Political

Business

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 […]

Business

Jugular Vein: Post-Pahalgam massacre, India asks IMF to review Pak loans

May 2, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A week before the Pahalgam massacre, when Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir reinvoked Muhammed Ali Jinnah’s” Two Nation Theory”, and said that Jammu and Kashmir was Islamabad’s ‘jugular vein,’ he may not have realized that he inadvertently gave India a clue: that International Monetary Fund (IMF) was, in fact, Pakistan’s […]

Defence

Trump impact: ‘Made in India’ iPhones to dominate US market in Q2

May 2, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Americans buying iPhones this second quarter (April-June 2025) have originated in India, not in China, as Beijing struggles to keep its nose above waters in the ongoing trade war against Washington, which has forced multinational companies to follow the “China+One” policy and shift their operations to other countries. The […]

Business

Roving Periscope: After Gaza and Ukraine failures, the US now urges India, Pak to de-escalate

May 1, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After his efforts to bring peace in Gaza and Ukraine failed to bear tangible fruit so far, US President Donald Trump’s administration has urged Pakistan and India to de-escalate tension that has gripped the two countries after the April 22 massacre at Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, carried out by Islamabad-backed […]

Business

Trade & tariffs: Trump hopes for “potential deals” with India, S. Korea, and Japan

May 1, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: After waging a fierce trade war against multiple countries, including China, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he has “potential trade deals” with India, South Korea, and Japan—all viewed as anti-Beijing—the media reported on Thursday. In remarks at an ‘Investing in America’ event in Washington, D.C., he said he […]

Business

Security: Amid Pak tensions, India revamps NSAB with ex-RAW chief as its head

April 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A week after Pakistan-based Islamist terrorists killed at least 26 Hindu tourists at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, and war cries escalated in both the countries, India on Wednesday revamped the crucial National Security Advisory Board (NSAB), for the first time after 2018, the media reported. Alok Joshi, the former […]

Business

Gold: As prices skyrocket, demand falls by 15% in three months, says WGC

April 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India, believed to be the world’s largest gold consumer, has seen its demand for the yellow metal fall by 15 percent this year because of skyrocketing prices, the World Gold Council (WGC) has said. This decline in sales volume was offset by a 22 percent surge (in rupee terms) in […]

Business

Ukraine: N. Korea sent up to 15k soldiers of whom 600 died, says S. Korea

April 30, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: About 600 North Korean soldiers, who fought for Russia in its ongoing war against Ukraine, have been killed so far, according to South Korean lawmakers. Addressing the media after a closed-door briefing by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) on Wednesday, Lee Seong-kweun and Kim Byung-kee said that an estimated 4,700 […]

Business

America v/s Canada: “Our old relationship is over,” says PM Mark Carney

April 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A month after turning the fortunes of Liberal Party, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who is seen retaining power after the snap polls held on Monday, criticized the US and emphasized that Canada’s old relationship of integration with America is over. In his victory speech after the media projection that […]

Business

Roving Periscope: PM Carney’s Liberals win polls in Canada; Khalistanis lose

April 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Mark Carney-led Liberal party was on a victory path in Canada’s snap election held on Monday, according to local media projections on Tuesday. Both the public broadcasters CBC and CTV News projected the Liberals would form Canada’s next government, but it was not yet clear if they would […]