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Energy: India ‘rejects’ Trump’s claims on stopping Russian oil import

October 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Hours after US President Donald Trump claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured him of cutting the procurement of Russian crude oil, India on Thursday said that New Delhi is broad-basing and diversifying the sourcing of petroleum products to meet market conditions. India prioritises its consumer in an energy-sourcing scenario, […]

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Carrot-and-stick: Trump declares trade war with China; Bessant calls for truce!

October 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: They have done it with India in recent weeks, with zero results. Now, they are doing it with China as well—hoping for a different response from an equally old and living civilization. Using the age-old carrot-and-stick policy, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that America is already locked in […]

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Trade: India’s exports up 6.74%, imports increase by 16.6% in September 2025

October 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India’s exports increased by 6.74 percent to USD 36.38 billion in September, despite global headwinds, while imports rose 16.6 percent to USD 68.53 billion. The country’s trade deficit stood at USD 32.15 billion last month, the media reported on Wednesday. Imports surged due to the increase in imports of gold, […]

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Roving Periscope: From hotspots, Trump returns to trade war, dollar conundrum

October 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: While hotspots like Gaza and Ukraine are smouldering, and Afghanistan and Pakistan are turning into new battlefields, US President Donald Trump has warned to cut China trade over the ongoing dispute over soybeans. China, on its part, has moved the World Trade Organization (WTO) against India’s subsidies to electric vehicles. […]

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No peace after Nobel: Irked, Venezuela to close its embassy in Norway!

October 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Embarrassed with its hiding Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado being declared the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2025, and then she dedicating it to US President Donald Trump, who ‘lost’ it, Venezuela on Tuesday said it would close its embassy at Oslo, Norway. Interestingly, Trump had not only campaigned […]

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Roving Periscope: Amid fragile peace, IDF guns down 5 Palestinians in Gaza

October 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After the hostage-swapping and US President Donald Trump’s departure for Egypt for the peace summit—in which neither Israel nor Hamas participated—the fragile peace in the Gaza Strip threatened to collapse on Tuesday as five Palestinians were shot dead, the media reported. About 200 US troops are in Israel to monitor […]

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AI hub: Adani, Google to partner in $15 bn Visakhapatnam data centre

October 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Adani Enterprises Ltd, through its joint venture AdaniConneX, has partnered with Google to develop India’s largest AI data centre campus along with new green energy infrastructure in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Google will set up its largest AI hub outside the USA in Visakhapatnam with an investment of around USD 15 […]

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Technology: Google to invest $15 bn in India’s first AI hub in Visakhapatnam

October 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid uncertainties in geopolitics, world trade, and tariffs, technology behemoth Google on Tuesday announced to invest USD 15 billion over the next five years to set up India’s first artificial intelligence (AI) hub in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The upcoming campus for the largest AI data centre outside the USA will […]

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Roving Periscope: Hamas releases 20 surviving hostages; Israelis liken Trump with Cyrus the Great!

October 13, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With all the 20 remaining Israeli surviving hostages in Gaza being freed from Hamas captivity and returned to Israel on Monday after two years of the ongoing war, the visiting US President Donald Trump received a standing ovation in the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, with some comparing him with Persia’s […]

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Diplomacy: India, Canada to revive bilateral ties with talks on trade and investments

October 13, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After months of stress and strains in their relationship. India and Canada on Monday agreed to take a series of measures to revive and deepen their bilateral relationship, the media reported. Their announcement followed detailed discussions between External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand, who is […]