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Roving Periscope: Ahead of April 2 tariff threat, Trump tries to ‘soften’ PM Modi!

March 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Businessman-turned-US President Donald Trump knows how to keep a customer in the tent. After repeatedly criticising what he believes are the high tariffs India and other countries charge on American goods, he appeared to soften on New Delhi, ahead of his April 2 ‘deadline’ of launching fresh ‘reciprocal tariffs.’ After […]

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Calamity: Emergency in Myanmar and Thailand after a 7.7 temblor kills many

March 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A powerful earthquake, measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale, rattled Myanmar, Thailand, parts of China, among other areas, killing scores, and trapping dozens of workers in a collapsed under-construction skyscraper in Bangkok where a state of emergency was declared, the media reported on Friday. India has offered help to both […]

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Raja Aau, Desh Bachau: Curfew in Kathmandu as Gyanendra supporters clash with police

March 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The pro-China, communist-led government in Nepal, already rattled after the rousing welcome former King Gyanendra Shah received in the Himalayan country recently, on Friday clamped curfew in parts of the capital Kathmandu after violent pro-monarchists clashed with police. The media reported that the pro-monarchists have coined a slogan as a […]

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Roving Periscope: Turkiye’s Imamoglu condemns the West for turning Nelson’s Eye

March 28, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The US-led West, which was patting itself after ‘managing’ raging fires in Ukraine and Gaza, has suddenly found itself amid a fireball: Turkiye, a NATO ally, is waiting to become a member of the European Union as well. Within 10 days, Turkiye has emerged as a new flashpoint in the […]

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The Ukraine conflict: Russia lauds India’s ‘balanced approach’

March 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after the US and Russia agreed on a 30-day ceasefire during the ongoing Ukraine conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday lauded India for adopting a balanced approach to the crisis and advocating for resolving the issue through dialogue. In a video address to a conference titled ‘Russia […]

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Bangladesh: After part-payment of dues, Adani Power restores full supply

March 27, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ahead of soaring summer temperatures, Bangladesh on Thursday confirmed that Adani Power has restored full electricity supply after part-payment of dues, the media reported. The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) said that regular payments are being made to Adani, although specifics regarding past arrears were not disclosed, the reports said. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]