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Roving Periscope: Hawking peace, even China claims role in Op. Sindoor ‘ceasefire’

December 31, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: If this trend continues, even Pakistan-based terrorist groups may compete with each other to claim they negotiated with New Delhi for a ‘ceasefire’ with Islamabad during the Operation Sindoor in May 2025! After America, which stayed flummoxed, even China, which covertly assisted Pakistan during India’s highly successful military operation after […]

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Business

Op Sindoor: Trump awards Indian-American for “peace negotiation” that never was!

December 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Despite India’s multiple warnings that its Operation Sindoor (May 7-10, 2025) was merely suspended at Pakistan’s request and could resume if Islamabad-sponsored terrorists carried out another Pahalgam-type attack, both America and Pakistan have been boasting about their ‘victory’ in their own ways. In May, India launched Operation Sindoor, targeting nine […]

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Business

Bangladesh: Former PM Khaleda Zia dies at 80; PM Modi mourns her death

December 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, whose archrivalry with former premier Sheikh Hasina shaped the country’s politics for decades, passed away on Tuesday, aged 80, her Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said. As the country’s first woman PM, she played a pivotal role in restoring democracy after years of military rule […]

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Business

Bye, bye 2025: India to welcome 2026 on strong economic footing, high growth, low inflation

December 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Outgrowing concerns expressed in some quarters because of Trump tariffs and geopolitical uncertainties, India is on track to conclude 2025 as one of its most significant years of economic performance, with key macroeconomic indicators reflecting strong growth, low inflation, expanded exports and improved labour market conditions, the government said in […]

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Defence

Nepal: Will rapper Shah become India’s next-door Zelenskyy?

December 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a former TV stand-up comedian and entertainer, became the sixth president of Ukraine in 2019. Since February 2022, his government has been struggling for existence against Russia. Now, amid mounting challenges from Gen Z agitation and political uncertainties, Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balendra Shah, a rapper-turned-politician, has been […]

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Business

Roving Periscope: Ukraine seeks 50 years of US security against Russia

December 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In their Sunday meeting in yet another attempt to thrash out a peace plan, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged his US counterpart Donald Trump to provide 50 years of security guarantees, saying meeting with Russia to end the ongoing war is still possible. The current 20-point peace plan, floated by […]

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Business

Security: India to buy defence hardware worth Rs. 79,000 crores

December 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid fast-changing geopolitics and emerging challenges in the neighbourhood, India on Monday decided to purchase defence hardware worth Rs. 79,000 crores (nearly USD 9 billion), the media reported. The Defence Ministry, on Monday, approved the procurement of long-range rockets, missiles, radar systems, and military platforms worth Rs. 79,000 crores to […]

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Business

The Arab faultlines: “Immediate action,” Saudis warn the UAE-backed Yemen separatists

December 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The ancient faultlines within the Arab Muslims reappeared when the Saudi-led coalition warned the UAE-backed Yemen separatists of “immediate action,” the media reported on Saturday. The Saudi-led coalition, fighting in in Yemen, warned it would immediately respond to any military movements of separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates that […]

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Business

India-NZ FTA: More jobs, incomes, trade, says PM Luxon

December 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Five days after India and New Zealand concluded negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Saturday that the deal will create more jobs, enhance incomes, and increase trade, the media reported. The two countries, on December 22, concluded negotiations for a comprehensive, balanced and […]

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Business

Pakistan: It’s a junta with n-weapons, President Putin told George W. Bush in 2001

December 26, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As US President Donald Trump romances with Pakistan’s  “Field Marshal” Asim Munir, fresh revelations have surfaced about how concerned Washington was when Islamabad pursued its nuclear programme relentlessly, by hook or crook. Pakistan’s nuclear proliferation programme, primarily against India, triggered deep concern at the highest levels of the United States […]

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