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Crime: Without an A&B High Court order, fugitive Mehul Choksi can’t be extradited to India

April 15, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Amid claims that wanted criminal Mehul Choksi bribed officials and even courts in Antigua and Barbuda (A&B) to avoid extradition to India, the Caribbean island nation’s High Court ruled on Friday that the Indian fugitive New Delhi wants back in an Rs.13,000 crore bank fraud case cannot be removed from […]

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Business

Twitter: With 10k characters on offer, writers can even retire some publishers!

April 14, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Gone are the days when one could publish only 140 characters on the microblogging platform Twitter which, in 2017, increased this limit to 280 characters. Character and space crunch squeezed words and sentences, even grammar—for instance, the word text became morphed as txt—but multiplied manifold the number of micro-writers and […]

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Business

Exim: India’s merchandise trade deficit rises 39.6% on year in FY23

April 13, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: India’s merchandise exports in 2022-23 increased 6 percent on year to USD 447.46 billion while imports jumped 16.5 percent to USD 714.24 billion, showing a trade deficit increasing by 39.6 percent to USD 266.78 billion as compared to FY22. Curiously, the import of gold fell from USD 46.17 billion in […]

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Business

Tremors in the West: Why is Europe drifting away from America?

April 12, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 continues to churn geopolitics and the latest victim of this ongoing war could be the United States-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), whose members are afraid of their ‘catchment area’ threatening to expand from Russia to China, and the resultant uncertainties about […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: As Pak economy sinks further, India, France & Japan to help Sri Lanka

April 12, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: While the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed Pakistan’s growth rate to 0.5 percent this year amid extremely high inflation, growing unemployment, and polycrises, India, France, and Japan are set to restructure Sri Lanka’s debts, the media reported on Wednesday. In its latest forecast, the IMF lowered Pakistan’s economic growth […]

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Business

Sitharaman in the US: FM invites American investors to join the amazing ‘India Growth Story’

April 12, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday invited American investors to invest in India and be part of the South Asian country’s amazing growth story where the national economy is transparent, open, and watchable. Sitharaman, who is leading a high-powered delegation to Washington DC to attend the Annual Spring Meetings of […]

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Business

Myanmar: Military junta kills over 50 pro-democracy activists, say reports

April 11, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The ruling military junta killed at least 50 pro-democracy activists in Central Myanmar, the media reported on Tuesday. The military launched an air strike on a rebels’ gathering, killing at least 50 people, who had gathered at an event attended by opponents of the junta, according to media and members […]

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Defence

Roving Periscope: Speculations about Putin’s ‘deteriorating’ health resurface

April 11, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “worsening health” has hit the headlines again, despite the Kremlin’s insistence for a long time that this is part of the Western media’s misinformation and propaganda against Moscow. According to the latest media reports, Putin suffers from “blurred vision and […]

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Business

FT & RaGa: The Adani Group debunks claims, says it raised Rs.20k cr legally

April 11, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Refuting claims made recently by London-based Financial Times, which Congress leader Rahul Gandhi relied upon in his ongoing political battle against business tycoon Gautam Adani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Adani Group said it had raised USD 2.7 billion (over Rs 20,000 crore) by the sale of equity in […]

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Business

Monsoon: Unlike Skymet, IMD predicts “normal rains” in India this year from June

April 11, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid widespread concerns about the impact of global warming, ‘shifting seasons’ and rising temperatures on world economies, India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted a “normal monsoon” in the South Asian country this year—belying the Skymet forecast of a relatively drier spell in the coming rainy season, starting in June. […]

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