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Colors of Khwaja Asif: From n-threats, tears, to peace-cry—all in a week!

May 7, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Only last week, the 75-year-old man, clad in three-piece suits like other Pakistani politicians, was threatening India left, right, and center with nuclear weapons that he believes Pakistan has. Then, when the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force started war exercises in the Arabian Sea and the Indian skies, […]

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India strikes back: Women military officers explain “Operation Sindoor”

May 7, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After striking Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir hard, and killing around 100 terrorists in a lightning action, India deployed two women military officers in uniform to explain to the world how New Delhi carried out Operation Sindoor against perpetrators of the April 22 terror attacks in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, where […]

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Operation Sindoor: In lightning strike, India destroys 21 terror camps in Pak, Pok

May 7, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In its largest-ever stern action against terror activities in the last four decades, India on Wednesday struck hard, destroying at least 21 terror camps across nine locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, reportedly killing around 100 terrorists. Pakistan, which was threatening India with nuclear blackmail, meekly acknowledged New Delhi’s action, […]

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Bangladesh: Ahead of polls, former PM Kheleda Zia returns from London

May 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: To prepare for the upcoming parliamentary elections by the end of this year or early next year, former Bangladesh Prime Minister Begun Khaleda Zia, 79, returned to her country after medical treatment in the United Kingdom, the media reported on Tuesday. Ailing for a long time, she had gone to […]

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Book row: India replaces KV Subramanian ahead of IMF meeting on Pak loans

May 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ahead of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s crucial meeting on Friday to finalize the USD 1.33 billion instalment of the USD 7 billion bailout package to rescue Pakistan’s ‘cashless’ economy, India has sacked its representative K.V. Subramanium, New Delhi’s nominee on the global lender’s board, six months before his term […]

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Global economy: Trump tariffs slow down activity—but India may be a ‘winner’

May 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Within four months of his second inauguration at the White House on January 20, 2025, US President Donald Trump’s controversial tariff war has dragged the global economy down, barring exceptions, the media reported on Monday. His tariffs are increasingly clogging up the wheels of a world economy which for decades […]

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Pakistan: Putin dials PM Modi, to visit India, backs its fight against terrorism

May 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday dialed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, strongly condemned the Hindu-only massacre by Muslim terrorists at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, and expressed “full support” to India in the fight against terrorism sponsored by Pakistan. President Putin emphasized that the perpetrators of the […]

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Tit-for-tat: India bans import of all Pakistan-originated goods, stops shipping

May 3, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Tightening the noose around Islamabad’s neck, India on Saturday banned the import of all Pakistan-originated goods with immediate effect, the media reported. The Directorate-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said the ban will take effect immediately, as per a May 2 notification. “This restriction is imposed in the interest of national […]

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Roving Periscope: Now, India has two Pakistan-s on its flanks

May 3, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: On a day India suspended the exchange of all mail and parcel services with Islamabad through air and surface routes, it emerged that “East Pakistan” (also known as Bangladesh!) fully supports its erstwhile tormentor “West Pakistan” and has even threatened to occupy northeastern India if New Delhi attacked Islamabad. Major-General […]

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Roving Periscope: Now, Trump blocks federal funding for “biased” public radios

May 2, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the world focused on his actions and forensic scrutiny by the media, US President Donald Trump has blocked all federal funding the American public media outlets—PBS and NPR—which he considers are “biased.” In an executive order he signed on Thursday, he alleged that the two organizations—the Public Broadcasting Service […]