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Roving Periscope: Now, Pak Army officers revolt against their chief Gen. Asim Munir

March 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi was ‘democratically toppled’ in April 2022 after he accused the US, then under Democratic President Joe Biden, of masterminding regime change in Islamabad. Since August 2023, he has been in prison and facing around 200 court cases, thanks to the machinations of […]

Business

Canada: PM Carney fans anti-US sentiments ahead of April 28 snap polls

March 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Carrying the heavy baggage of his predecessor Justin Trudeau’s extreme unpopularity, and battling against high inflation, amid Trump threats, Canada’s two-week-old Prime Minister Mark Carney is resorting the time-tested tradition to win an election: discover an enemy and arouse nationalist sentiments against it. President Donald Trump has, of course, generously […]

Business

Trump’s tariffs: RIL halts importing Venezuelan oil

March 26, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has paused further purchases of Venezuelan crude after US President Donald Trump authorised a 25 percent tariff on countries buying the South American country’s oil, the media reported on Wednesday. RIL, India’s largest privately-owned refiner, is expected to take delivery of a cargo of Merey crude that is […]

Business

Roving Periscope: The US signs 30-day ceasefire deals with Russia and Ukraine

March 26, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In the ongoing US-brokered deals, Ukraine and Russia have agreed to a temporary ceasefire in their over three-year-old war, promising to refrain from attacking energy infrastructures and ensure unhindered Black Sea navigation, the media reported on Wednesday. Earlier, the US said it had made separate agreements with Kyiv and Moscow to […]

Business

Transport: India loses 3% of GDP due to road accidents, says Gadkari

March 25, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road, Transport, and Highways, on Tuesday said India is losing 3 percent of its GDP due to nearly 5 lakh road accidents per annum in the country. Addressing the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM)’ s event on “Technology Interventions For Road Safety: US-India Partnership,” he […]

English

Japan raises concern over longest Chinese intrusion near Senkaku islands

March 25, 2025 revoi editor

Japan has voiced serious concerns over a prolonged incursion by Chinese Coast Guard ships near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, marking one of the longest intrusions into Japan’s territorial waters. The Chinese ships, which claim the islands for Beijing, left on Monday night after remaining in the area for 92 hours […]

Elections

Roving Periscope: On Ukraine, the US-Russia talks far from a deal—yet

March 25, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, it believed the war would be over in “48 hours.” Likewise, Donald Trump, during his presidential campaign in 2024, declare that he will put an end to the Ukraine war in “two days.” More than three years on—exactly after 1,125 days—the war […]

Business

Roving Periscope: On Ukraine, the US-Russia ‘productive’ talks far from a deal—yet

March 25, 2025 revoi editor

Business

Canada: PM Carney orders snap parliamentary poll on April 28

March 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid several crises it is facing, both internal and external, Canada will go to snap parliamentary elections on April 28, the media reported on Monday. Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday triggered the vote as he seeks to build on his Liberal Party’s momentum since the start of the year, in the […]

Business

Markets: Sensex, Nifty surge more than 1.3% on positive global clues

March 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid the looming Trump tariffs potentially kicking off next week, the US Federal Reserve retaining interest rates, and the inflow of the FIIs, Indian indices on Monday reflected investors’ positive sentiments and continued their upward journey as Sensex surged past the psychological 78,000-mark while banking stocks led the rally. Benchmark […]