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Terror: If the US can extradite Rana, why can’t Pak send Saeed, Lakhvi to India?

May 20, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: If the US can extradite terrorist masterminds like Tahawwur Rana to India, why cannot Pakistan extradite Hafiz Saeed and others to India? Citing a long list of terror attacks in India that originated from Pakistan, India’s Ambassador to Israel J P Singh has said that the “root cause is the […]

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Science and Tech: Former AEC chief Srinivasan and cosmologist Narlikar pass away

May 20, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Two towering personalities of Indian science and technology—Dr. M. R. Srinivasan, 95, and Dr J. V. Narlikar, 87—passed away on Monday in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, respectively, due to age-related issues. Veteran nuclear physicist and former Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Chairman Dr. M. R. Srinivasan, who played a key role […]

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Roving Periscope: Russia-Ukraine to begin ‘peace talks’ immediately, claims Trump

May 20, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Even before India and/or Pakistan could say so on May 10, US President Donald Trump, desperate to take credit to jack up his plummeting popularity at home, announced that the two South Asian countries had agreed to a ‘ceasefire’ during the Operation Sindoor, which, ironically, has just paused and is […]

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Bhikharistan: Begging is a Pak ‘biz’ worth PKR 42 bn; 5k beggars deported to Islamabad!

May 19, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: That Pakistan is infamous as a begging country is no secret. It has secured over two dozen bailouts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) alone in as many years. And its current Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has publicly admitted that Pakistan is ashamed of going abroad with a begging bowl! […]

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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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