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Snooping dragon: China building another spy ship to keep tabs on adversaries

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) -
Chinese spy ships collect data on Japanese, Indian, Australian and US navies – six are in service, one is undergoing trials and one is...
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Terror shadow on Lahore bypoll: Hafiz Saeed’s man in fray for NA-120 seat

Sanya Dhingra -
The byelection will be held on 17 September to elect disqualified former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s replacement in Pakistan’s National Assembly. For anyone interested in...
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Ban Kerala’s PFI for ‘role in acts of terror’: NIA tells home ministry

Ananya Bhardwaj -
NIA has alleged PFI was involved in murder, terror attack plots and forced conversions
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Defence ministry blocks Navy’s ‘unrealistic’ five-year acquisition plan

Manu Pubby -
The plan has been sent back for pruning, because it would double India’s defence budget. Top Navy officials meet new minister Sitharaman to brief...
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Facing North Korea threat, US deploys missile defence system in S Korea

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) -
The US THAAD system’s missiles have a range of 200 km and can reach a height of 150 km to destroy incoming missiles from an adversary like North Korea.
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Doklam proves China is biggest diplomatic challenge for India: Shyam Saran

Vandana Menon -
Ex-foreign secretary Shyam Saran says just like in Doklam, the Chinese use small but incremental moves to exert power, and the dilemma is when...
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India gets moving on $ 2.5 billion refit, lease of third Russian nuclear submarine

Manu Pubby -
The nuclear-powered Chakra III will take six years to complete and India is keen to embed shipbuilders during its refitting.
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Make in India priority for Sitharaman, first challenge is Ambani vs L&T

Manu Pubby -
New defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman to take crucial call on Rs 20,000 cr LPD contract; Adani vs Tata next
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India-China DGMO hotline talks hit a wall as China seeks 48-hour notice

Pranab Dhal Samanta -
The creation of a hotline was agreed to during the Prime Minister's first visit to China in 2015.
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As CBI pursues Swiss firm Pilatus, IAF’s trainer fleet remains without maintenance deal

Manu Pubby -
The IAF never signed a pact for maintenance of the fleet in 2011 and now thanks to a CBI probe into Pilatus there's little chance of the deal being signed.
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Hanuman temple in Delhi's Karol Bagh | PTI

How Hanuman offers lessons for India’s and the world’s public diplomacy...

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Besides foreign minister Jaishankar calling Hanuman a great diplomat, the Hindu god is revered across Southeast Asia as the anchor of a 'civilisational nation state'.

How iCET dialogue can be the next chapter in stronger US-India...

A woman farmer examines mustard crop in a field | ANI

Ban on GM mustard harms Indian farmers. Supreme Court must choose...

Economy

Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani | ANI file photo

Adani-Hindenburg row erupts into war of words, neither side backing down

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Adani Group calls Hindenburg allegations baseless, unethical, and in violation of law while the firm says Adani obfuscating truth, avoiding real issues of fraud.

Defence

A representational photo of Lockheed Martin headquarters at Bethesda, US | Commons

Fits between Tejas & heavier fighters — Why Lockheed wants India...

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF’s Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft programme acted as a catalyst for making fighters in the country, says William Blair, Lockheed Martin’s India vice-president and chief executive.

National Interest

Return of the Muslim: From Modi ‘sermon’ to Pathaan to Bharat...

Shekhar Gupta -
Most key Hindutva/RSS objectives have been achieved, and Modi & BJP now need social calm, at least till summer of 2024. A de-escalation of some sort is on.

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