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“Amendment 25 a zero risk, but it will haunt Biden”, claims a defiant Trump

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: “The 25th Amendment is of zero risks to me but will come back to haunt Joe Biden and the Biden administration – as the expression goes, be careful what you wish for,” a defiant Donald Trump, the outgoing 45th US President, remarked on Wednesday. His remarks case after frantic attempts […]

Roving Periscope: US House urges VP Pence to remove his boss, Trump

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi:  Barely a week before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, the US House of Representatives, in a last-ditch effort to tame the outgoing President, urged Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the Constitution’s 25th Amendment and remove his boss, the outgoing President Donald Trump, from office. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi […]

WhatsApp? 25 mn global users switch loyalty to Telegram in 72 hours!

Virendra Pandit  Mumbai: Instant messaging app WhatsApp never had it so bad. Now part of the Facebook stable, WhatsApp has lost a whopping 25 million users to new challenger, Telegram, within 72 hours all over the world. In 2020, WhatsApp had over two billion monthly active users, including 400 million (40 crores) in India. With […]

COVID-19: India to spend Rs. 14,000 cr on 1st phase of vaccination

Virendra Pandit  NEW DELHI: India will spend nearly $1.8 billion (Rs. 14,000 crores) for the vaccination of 60 crore people in the next six to eight months as high-security transportation of vaccines to different locations commenced on Tuesday for the rollout of the world’s largest-ever vaccination drive on January 16. Interacting with the state Chief […]

Global Indians: Over 30 Indian-Americans to join Joe Biden’s new team

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: With the latest appointment of three Indian-Americans, over 30 Indian-Americans have so far been picked up to join the 46th US President Joe Biden’s team at the White House next week. Biden’s running mate Kamala Harris, with roots in Tamil Nadu, India, was elected as the USA’s Vice President-elect in November […]

No printed documents: Budget-FY22 will be digital, paperless

New Delhi: In a significant break from decades-old tradition, the Union Finance Ministry, for the first time ever, has decided not to print Budget 2021 and go paperless. The decision was taken in the wake of the sanitization protocol remaining in force because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first time in the history […]

COVID-19: Britain warns, as China seals off two cities after fresh outbreak

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: Even as the world, including India, braces for mass vaccination drive against the pandemic, fresh reports on Monday indicated that 2021 may also be challenging, as the killer virus causing COVID-19 mutates and spreads drug-resistant strains, infecting more people across the planet. These new indications came from China and Britain. In […]

Are protesting farmers “poor”? Tractor sales up 35% in December 2020!

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: Are the farmers protesting since November 26 against the three farm laws passed by Parliament in September 2020, really “poor” as is being claimed by vested interests? Unlikely. For, the tractor sales in December 2020 alone increased by 35.49 percent. Last month, the sales increased to 69,105 units compared to 51,004 […]

Impeachment? : Biden takes ‘no position’—for Trump has nuclear codes!

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: Never has America, or any other country, faced this dilemma: whether to impeach an outgoing president who carries nuclear codes? Many Americans, including law experts, are exploring the 25th Amendment to the Constitution for possibly removing US President Donald Trump from the high office even before his term expires. On Friday, […]

Indian economy: ‘the worst may be behind us’ as FM readies Budget-FY22

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gives finishing touches to the Union Budget 2020-21, to be tabled in Parliament on February 1, encouraging reports from rating agencies indicated that the worst in the Indian economy may be a thing of the past as the coronavirus-battered nation finds its feet back to race […]
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