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Roving Periscope: Ignoring protests, Israel pushes into Rafah to flush out Hamas

May 13, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Seven months and nearly 36,000 deaths after, Israel started pushing inside Rafah on the Egyptian border of the Gaza Strip to flush out Hamas terrorists in what it believes might be its decisive ground offensive against the Iran-supported group that has ruled the enclave’s 2.3 million people with an iron hand […]

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Roving Periscope: The US refutes Russian claims, denies ‘interference’ in Indian polls

May 10, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The United States on Thursday refuted Russia’s claims and denied Washington is ‘meddling’ in India’s ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The US reaction came a day after Russia said that America was trying to interfere in India’s parliamentary elections and “unbalance” the internal political situation in the South Asian country. “No, of […]

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The Maldives: India withdraws 51 soldiers before the May 10 ‘deadline’

May 9, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As the Maldives followed the Maoist policy of “two steps forward, one backward,” India has withdrawn 51 of its soldiers from the Maldives so far, the capital Male said ahead of the May 10 deadline set by President Mohamed Muizzu for the complete withdrawal of Indian military personnel from his pro-China […]

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Roving Periscope: Pakistan dubs as a “Dark day” the May 9, 2023 anti-army ‘coup’

May 9, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As jailed former Prime Minister Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi refused to apologize, the Pakistani government decided to mark Thursday (May 9) as a “Black Day,” the first anniversary of the unprecedented anti-army riots and violence that gripped the nearly bankrupt country after the cricketer-turned-politician’s arrest. For the first time in Pakistan’s […]

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Aviation: As Air India helps, AI Express sacks 25 cabin crew, warns others

May 9, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Tatas-owned Air India Express on Thursday terminated the services of at least 25 cabin crew members after hundreds of them suddenly reported ‘sick’ a day before causing huge disruptions in flights, canceling 85 flights, and forcing to operate only 283 flights on Thursday. The media reported that the AI Express […]

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A “gift” for Putin: Ukraine claims bid to assassinate Zelenskiy foiled

May 8, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid its war raging against Russia, Ukraine has claimed that an attempt to assassinate its President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, as a “gift” to Vladimir Putin, who took the oath as the Russian President for a fifth time on Tuesday, has been foiled. Ukraine’s state security service said it caught two agents for […]

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Remittances: India first to receive over $111.22 billion in 2022, says the UN

May 8, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Underlining the huge contribution of the Indians working overseas to their home country, the United Nations Agency on Migrations has said India received over USD 111 billion in remittances in 2022, the largest in the world, becoming the first country to reach and even surpass the USD 100 billion mark. The […]

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Power: Vladimir Putin, 71, takes oath a fifth time as Russia’s President

May 7, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In 2024, half the world is witnessing elections to get their next leaders into the seat of power. Even dictators love to call themselves democrats! Last year, China’s Xi Jinping, in power since 2013, was elected for a third term, becoming almost the ‘President-for-Life. His country claims to be the “largest […]

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Roving Periscope: “No new Cold War,” Xi urges France, EU amid tensions

May 7, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As his ally Russian President Vladimir Putin continued the Ukraine war and launched nuclear drills against the West, Chinese President Xi Jinping called on his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to help fend off a “new Cold War.” The visiting Chinese President told Macron the two nations should uphold mutual benefits, and […]

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The Middle East war: Escalation looms as Israel orders 100,000 Gazans to evacuate Rafah

May 6, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted that “Israel will stand alone,” and that any leniency at this stage would only keep Hamas in power, the Jewish nation rejected international criticism, and directed nearly 100,000 civilians to temporarily mass evacuate from parts of Rafah city in Southern Gaza Strip to […]