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Roving Periscope: Fragile ‘ceasefire’ as Israel and Hamas exchange prisoners

January 20, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Nobody knows how long would the fragile six-week-long ‘ceasefire deal’ between Israel and Hamas survive but, as it folded on Sunday, the Sunni terror group of the Gaza Strip released three Israeli women hostages as Tel Aviv also released 90 Palestinian prisoners as per terms of the peace deal, which […]

Business

Technology: India is a global hub for digital innovation, says the WEF

January 20, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Applauding India for its rapid economic growth and as a frontline country in an age defined by technological revolution, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has said the South Asian nation has become the global hub for digital innovation, the media reported. In an era defined by technological evolution, India stands […]

Business

Legalized plunder: The British Raj siphoned off over $ 100 trillion from India!

January 20, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Two of India’s most celebrated diplomats—Dr. S. Jaishankar, and Dr. Shashi Tharoor—and eminent economist Utsa Patnaik underestimated the extent of the British Raj plundering India during the colonial era—nearly USD 45 trillion. For, human rights group Oxfam International has now revealed that the British actually siphoned off more than USD […]

Business

Pakistan: For ‘graft,’ Imran gets 14 years, wife Bushra 7 years in jail

January 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A Pakistani court on Friday convicted former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Ahmed Khan Niyazi, who has been in jail since August 2023 and facing around 200 court cases since his ouster, and his wife Bushra, in a landmark case of alleged corruption, and sentenced them to 14 years and 7 […]

Business

Need a job? After Japan, China’s firm offers “jobs” to the unemployed!

January 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A few years ago, one of the leading Japanese multinational companies was reported to have created separate office space for the surplus employees it could not sack because of stringent rules. These “employees” would attend their “duties” daily—they merely played indoor games all day and got paid their salaries for […]

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Economy: Amid strong tax revenues, India’s fiscal deficit to shrink further, says WB

January 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gives the finishing touches to the Union Budget for the next financial year (2025-26), to be tabled on February 1 in the Lok Sabha, the World Bank has said India’s fiscal deficit is expected to shrink further because of growing tax revenues, the media reported […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Israel-Hamas reach “ceasefire” deal—really?

January 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Hours after the outgoing US President Joe Biden announced a “ceasefire deal” between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday, at least 70 Palestinians were killed by Israeli strikes amid a ceasefire deal delay, the media reported on Thursday. Israel airstrikes killed at least 70 people in Gaza overnight and on Thursday, […]

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Farewell Biden: Outgoing President hints at Musk and other tycoons, and warns of oligarchy

January 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As he packs his bags to leave the White House before his successor, Donald Trump’s January 20 Inauguration, outgoing US President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (Joe Biden), 82, on Wednesday warned the people that oligarchy is taking shape in America. In his Farewell Address to the Nation, he indirectly cited […]

Business

Last laugh: Adani firms’ stocks soar in India as Hindenburg shuts shop in the US

January 16, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With less than 100 hours to President-elect Donald Trump’s re-entry into the White House, the Democratic Party-supported Hindenburg Research, which the contemporary US’ deep state allegedly misused against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last couple of years, hurriedly shut its ‘financial butchery’ on Wednesday. […]

Business

Economy: India to surpass Japan, become 4th largest economy in 2026, says PHDCCI

January 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Punjab, Haryana, and Delhi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) on Wednesday said India’s economy is expected to become the fourth largest in the world by 2026, surpassing Japan, as it projected the nation’s GDP to grow 6.8 percent in the current financial year ending March and 7.7 percent […]