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Roving Periscope: After using Canada as a proxy against India, the US tries to frame an ex-Indian official in the Pannun case

October 18, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: On May 2, 2011, the US Navy SEALs shot and killed Osama bin Laden, who founded the Islamist terror group al-Qaeda, at his compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad. The US charged Osama, born in Saudi Arabia and studied in the United States and the United Kingdom, with masterminding the […]

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Canada: India tightens screws, singles out Trudeau for damaging bilateral ties

October 17, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the buffeted Justine Trudeau, ahead of the next year’s parliamentary elections, acknowledging that he had no hard evidentiary proof when he alleged the involvement of the Indian government’s “agents” in the Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing, New Delhi has hardened its stance against Ottawa and singled out the current Prime […]

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Roving Periscope: Dhaka apes Islamabad; making Hasina Imran-II

October 17, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: That Bangladesh is racing to morph back into what it was until 1971—East Pakistan—was little in doubt when the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed’s democratically-elected government was toppled in August 2024, 16 months after her counterpart in Islamabad, Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi, was overthrown—both allegedly as America’s behest. Now, […]

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Population: S&P’s concerns as India to become 3rd largest economy by 2030

October 17, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: S&P Global Ratings expressed concerns over India’s growing population—at 1,438 million plus now—as the South Asian country, currently the fifth-largest economy, races to become the world’s third-largest by 2030. According to media reports, India’s rising population presents mounting challenges in basic service coverage and growing investment needs to maintain productivity. […]

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Pakistan: At the SCO Summit, India opposes China’s BRI, again

October 16, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India on Wednesday once again refused to endorse China’s ambitious multicontinental “One Belt One Road (OBOR) Initiative,”, also known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), becoming the only country in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) not to support the controversial USD 200 billion connectivity project. A joint communique unveiled […]

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Roving Periscope: Arm-twisting Trudeau, Jagmeet demands RSS ban

October 16, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The two principal reasons behind the ongoing India-Canada row appear to be: the USA, unhappy with India refusing to condemn the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine since February 2022, is pulling strings against New Delhi via Canada; and Prime Minister Justine Trudeau, panicked at losing power next year, is now […]

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SCO Summit: In Pakistan, Dr. Jaishankar flags concerns over terror

October 16, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Cooperation in areas like trade, energy, and connectivity is unlikely to flourish if cross-border activities are characterized by terrorism, extremism, and separatism, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Wednesday in Islamabad, in a thinly veiled message to Pakistan. “If activities across borders are characterized by terrorism, extremism, and separatism, […]

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Ukraine war: EU imposes sanctions on Iran for ‘missile transfers’ to Russia

October 15, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after Iran rained around 200 missiles on Israel, the European Union (EU) has announced sanctions against Tehran—for its alleged supply of missiles to Russia for using them against Ukraine, the media reported on Tuesday. The EU announced sanctions against more than a dozen Iranian individuals and firms, including the […]

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Employment: Tata Group to create 5 lakh jobs in manufacturing in 5 years

October 15, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Tata Group will create five lakh jobs in the manufacturing sector in the next five years, N. Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons, said on Tuesday. The media quoted him as saying that these jobs will have a multiplier effect, creating even more opportunities across the business ecosystem. These jobs will be […]

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Khalistan: As Trudeau tries to woo back NDP, India strongly refutes Canada’s fresh claims

October 14, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ahead of next year’s crucial parliamentary elections in Canada, India on Monday issued a sharp rebuttal to the Justin Trudeau government’s wild claims, described them as “preposterous imputations,” and rejected its allegations that the Indian High Commissioner to Ottawa was a “person of interest” in a murder investigation. Ties between […]