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Roving Periscope: Is Macron Charles The Hammer in 21st century?

October 27, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The signs are unmistakable. Thirteen centuries later, France is emerging again as Europe’s bulwark against Islamists. It remains to be seen if French President Immanuel Macron would be the Charles Martel (Charles The Hammer) of our century. Charles Martel (688-741) was the de facto ruler of France from 718 until his […]

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J&K: Three quit PDP after Mufti’s ‘I’ll not unfurl Tricolour’ utterance

October 26, 2020 virendra pandit

New Delhi: As expected, the meltdown of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir began within two weeks of its president Mehooba Mufti’s release from 14-month-long detention when three senior leaders quit the party on Monday, stating that her utterances hurt their ‘patriotism’. Citing Mehbooba’s “actions and undesirable utterances”, senior PDP leaders TS […]

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China to impose sanction US firms over arms sales to Taiwan

October 26, 2020 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Beijing has decided to impose sanctions on the US firms over arms sales deal with Taiwan. The spokesman of foreign ministry of China Zhao Lijian said that “China will impose sanctions on US entities participating in Washington’s arms sales to Taiwan,” In the last week – The state department of the US had approved […]

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Politics: Is the BJP now ready to drop Nitish-led JD(U) from NDA?

October 26, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The latest gambit the BJP has adopted in Bihar is a pointer to what may happen next month. Refusing to play second fiddle to senior NDA partners in their states, the BJP heaved a sigh of relief when, one by one, the Shiv Sena, and Akali Dal chose their own way […]

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Global Indians: In 2021, an Indian-British may become PM in London!

October 24, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: How times change? And how history moves in a circle? In 2005, when Indian businessman Sanjiv Mehta bought the East India Company (EIC), which once ‘owned’ India, he was ‘overwhelmed by a huge feeling of redemption.’ The EIC was the world’s first multinational company that ruled much of the globe. With […]

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Sholay: Now, Mehbooba wants India to be run by the Constitution!

October 23, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Trying to reload her relevance in Jammu and Kashmir politics 14 months after her release from detention, former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti expressed her latest opinion on Friday that India can only be run by the Constitution. “The country will run on the Constitution, not on the BJP’s manifesto”, she tried […]

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US designates six more Chinese media cos as ‘foreign missions’

October 23, 2020 virendra pandit

Mukund Patel Chicago: Tightening more screws on Beijing, the US State Department has designated six more Chinese media companies as foreign missions, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday. “We’re pushing back on the Chinese communist propaganda efforts here at home, too. Today I’m announcing the State Department is designating the U.S. operations of […]

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US President Calls India’s Air Quality “Filthy,” Congress Hit Out at Modi

October 23, 2020 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 23: The United States president Donald Trump termed India’s air quality as “filthy” giving an opportunity to the Congress to hit out at the prime minister Narendra Modi and his BJP which “boast” of Modi – Trump friendship. In the final presidential debate on Thursday night ahead of the election […]

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જમ્મુ-કાશ્મીર અને લેહને ચીનનો ભાગ બતાવવા પર કેન્દ્ર સરકારે ટ્વિટરને આપી ચેતવણી

October 22, 2020 Vinayak Barot

કેન્દ્ર સરકારે ટ્વિટરને આપી ચેતવણી જમ્મુ-કાશ્મીર અને લેહને ચીનનો ભાગ બતાવાયો સરકાર સાથે કામ કરવા પ્રતિબદ્ધ – ટ્વિટરના પ્રવક્તા નવી દિલ્લી: ભારત સરકારે ટ્વિટરને દેશનો ખોટો નકશો બતાવવાને લઈને કડક ચેતવણી આપી છે. સરકારે કહ્યું કે, ટ્વિટર દ્વારા દેશની સંપ્રભુતા અને અખંડિતતાને અવગણવાનો દરેક પ્રયાસ અસ્વીકાર્ય છે. તો બીજી તરફ ટ્વિટરે કહ્યું કે, તે સંવેદનાઓને […]

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Drama: Rahul asks Modi to announce the “date” for throwing out China!

October 22, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Indian National Congress (INC)’s former—and, presumably, the future—President Rahul Gandhi appears to be desperate to remain in the news, even if it is ’15-minutes of fame’. Out of power since May 2019, he, like other quarantined celebrities, regularly reminds the people that he is still around, lest they forget. Said […]