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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 […]

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Roving Periscope: Pak woos the US; Washington junks LeT’s TRF!

July 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Desperately trying to salvage its image as a global pariah, Pakistan attempted to lure US President Donald Trump to visit Islamabad, only to end up with egg on its face. To rub salt in its wounds, Washington promptly added The Resistance Front (TRF), responsible for the April 22 massacre of […]

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Pakistan: Ahead of his sons’ arrival to lead protests, Imran blames Munir

July 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ahead of his two sons’ likely arrival from London to lead protests in Pakistan, Imran Khan is laying the ground for a potential showdown with the Shehbaz Sharif government, seeking his release from jail. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi, who is in jail for over two years […]

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Baluchistan: Talking merger, BLA and BLF kill nearly 40 Pakistani soldiers

July 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF), discussing a merger while fighting against Pakistan to liberate Baluchistan, on Thursday, targeted Pakistani army soldiers in two separate incidents and killed nearly 40 soldiers, the media reported. The BLA’s Fateh Squad ambushed a military bus going from Karachi […]

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Energy: If US sanctions Russia, India can secure oil from others, says Puri

July 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India can secure oil for its needs even if the US imposes sanctions on Russian exports over the Ukraine issue, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday. “I’m not worried at all. If something happens, we’ll deal with it,” he said at an industry […]