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Trump’s tax: Indians remitting from the US may lose over $1.5 bn annually

May 19, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In 2023-24, Indians living in the US remitted USD 32 billion to their families back home and the motherland. From this year, however, if the US Congress passes a new law, the non-US citizens among them may have to pay a five percent remittance tax on this amount, or USD […]

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Roving Periscope: China supports Denmark on Greenland; wants its support on Taiwan!

May 19, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Taiwan is to China what Greenland is to Denmark—at least Beijing believes so. According to the media reports on Monday, China said it respects Denmark’s sovereignty on Greenland, and sought its reciprocity on Taiwan, the breakaway self-ruled, democratic island territory which calls itself the “Republic of China.” The Sino-Danish diplomatic […]

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Operation Sindoor: Indian mission in Portugal shows Pakistanis their place

May 19, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: “Operation Sindoor is not yet over,” India has reminded the Pakistanis again—this time in Europe. “Won’t be intimidated,” the Indian Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal, warned when a group of Pakistanis unsuccessfully tried to demonstrate there, after Islamabad’s utter humiliation during the three-day precision military Operation early this month. India will […]

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Pakistan: Shehbaz’s U-turn; admits Indian missiles attacked Nur Khan Airbase

May 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With India unrelenting in its anti-terror drive internationally, Prime Minister Muhammed Shehbaz Sharief, who rode a battle tank on Thursday and delivered the usual rhetoric before morose Pakistani soldiers, suddenly took a U-turn and admitted that the neighbour attacked several targets, including the Nur Khan Airbase, the media reported on […]

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Trade: Trump dances again, claims India to slash “100 percent” tariff!

May 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ignoring how his antics and boasts have made him a laughing stock at home and abroad, U-turn States President Donald Trump—he just lamented that nobody has credited him with the ‘ceasefire’ between India and Pakistan!—has freshly claimed that New Delhi is willing to cut 100 percent tariffs on American goods […]

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Terror: Op Sindoor only a trailer; IMF should reconsider $ 1bn loan to Pak, says Rajnath

May 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after urging the global nuclear energy regulator International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to take control of Pakistan’s nuclear assets, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should rethink the recent loan of over USD 1 billion it approved for Islamabad as it could […]

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Apple: Even if iPhone maker moves out, India won’t lose much, says GTRI

May 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump’s ‘advice’ to Apple, Inc. CEO Tim Cook to move his company’s manufacturing units to America, India will not lose much, according to the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI). If the iPhone maker moves its assembly units from India, it will only create entry-level jobs in […]

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Pakistan: India to have strictly bilateral relations, asserts EAM Jaishankar

May 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid US President Donald Trump’s multiple attempts to take credit for ‘brokering’ peace between India and Pakistan and offers to mediate in the Jammu and Kashmir matter, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday reiterated that New Delhi’s relations and dealings with Islamabad will be “strictly bilateral,” which is a […]

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Canada: Indian-origin leader Anita Anand named Foreign Minister

May 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Newly-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney has nominated Indian-origin Liberal leader Anita Anand as his Foreign Minister, potentially improving relations with India, the media reported on Wednesday. Carney, who replaced Justin Trudeau earlier this year and won snap parliamentary election in April, named Anand, a former defense minister, in place of […]

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Roving Periscope: Undeterred, Trump parrots ‘ceasefire’ credit for a 5th time!

May 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Even after being trolled worldwide for his false claims that he got India and Pakistan to stop cross-firing, a boastful Donald Trump reiterated it a fifth time, ostensibly to impress his supporters at home where he has earned the dubious distinction of becoming the most unpopular US President-ever within three […]