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Pakistan: Ex-PM Imran Khan arrested; Islamabad HC asks why?

May 9, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Nearly a year after he lost power in Pakistan, former Prime Minister Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi, 70, was on Tuesday arrested in Islamabad, in what is seen as a tipping point pushing the terror-infested and bankrupt South Asian country closer than ever to a civil war. Commandoes of paramilitary forces, […]

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Diplomacy: Canada expels Chinese diplomat over Beijing’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims

May 9, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Canada on Monday expelled Toronto-based Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei after he allegedly tried to target a Canadian lawmaker critical of China’s treatment of its Uyghur Muslim minority. “We will not tolerate any form of foreign interference,” Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly declared on Monday. According to intelligence inputs, Zhao Wei […]

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Roving Periscope: “War unleashed on Russia,” claims Putin

May 9, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After 440 days of invading Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday claimed that the world is at a “turning point”, and that a “war” had been unleashed against Russia. Russia started a “special military campaign” against Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The fierce and bloody war, which Moscow initially fancied would […]

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Ukraine: The UN fears n-threat as Russia orders evacuation near the occupied power plant

May 8, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The United Nations’ watchdog on nuclear matters has warned of a potential “severe nuclear accident that might hit Enerhodar, next to war-torn Ukraine’s largest power plant. The media reported on Monday that hospitals started closing along with other utility stores along power and water supply after a Russian official ordered […]

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Investment: Essar to invest Rs. 2,000 crores to boost CBM production

May 8, 2023 virendra pandit

Mumbai: Essar Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Ltd (EOGEPL), India’s pioneering unconventional hydrocarbon (Coal-Bed Methane) player, on Monday, announced an additional investment of Rs. 2,000 crores in Microbial eCBM technology to boost CBM production. EOGEPL has so far invested over Rs. 5,000 crores in the exploration and commercial development of the Raniganj CBM Block. […]

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Lithium: After J&K, GSI finds this precious metal in Rajasthan, too

May 8, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After its finds in Jammu and Kashmir a few months ago, the Geological Survey of India (GSI) has traced lithium deposits in Degana in the Nagaur district of Rajasthan. Prospecting, mine development, and extraction of lithium are likely to start this year in J&K. The lithium reserves in Rajasthan are […]

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Aviation: DGCA orders Go First to stop selling tickets immediately

May 8, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Crisis-ridden budget airline Go First got a shocker on Monday when aviation regulator Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ordered it to stop bookings and selling tickets, directly or indirectly, with immediate effect and until further notice. Earlier, the media reported that the airline had suspended ticket sales until May 15 […]

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Pakistan: Bilawal spices J&K issue with G-20, threatens India with “unforgettable response”

May 6, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Smarting under the humiliating tag that External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar pasted on him on Friday– “the spokesperson for terror industry, which is the mainstay of Pakistan,” and asked him when Pakistan will return PoK to India, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is now barking up the wrong tree: New Delhi […]

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Roving Periscope: The US on the brink of a financial crisis by June 1

May 6, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has, in a letter to the US Congress, warned that, because of its failure to raise the government’s borrowing limit of USD 31.4 trillion and the resulting default, the country is facing a financial crisis and could run out of cash to pay its bills as […]

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Coronation: King Charles III to wear the British Crown on Saturday

May 5, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: They say the world now has only five important kings: four are on the playing cards and the fifth sits in Buckingham Palace in a fading, post-imperial London. Despite facing multiple and urgent challenges—corruption scandals engulfing the ruling Conservative Party, underemployment, the rising cost of living, and slowing down life […]