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Roving Periscope: Amid Covid-19 catastrophe, WHO team meets Chinese officials

December 31, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) met with Chinese officials on Friday as the Asian country battled its worst-ever health crisis because of an unprecedented outbreak of the scourge this month that has left millions infected and thousands dead. In 2020, when Covid-19 assaulted the world, […]

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Roving Periscope: China could see 25,000 Covid deaths a day in January

December 30, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The People’s Republic of China, which is currently battling an unprecedented Covid-19 catastrophe with millions of infections and hundreds of deaths daily, could witness around 25,000 deaths a day from the pandemic after January 22, 2023, the Lunar New Year, the media reported on Friday. This scary scenario is casting […]

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Roving Periscope: Is China following a ‘scorched earth’ policy on Covid-19?

December 29, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The way it rode the roughshod and stonewalled all attempts to investigate the cases when Covid-19 broke out in 2020, and then across the world, China’s current tactics and strategy have given rise to speculations whether it might be following a ‘scorched earth’ policy— a military strategy that aims to […]

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India-Australia FTA: Effective today, trade to triple to $70 bn in 5 years

December 29, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The India-Australia free trade agreement (FTA), which came into effect on Thursday, will help boost bilateral trade in goods and services to cross USD 70 billion in the next five years, an economic think said. The two countries signed the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) on April 2 this […]

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Covid-19: ‘Not one but a cocktail of 4 Omicron variants roiling China’

December 28, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid China’s Covid explosion, which has infected millions and killed thousands this month, a top Indian expert said not one but four variants of the highly contagious Omicron strain are roiling the Asian country in its worst-ever health crisis. Dr. NK Arora, who heads the Government of India’s Covid-19 panel, […]

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Roving Periscope: Russia retaliates against oil price-cap as war rages on in Ukraine

December 28, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As its ongoing war in Ukraine entered the 10th month, Russia retaliated on Tuesday against a price cap on its oil imposed by western countries, while its rather reluctant armed forces got involved in heavy fighting around the bombed-out ghost town of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, the media reported on […]

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Roving Periscope: After US aid and Chinese intimidation, Taiwan prepares to meet the PLA’s challenge

December 27, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Fears that China could start a military misadventure against Taiwan anytime to divert its people’s attention from the Covid tsunami infecting millions and killing hundreds gained currency on Tuesday when the self-ruled island’s government took the next steps to prepare for the emerging situation. China’s “intimidation and threats against Taiwan […]

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Roving Periscope: To divert attention from Covid failures, China sends ships and warplanes to Taiwan

December 26, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: During the Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020, Communist China saw an opportunity in a global crisis and attempted a military misadventure in East Ladakh, India, to divert the Chinese people’s attention from the Wuhan nursery and whip up patriotism. On Sunday the Dragon, now pulverized by a Covid tsunami itself, again […]

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Bank Fraud: After the Kochhars, CBI arrests Videocon chief V. Dhoot too

December 26, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after arresting former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested Videocon Group Chairman Venugopal Dhoot as well in a major bank fraud case. On Saturday, a Special Court in Mumbai remanded the Kochhars and revealed that […]

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Loan fraud: Special court remands ex-ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar, husband Deepak to CBI custody

December 24, 2022 virendra pandit

New Delhi: A special court in Mumbai on Saturday remanded ICICI Bank’s former CEO and MD Chanda Kochar and her husband Deepak Kochhar in the custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) until December 26 in connection with alleged cheating and irregularities in loans sanctioned by the bank to Videocon Group companies. The CBI, which […]