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Roving Periscope: A beneficiary himself, Elon Musk defends “skilled foreign immigrants”

December 31, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: An H-1B visa beneficiary himself from South Africa, the world’s richest man Elon Musk, a staunch Donald Trump supporter, is now at loggerheads with other Republican Party leaders who are supporting the US president-designate’s plans to overhaul the immigration policy to Make America Great Again (MAGA). With his support for […]

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Post-pandemic: President Xi says China clocked nearly 5% GDP growth in 2024

December 31, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With US President-elect Donald Trump potentially reopening the COVID-19 wounds in 2025, and his plans to impose high tariffs on Chinese imports, President Xi Jinping has reassured his people that a recovering China is regaining its economic power and its 2024 GDP growth has hit the target of nearly 5 […]

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Roving Periscope: Battling against the Taliban, Pak accuses India of LoC violations!

December 28, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Its ongoing battle against the Kabul-ruling Taliban and their Pakistan branch, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has already claimed dozens of lives on both sides of the borders. Now, amid reports that 15,000 Taliban fighters are marching towards Pakistan, Islamabad has accused India of “violating” the Line of Control (LoC) at […]

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Deportation: The US needs $86 billion to start deporting millions of illegal entrants!

December 26, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: President-elect Donald Trump’s border security man Tom Homan is set to seek a special USD 86 billion budget from the US Congress early next year to launch mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, as promised by the incoming 47th President of the US in his election campaign this year. Tom Homan, […]

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Roving Periscope: St Trump wants Christmas ‘gifts’ from Canada, Greenland, and Panama Canal!

December 26, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi:  Finding Alaska unviable to retain, Russia sold the icy desert to the United States on March 30, 1867, for a mere USD 7.2 million (now, the equivalent of nearly USD 150 million). In recent years, Russia has wanted to buy Alaska back. The US, on the other hand, is not […]

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WHO: Trump team to withdraw the US from global health watchdog

December 24, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: President-elect Donald Trump’s team is preparing to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization (WHO) which may cripple the global health watchdog’s resources and finances, the media reported on Tuesday. Washington may make this decision on the day of the new President’s inauguration, which is scheduled for January 20, […]

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Hasina: Bangladesh asks India to extradite the deposed PM to Dhaka

December 23, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Under pressure from Islamist outfits, who now control the interim government led by “Chief Advisor” Muhammed Yunus, Bangladesh on Monday officially asked India to send back the deposed Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina Wajed, who has been staying in the country since August. Dhaka-based International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued arrest […]

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Family-as-State: Now, Bashar’s British-born wife files for divorce in a Russian court!

December 23, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: For a former medical practitioner Bashar al-Assad, the ophthalmologist-turned- Syrian dictator, it may be a double whammy. He not only lost power and pelf in Damascus two weeks ago, and fled to Russia for asylum, he may now lose even his family: his wife of 24 years has filed for […]

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Roving Periscope: ‘I, not Elon Musk, will be the POTUS,’ asserts Donald Trump!

December 23, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi:  Who have the Americans elected as their 47th President? Donald Trump, of course, who was elected for a second non-consecutive term of four years (2025-28) in November and is now preparing to return to the White House on January 20, 2025. His assertion that he will start inauguration next month […]

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Christmas: Pope Francis reprimands staff for ‘gossip, an evil’

December 21, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As the countdown to December 25 began, Pope Francis, 88, in his annual Christmas message, reprimanded his staff for ‘gossiping,’ the media reported on Saturday. During the Group of Seven (G-7) Summit in Italy, in June 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Pope and invited him to visit India. […]

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