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China’s bare-chested turn to Sri-Lankan Tamils is India’s new headache
Anti-China sentiment among the Sinhalese allows China to influence the Tamil north. This time, through the fishermen crisis.
India’s pandemic paradox: Poor pledge gold, rich buy more gold, pushing imports up by 200%
The trend of relatively well-off people buying gold comes at a time when poorer Indian households continue to pawn their meagre gold for funds.
Defence
B-1B Lancer, the long-range US bomber with 50 world records that will ‘fly-by’ at Aero India
The B-1B is the backbone of America's long-range bomber force and can deliver massive quantities of precision and non-precision weapons against adversaries.
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.