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Roving Periscope: Ahead of ‘peace talks’ Ukraine traps Russia in Op. Spider’s Web

June 2, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: To get a bargaining chip on the eve of the second round of ‘peace talks’ in Turkey, Ukraine on Sunday launched a massive drone attack on Russia, claiming to destroying USD 7 billion worth of its aircraft, representing 34 percent of Moscow’s bomber fleet, the media reported. In a post […]

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South Korea’s political crisis from martial law to snap election

June 2, 2025 revoi editor

South Koreans will go to the polls in a snap election on Tuesday, voting for a president to replace Yoon Suk Yeol, who was ousted from office in April after his brief martial law attempt sent shockwaves through the country. Here are key events from martial law to Yoon’s impeachment, arrest, and indictment, and election […]

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Roving Periscope: Fake news wasted the Army’s 15% time in Operation Sindoor

May 31, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Indian Armed Forces lost at least 15 percent of their precious time tackling the flood of fake news during Operation Sindoor early this month, Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan said. Highlighting the significant challenge posed by misinformation and disinformation during the Operation, he revealed that approximately […]

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Development: ADB to provide $4.5 bn loan to India annually

May 31, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda on Friday said the multilateral funding agency is ready to provide up to USD 4.5 billion sovereign lending to India each year, the media reported. “Yesterday I met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi to deepen ADB’s partnership with India and advance […]

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Bangladesh: Japan to give $1.06 bn support, recruit 100,000 workers in 5 years

May 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Trying to undercut China’s influence in Bangladesh, Japan has said it would give USD 1.063 billion budgetary support to Dhaka, and also recruit 100,000 Bangladeshi workers over the next five years, the media reported on Friday. The aid package includes USD 418 million as a development policy loan to Bangladesh […]

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Economy: India’s GDP grew by 6.5% in FY25; 7.4% in Q4FY25

May 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India’s economy grew by 6.5 percent in 2024-25, down from 9.2 percent in the previous fiscal, the government data released on Friday said. India’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the fourth quarter (Q4) of financial year 2024-25 (FY25) stood at 7.4 percent, according to data released by the […]

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Roving Periscope: As Tharoor slams Pak on IWT, Munir warns water is a ‘red line’

May 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day before India conducts the second round of Operation Shield (mock drills) on Saturday in the states bordering Pakistan, as part of preparations during the ongoing Operation Sindoor, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor slammed Islamabad for betraying India’s goodwill on the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with state-sponsored terror. The media […]

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Op. Sindoor: Trump claims trade offer led to ‘ceasefire’ between India, Pak!

May 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Although Donald Trump has publicly lamented that no one was giving him the credit for the ‘ceasefire’ between India and Pakistan, his administration insists that the cross-border firing earlier this month ended only after the US President offered the two neighbours trade benefits. Interestingly, the Trump administration is now using […]

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Trump tariffs: As US court declares them unlawful, India must reassess trade deal

May 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With a federal court on Tuesday striking down President Donald Trump’s controversial move to impose reciprocal tariffs on the trading partners of the US, an Indian think tank has urged New Delhi to reassess its trade deals with Washington DC, the media reported on Wednesday. The Global Trade Research Initiative […]

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Roving Periscope: ‘Enlightened,’ Elon Musk quits Trumpistan!

May 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: From the word go, they seemed a mismatch. One was intent on making Earth Great and making humans land on Mars in 2026, while the other was running backward to merely Make America Great Again. In just four months, therefore, as his term ended, a disillusioned Elon Musk decided enough […]