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Roving Periscope: Vivek Ramaswamy also to contest against Donald Trump in 2024

February 22, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Former US President Donald Trump, who is likely to run for the President’s office in 2024, now has two Indian-American challengers, both from within his own Republican Party—Nikki Haley, and Vivek Ramaswamy. While Haley, 51, threw her hat in the ring last week, tech entrepreneur Ramaswamy, 37, launched his 2024 […]

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Ukraine: As Putin threatens the West, global markets, Sensex-Nifty, crash

February 22, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Hours after US President Joe Biden’s secret visit to Ukraine and a couple of days before the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin’s threat to the West triggered a meltdown of indices worldwide as Sensex and Nifty in India witnessed the significant crash on Wednesday. […]

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Roving Periscope: A year on, Putin blames the West for Ukraine war, suspends START

February 21, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Two days before the first anniversary of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine on Friday, President Vladimir Putin accused the war-torn neighbor and the West of provoking the conflict with the expansion of NATO and new European anti-rocket defense systems, and developing military contingents on the border of Russia. Since […]

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‘Protect the poor, tax the rich,’ IMF asks broke and embattled Pakistan

February 20, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After Defense Minister Khwaja Asif’s open admission last week that Pakistan is bankrupt and has already defaulted, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked the nearly cashless country to protect the poor and impose more taxes on the wealthy as the South Asian nation seeks to unlock funds from the […]

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The Adani Group: Bank of Baroda ready to lend it more, says MD

February 20, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In signs that market sentiment is returning to favor the Adani Group even after the USD 132 billion routs in the stocks of its 10 companies in recent weeks, Bank of Baroda (BoB) said on Monday it is willing to consider lending additional money to the leading business conglomerate. According […]

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Roving Periscope: Ahead of Feb 24, US President Joe Biden secretly visits Ukraine

February 20, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Just three days ahead of the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, US President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to the war-torn nation’s capital, Kyiv, on Monday, the New York Times reported. The US President arrived in Kyiv after a long train drive from the […]

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Roving Periscope: How is the anti-Modi global hate campaign fizzling out?

February 18, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Coordinated, sponsored, and funded hate campaigns in India and overseas to somehow ‘discredit’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the next Lok Sabha elections in 2024 for a ‘regime change’ may be fizzling out. But more such hate campaigns and ‘conspiracies’ may surface ahead of elections, and meet the same fate. […]

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Aviation: AI may recruit over 6,500 pilots to run 470 new aircraft in coming years

February 17, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Tata-owned Air India, which just inked historic deals to acquire 470 aircraft from Airbus and Boeing, will need over 6,500 pilots to run this massive fleet in the coming years, the media reported on Friday. At present, known for its iconic Maharaja mascot, the airline has nearly 1,600 […]

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The Adani case: SC refuses to accept the Centre’s proposals in a sealed cover

February 17, 2023 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to accept in a sealed cover the Centre’s suggestion on a proposed panel of experts for strengthening regulatory measures for the stock market. Observing that it wants to maintain full transparency in the interest of investors, a bench comprising Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices P. S. […]

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Power: A year after, the Sri Lankans to gets back 24×7 light—at a higher cost, though

February 16, 2023 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After Pakistan’s collapsing economy hogged the headlines in recent months, India’s yet another next-door neighbor Sri Lanka has brought some good news: the Sri Lankans, reeling under unprecedented economic hardships will now get 24×7 electricity, although at a higher cost. The media reported on Thursday that, after a year of […]