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India’s chopper fleet to get teeth with air-to-air missiles

Manu Pubby -
Final price negotiations are on for India's Rudra choppers and the first firing from the Light Combat Helicopter to be held by year-end.
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Terror funding case: NIA suspects top J&K lawyer’s LLB degree is fake

Ananya Bhardwaj -
'Intelligence inputs' suggest that Mian Abdul Qayoom is practising in high court without a valid degree, with support from separatists.
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‘Al-Qaeda operative’ who was planning to recruit Rohingya youths held in Delhi

Ananya Bhardwaj -
The alleged operative identified as Samiun Rahman was planning to recruit Rohingya Muslims from near Bangladesh border
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Lesson from Uri attack, a year on: Avoid fortress mentality

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (retd) -
There are no new lessons to be learnt from the Uri attack, it is now a question of implementation and resources being allocated. 
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“Fly in peace, Sir!” A tribute to Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh

AVM Arjun Subramaniam (retd) -
Arjan Singh had an imposing personality, coupled with a genial and relaxed demeanour toward both juniors and colleagues.
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Indian submarine INS Sindhuraj reaches Russia to extend its life

Manu Pubby -
The INS Sindhuraj - a Kilo class submarine has reached Russia after a long journey to be refitted and upgraded.
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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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Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

+TFP Ashutosh Varshney -
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

Radhika Yadav’s murder proves the khap panchayat never left—it just moved back into the family

Bihar ADG linking farmers to rising crime uncalled for. Data just doesn’t support such claims

Economy

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Defence

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

National Interest

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Shekhar Gupta -
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

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