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Bangladesh: ‘Loan defaulter’ garment businessman is new central bank chief!

February 27, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The first major decision by the newly-installed Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government led by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman kicked off a firestorm on Friday when Dhaka announced the appointment of an alleged loan defaulter garment businessman as governor of the central bank, the media reported. The Tarique government abruptly ended […]

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Roving Periscope: Pak’s ‘open war’ against Afghanistan claims dozens of lives

February 27, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In renewed border clashes, Pakistan launched an ‘open war’ early on Friday after Afghanistan crossed the 2,600 km-long disputed Durand Line with multiple attacks, and claimed to have killed more than 130 Taliban fighters, the media reported on Friday. As with previous rounds of hostilities between Pakistani and Afghan forces, […]

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Helping the enemy: Ex-US fighter pilot arrested for training Chinese counterparts!

February 26, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A former United States Air Force officer and “elite fighter pilot” has been arrested and accused of betraying his country for illegally providing training to Chinese military pilots, the media reported on Thursday. The US Department of Justice said ex-Air Force Major Gerald Brown, once known by his pilot’s call […]

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Roving Periscope: To reset ties, Canadian PM Carney’s 4-day India visit begins on Friday

February 26, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney will begin his first-ever four-day state visit to India on Friday to restore bilateral relations which remained frosty since his predecessor Justin Trudeau’s claims of India’s ‘interference’ soured ties in 2023. In a significant shift in its position, Ottawa said that it believes India is […]

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Thus he spoke: In his 101-minute-long SOTU speech, Trump claims ‘golden age!’

February 25, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Delivering America’s longest State of the Union speech to the US Congress on Tuesday, President Donald Trump, 79, facing a mid-term election later this year, tried to calm economic jitters and claimed the dawn of a ‘golden age.’ He boasted that he had ushered in “the golden age of America,” […]

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Israel: Amid the US-Iran row, PM Modi reaches Tel Aviv on two-day official visit

February 25, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid a war-like situation between the US and Iran, which may snowball across the volatile Middle East, Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Tel Aviv on Wednesday on his second official visit to Israel after 2017, the media reported. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara welcomed the Indian […]

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Roving Periscope: Over 60% Americans think Trump, 79, grows ‘erratic’ with age!

February 25, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Campaigning for his re-election to the White House in 2024, Republican hopeful Donald Trump lampooned his predecessor, Joe Biden, for his age-related problems. Now, at least 61 percent Americans polled think their current President is growing ‘erratic’ as he ages! Most Americans think their country’s political leadership is generally too […]

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Brave New World: TCS tells staff to use AI proactively, despite revenue loss!

February 25, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: While other global IT companies—indeed all segments of businesses and industries—are worried that artificial intelligence (AI) will take away job opportunities, Tata Consultancy Services (YCS), India’s largest IT company, has asked its employees to use AI even if it means ‘cannibalising’ revenue streams, the media reported on Wednesday. TCS CEO […]

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Roving Periscope: How a girlfriend became Mexican drug lord’s nemesis?

February 24, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Mexico has deployed over 10,000 troops to quell the ongoing countrywide clashes sparked by the killing of the country’s most-wanted cop—turned-drug lord “El Mencho,” who carried a USD 15 million bounty on his head, followed by clashes that claimed dozens of lives, the media reported on Tuesday. Authorities also announced the […]

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Markets: Geopolitics, IT losses pull Sensex, Nifty down over 1%

February 24, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India’s stock markets lost over 1 percent of their value after Information Technology (IT) companies’ stocks tumbled and benchmark Sensex and Nifty50 plummeted, the media reported on Tuesday. Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty lost over 1 percent of their value, dragged down by geopolitical uncertainties, heavy losses in IT […]