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Trade war: Now, China faces up to a 245% tariff on some exports to the US

April 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In their ongoing Game of Chicken, the US has now imposed additional levy, to a total of 245 percent of tariff on some imports from China. The White House said on Tuesday that this step was taken as a result of China’s retaliatory actions, according to the media reports. President […]

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Singapore: Parliament dissolved, fresh polls on May 3

April 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After the dissolution of its parliament, the island nation of Singapore will head to the general elections on May 3, in what will be the first electoral test for its new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who came to power in 2024. Voting is compulsory for Singapore’s 2.75 million eligible citizens. […]

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Roving Periscope: Sensing trouble within, President Xi sacks PLA’s No 2

April 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ever since he got the Communist Party scrap the two-term limit on his presidency in 2018, effectively allowing him to remain in power for life, an insecure Chinese President Xi Jinping has been sacking hundreds of officers at different levels of his government on “corruption” charges to shield his own […]

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Markets: Hoping for tariff relief, Indian indices zoom over 2%

April 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump pausing the 26 percent tariff on India for three months, and amid ongoing bilateral trade talks showing positivity, the Indian equity market surged over 2 percent on Monday, bringing cheers back to the Dalal Street in Mumbai. Following President Trump’s comments suggesting the possibility of […]

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Financial crime: Mehul Choksi, arrested in Belgium, may be brought back to India

April 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after the 26/11 terror attack mastermind Tahawwur Rana was extradited from the US to India, another high-value accused, Mehul Choksi, is likely to be brought back from Belgium to face the long arm of the law in the country of his origin. According to the media reports, the Belgian […]

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Roving Periscope: To teach Trump a lesson, China may weaponize $760 bn in US Treasury holdings

April 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: It was expected. Ever since US President Donald Trump began entangling China in a tariff quagmire, some believed Beijing might, after all, have the ultimate weapon to pin down Washington: USD 760 billion worth of US Treasury holdings. Beijing reiterated its vow to “fight to the end” last Friday. Not […]

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Technology: Govt to prioritize AI, divert Rs.10k startup fund to new tech

April 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said that Indian startup should innovate rather than recycling old ideas in new avatars, his ministry has decided to allocate a major part of the second Rs. 10,000 crore Fund of Funds Scheme (FFS) for startups to budding entrepreneurs in sectors […]

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Markets: Tariff pause, trade negotiations push equity markets up

April 11, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump pausing his steep ‘reciprocal tariffs’ on all imports for 90 days and India’s ongoing trade negotiations showing positivity, benchmark Sensex and Nifty indices rallied nearly 2 percent on Friday as metal stocks shone, the media reported. The BSE Sensex surged 1,620 points or 2.2 percent […]

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Bangladesh: Islamist court issues fresh arrest warrant for Hasina, her daughter

April 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: An Islamist-influenced court on Thursday issued a new arrest warrant against Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed, her daughter Saima Wajed Putul, and 17 others in an alleged case of corruption, accusing them of procuring a residential plot through “fraudulent” means. On Thursday, Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Mohammad […]

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Trump’s tremors: India for early deal, China begs with EU, ASEAN, others

April 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal remarked that the current turmoil in the financial world is mainly because of China’s policies over the years, India seemed ready to quickly sign a deal with the US on the trade and tariff-related issues. The White House had also revealed that […]