [Arunachal Pradesh]: The Arunachal Pradesh government on Wednesday announced a two per cent hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for 1,09,725 government employees and pensioners in the state, officials said. An official of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said that state government under Chief Minister Pema Khandu, in its continued commitment […]