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Disengagement: India and China start pulling out soldiers in East Ladakh

October 25, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Two days after the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, India and China started troops disengagement in East Ladakh, which is expected to be completed by next week, the media reported on Friday. Patrolling will begin at the two friction points once the disengagement […]

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Roving Periscope: PM Modi cautions BRICS-Plus not to turn ‘anti-West’

October 25, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As the global organization representing emerging economies, the BRICS bloc, heads to its 20th anniversary in 2026, it will have to decide whether it remains an economic bloc, or turns into a political one. Aware that some of the members of the BRICS group might ‘misuse’ the bloc to turn […]

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Pakistan: Ex-PM Imran’s wife Bushra gets bail, released, in Toshakhana case

October 24, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Bushra Bibi, the controversial wife of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi, was released from prison nearly nine months after the couple was sentenced in a case linked to the illegal sale of state gifts, the media reported on Thursday. While Khan has remained behind bars since August […]

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Roving Periscope: “Quit by Oct 28… or else,” angry Liberals MPs’ ultimatum to Trudeau

October 24, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid the continuing crisis with India, and after last week’s reports that several Liberal MPs asked Justin Trudeau to resign, a fresh rebellion broke out in the ruling party on Wednesday when at least 24 of his party lawmakers, panicked at the prospects of losing power next year—or even before—demanded the […]

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Cautious optimism: PM Modi and President Xi meet for the first time since 2019

October 23, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after China acknowledged the border patrolling agreement with India, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the ongoing BRICS Summit at Kazan, Russia, on Wednesday, the media reported. While details are awaited, it is their first bilateral meeting since 2019 […]

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Roving Periscope: Now, British PM Starmer denies ‘interfering’ in US presidential polls!

October 23, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Responding to Republican nominee Donald Trump’s campaign’s accusation that his Labour Party is ‘interfering’ in the US presidential election, scheduled for November 5, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer downplayed it, saying on Wednesday that his party’s “volunteers” had gone to America even in previous presidential elections. The Trump campaign filed […]

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BRICS’24: “No place for double standards in countering terror,” says PM Modi

October 23, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Emphasizing the need to prevent the youth from radicalization, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday flagged the war on terrorism, reiterating India’s support for dialogue and diplomacy, not war, to sort out issues. “To counter terrorism and terror financing, we need the single-minded and firm support of all… there is […]

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Ukraine: PM Modi meets Putin, reiterates India’s position on war

October 22, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Hours after he landed in Russia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reiterated India’s position that the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict should be resolved peacefully and New Delhi is ready to provide all possible cooperation towards it. The war started with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and has since […]

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Roving Periscope: After India, China also confirms the E. Ladakh patrolling pact

October 22, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Russia for the 16th BRICS Summit, with a likely bilateral meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping, Beijing on Tuesday confirmed New Delhi’s Monday announcement on the two countries agreeing for Eastern Ladakh patrolling pact on the Line of Actual Control (LAC). A Chinese […]

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BRICS’24: Hare Krishna Bhajan singers greet PM Modi at a Russian hotel

October 22, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A group of Russian singers, singing a Hare Krishna Bhajan, welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a hotel in Kazan, Russia, after he landed there to participate in the 16th Summit of the BRICS group of nations, beginning Tuesday. During the three-day summit, being held under the chairmanship of Russia, […]