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The INR: Indian currency slumps 45 paise, hits record low of 87.95 per USD

February 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The American dollar’s strength in the overseas market and weak domestic equities pushed India’s currency down, depreciating it by 45 paise to hit a record low of 87.95 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday. Forex traders said the dollar index, quoted at 108, gained after President Donald […]

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Canada: Trudeau says Trump “serious” about making it America’s 51st state

February 8, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: He is heading a fragile minority government and stares at the grim prospects for his Liberal Party in the parliamentary elections by October 2025. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with less than 10 percent popularity ratings, is still trying to avert this inevitability, and somehow, return to power. By raking […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump ‘fires’ Biden, strips him of security clearance

February 8, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: It a tit-for-tat move, about two weeks after he returned to the White House, US President Donald Trump on Friday revoked Joe Biden’s security clearance for classified information, reminding his predecessor of what he did unto him four years ago. When Trump lost the second term, the new President Joe […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump 2.0 regime starts ‘eroding’ global institutions

February 7, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Within two weeks of re-taking the White House for the next four years, US President Donald Trump has started ‘dismantling’ the global institutions, his latest target being the International Criminal Court (ICC), which issued arrests warrants in 2023 against Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Ukraine conflict and against Israel […]

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RBI: After first rate-cut in 5 years, Malhotra says India can grow at 7% or more

February 7, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Afte announcing the first policy rate-cut in five years on Friday, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra expressed confidence in India’s ongoing economic growth, and asserted that a 7 percent or higher gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate is both achievable and should be a national aspiration. […]

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Bangladesh: Mobs attack Mujib house; Hasina says “History can’t be erased”

February 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As a crowd of Islamic fanatics set afire Bangladesh founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rehman’s house in Dhaka on Wednesday, his daughter Sheikh Hasina Wajed said “History cannot be wiped out.” In an online appeal to her Awami League activists, the former Prime Minister, who is staying in India after her […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump’s Gaza plan draws fire; the US says it’s “temporary”

February 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With President Donald Trump’s proposed plan for the Gaza ‘takeover’ and relocation of the Palestinians drawing international condemnation, his aides defended the proposal and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio climbed down stating the Palestinians’ resettlement would only be “temporary.” Welcoming the proposal, however, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said […]

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Deportation from the US: “Going on for years,” says S. Jaishankar in Parliament

February 6, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid political firestorm raised by the deportation of the first batch of illegal immigrants, who landed in Amritsar on Wednesday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that the deportation of such migrants from America has been ongoing for years. His remarks came amid the Opposition’s […]

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Illegal immigrants: El Salvador offers to pack the US deportees in jail—for a fee

February 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: El Salvador has offered to incarcerate American convicts and illegal migrants of any nationality deported from the United States at Latin America’s largest maximum security prison. However, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s offer comes with a price tag and legal challenges—the ones that US President Donald Trump’s administration is considering tackling, […]

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Bird flu: Amid shortages and rising prices, one lakh eggs stolen in the US!

February 5, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid shortages and rising prices, nearly one lakh eggs were stolen from a distribution truck in the United States, the media reported on Wednesday. The incident happened in Pennsylvania, where grocery stores are selling a dozen eggs for USD 4.69 or more, depending on the type and brand. The Pennsylvanian […]