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Defense: Amid China ‘rearming’ Pak, Rajnath approves new fighter jet program

May 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid reports of China fast-tracking its plan to deliver stealth fighter jets to Pakistan to bolster its arsenal to counter India’s air superiority over its recalcitrant neighbour, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday approved a framework to make its own stealth aircraft. The initial development cost of the project has […]

Defence

The $22 bn trap: 75 poorest nations face ‘tidal wave’ of China debt in 2025

May 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: What was an open secret for years, has caused no stir now. The world’s 75 poorest nations face a “tidal wave of debt” as repayments to China hit record highs in 2025, an Australian think tank warned in a new report. China’s ultra-ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)’s lending spree […]

Business

Roving Periscope: In Iran, Shehbaz talks India; Tehran talks Gaza!

May 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: While several Indian parliamentary delegations are travelling the world to expose Pakistan’s cohabitation with terror, Islamabad is also crying hoarse against terrorism, shedding copious tears to prove its ‘innocence.’ The difference is stark. While India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the chiefs of the Army, Air Force, and Navy are […]

Business

FY25: RBI to transfer Rs. 2.69 lakh crore surplus to the govt

May 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to transfer surplus funds of Rs. 2.69 lakh crore to the government, the media reported. On Friday, the central bank’s Board of Directors approved the transfer of a huge Rs. 2,68,590 crore bonanza to the Government of India for the financial year […]

Business

India@UN: Pakistan-sponsored terrorists killed 20,000 Indians in four decades

May 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India on Saturday slammed Pakistan for its four-decades-old state-sponsored policy on promoting terrorism which has claimed the lives of more than 20,000 Indians, the media reported. On Saturday, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Parvathaneni Harish, said that, despite these extreme violations, India has shown “extraordinary patience and magnanimity” […]

Business

Ukraine: Feared drone attack on Moscow Airport delays Kanimozhi-led delegation

May 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A parliamentary delegation from India, which went to Russia as part of the country’s diplomatic outreach during the ongoing Operation Sindoor, against Pakistan-backed terrorism, found their flight delayed due to a feared drone attack by Ukraine on Moscow Airport on Thursday. The all-party, high-level delegation, led by DMK MP Kanimozhi, […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Rudderless, Bangladesh may slip into a civil war

May 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Muhammad Yunus has, since he started enjoying political power for the first time in August 2024, at the ripe old age of 84, proved Lord Acton right: that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Secondly, he has also proved that being a Nobel Laureate for Peace—he pioneered micro-financing in […]

Business

Terror funding: India to move FATF in June to revert Pak to “grey list”

May 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Nearly two weeks after India took exception to the IMF virtually ‘terror-funding’ Pakistan, even amid the ongoing Operation Sindoor, New Delhi will now make a strong case with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) at its next meeting in June to revert Pakistan to its “grey list” for its failure […]

Business

Rising Northeast: Reliance, Adanis to invest Rs. 75k cr, Rs. 1 lakh cr respectively

May 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Reliance and Adani Groups will invest Rs. 75,000 crores and Rs. 1 lakh crores, respectively, in developing the northeastern states. Addressing the Rising Northeast Investors’ Summit 2025 in the national capital, Adani said his group was committed to investing an additional Rs. 50,000 crores over the next 10 years […]

Business

Pahalgam: India launches diplomatic offensive to expose Pakistan in 33 capitals

May 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: On a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that ‘hot sindoor’ flowed in his veins, India on Thursday launched its global outreach against terrorism emanating from Pakistan as multi-party parliamentary delegations reached Japan and United Arab Emirates to assert the right to self-defence following the Operation Sindoor carried out early […]