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Bihar Electoral Roll Update: 98% coverage achieved as first phase of special revision nears completion

July 24, 2025 revoi editor

The first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Bihar Electoral Roll, which began on June 24, is nearing completion, with an impressive 98.01% coverage of electors across the state. The Election Commission of India (ECI) confirmed the progress on Tuesday, noting that the revision is aimed at ensuring no eligible voter is […]

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Tariff: The US gets $550 bn Japan investments, imposes 15% import duty

July 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After much dilly-dallying, the US has imposed a 15 percent tax on imports from Japan, which will invest USD 550 billion in return! President Donald Trump announced a trade framework with Japan on Tuesday, imposing a 15 percent tax on goods imported from the Asian nation, according to media reports […]

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Cybercrime: Indians lose over Rs.22k cr to cyber criminals in 2024

July 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Indian citizens lost more than Rs. 22,845.73 crore to cyber criminals in 2024, a staggering increase of nearly 206 percent from the previous year, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Responding to a written question, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar said that, according to […]

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Mishap: 20 dead as China-made BAF training aircraft crashes into Dhaka school campus

July 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Nearly 20 people, including school students, died and around 100 were wounded when a Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) training aircraft crashed into a college and school campus in Dhaka on Monday afternoon. According to military and fire officials, the Chinese-made F-7 BGI aircraft, piloted by Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam Sagar, […]

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Roving Periscope: India, B’desh worried over China’s mega-dam project in Tibet

July 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Two weeks after the 14th Dalai Lama celebrated his 90th birthday on July 6 in the presence of Union Minister Kiren Rijiju at Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, China has started the construction of the world’s largest dam project on the Brahmaputra’s source in Tibet, the media reported on Monday. Earlier this […]

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Parliament’s Monsoon Session begins today amid opposition heat over Operation Sindoor, electoral roll row

July 21, 2025 revoi editor

The Monsoon Session of Parliament is set to begin on Monday, marking the first sitting since Operation Sindoor, India’s precision airstrikes targeting terror camps in Pakistan in the wake of the deadly Pahalgam terror attack. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address both Houses before proceedings officially commence. The session, running from July 21 […]

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Media: Now, Trump slaps a $10bn lawsuit against frenemy Murdock, WSJ

July 19, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: US President Donald Trump has filed a USD 10 billion (£7.5bn) lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal’s parent company, Dow Jones, and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, over claims that he wrote a “bawdy” note to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Trump claims the publication slandered him and violated libel laws in […]

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Roving Periscope: No disruption to global oil supply or purchases, clarifies EU

July 19, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid India’s ongoing trade talks with multiple European countries, including the UK, the European Union sought to cool tempers in New Delhi on Saturday, following the EU’s recent sanctions on Russian oil over the Ukraine issue, according to media reports. The EU’s recent sanctions on Russian oil, energy, banking, and […]

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Trumpistan: “Unacceptable blackmail,” says Brazil to US tariffs

July 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after he hosted the BRICS Summit (July 6-7), Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday slammed his US counterpart Donald Trump’s threat to impose 50 percent tariffs on Latin America’s largest economy as “unacceptable blackmail.” Lula’s comments during a nationally televised speech were the latest in series […]

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Ukraine: EU sanctions to hit Rosneft’s Jamnagar refinery in India

July 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The European Union on Friday imposed sanctions on the India-based oil refinery of Russian energy giant Rosneft at Jamnagar (Gujarat), and lowered the oil price cap, as part of a new raft of measures against Russia over its war in Ukraine. The fresh sanctions package on Russia included new banking […]