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The USofA: V-P JD Vance and his family land in India on a four-day visit

April 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In the backdrop of the ongoing global tariff war, US Vice-President JD Vance, along with his India-born wife Usha and their children, and a high-level delegation, began a four-day visit to India on Monday. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav greeted the Vance family at the airport in New Delhi. The delegation […]

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The Vatican: Pope Francis,88, passes away

April 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After months of age-related illness and surviving a serious bout of double pneumonia, Pope Francis, Sovereign of The Vatican City State, passed away on Monday, the media reported. He was 88. Pope Francis was the 266th Head of the Roman Catholic Church. He was elected on March 13, 2013 as […]

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Venezuelans: US Supreme Court halts deportations under 18th century wartime law

April 19, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Under an 18th century wartime law, the US Supreme Court on Saturday temporarily blocked the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas, the media reported. In a brief order, the SC directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Centre “until further order of […]

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Tariff troubles: Despite resilience, India facing global headwinds, says RBI chief

April 19, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra has said although the Indian economy is resilient, it is facing global headwinds. In his keynote address at the ongoing 24th Fixed Income Money Markets and Derivatives Association of India-Primary Dealers’ Association of India (FIMMDA-PDAI) Annual Conference in Bali, Indonesia, he stressed […]

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Roving Periscope: US may drop out of Russia-Ukraine ‘peace deal’, says Rubio

April 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: One of US President Donald Trump’s pet projects in the last one year—to stop the ongoing, three-year-long conflict between Russia and Ukraine—may have become unviable on Friday with neither Moscow nor Kyiv evincing interest in going ahead, despite a partial Washington-Moscow deal last month in Saudi Arabia. A frustrated US […]

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India’s US outreach: PM Modi dials Elon Musk, to host dinner for V-P JD Vance

April 18, 2025 revoi editor

New Delhi: Days before US Vice-President James David Vance and his India-born wife Usha land in the country on a four-day visit starting April 21, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday dialled Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to discuss issues related with technological collaboration and others. “Spoke to @elonmusk and talked about various issues, […]

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Economy: “Notable markdowns, but no global recession,” says IMF

April 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has, while remarking that despite “notable markdowns,” are likely, there is no possibility of a global recession. Given the ongoing trade war, some economists fear that a global recession is a distinct possibility, especially because of the tariff war between the two largest economies—the USA […]

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Roving Periscope: The Eagle may, after all, force the Dragon to blink first!

April 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With little tangible results emerging in its trade war against the US, a softening China may start a phased climb down and blink first to arrive at a compromise on tariffs with the world’s largest economy, if only to retain its second place. For now, however, Chinese President Xi Jinping […]

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Markets: On the BSE’s 150th anniversary, Sensex zooms 1,500 points; Nifty follows up with 414

April 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Indian indices on Thursday started low but flew over 1.7 percent with Sensex and Nifty closing up by more than 1,500 and 414 points, respectively, keeping their upward mobility in tune with some other world markets. Incidentally, the BSE on Thursday celebrated its 150th anniversary. The Sensex is the benchmark […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump tries to flush out Lib-Dem’s vestiges on varsity campuses

April 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After facing multiple court cases during the Joe Biden presidency, and still winning the election in November 2024, US President Donald Trump, in his second, non-consecutive term, has now trained his guns on America’s elite educational institutions to flush out the vestiges of the Liberal-Democrat politico-economic “Deep State” that infested […]