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BBC is Britain’s only imperial legacy with purpose, UK must value it to remain in soft-power war
It’s deeply worrying that the Johnson govt, filled with defenders of the country’s imperial past, seems intent on rendering this last great British asset valueless.
Disney slashes 28,000 workers in one of biggest layoffs of Covid era
The belt-tightening move affects Disney's theme-park, cruise-line and retail businesses, and includes executives and salaried employees.
Defence
The biggest challenges Nirmala Sitharaman will face as India’s new Defence Minister
Sitharaman, who is only the second woman defence minister in India's history, is expected to work closely with the Finance Minister to take key industry-related decisions
Read my lips, I’m hurting, says Pakistan’s National Security Policy. What it means for India
The new policy is mostly chaff, but it reveals the most inward-looking Pakistan in 3 decades. It needs breathing space, and is realising loss of stature and friendship with US.