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When a spy story from India-US mission during the Cold War spooked an IAF pilot

IAF pilots flying sorties over Khardung La in late 1970s were told by their supervisors to watch out for some antennae.

Why it’s okay for liberals to retweet Raj Thackeray’s anti-Modi tirades

Issues are more important than people. Ideological purity is passé.

How Raj Thackeray went from being freedom’s foe to liberal poster boy

Raj Thackeray, who has stood against most values liberals stand for, is now the apple of their eye. It says something about Modi & Rahul Gandhi.

LSE’s Amartya Sen Chair to study global inequality but the lessons will be for India

India’s growing inequality, poverty and low human development index are of global concern and extensive research is needed to find out solutions.

Ashok Chakra to Hemant Karkare shows why India must overhaul its gallantry award system

Nine Ashok Chakras & 10 Kirti Chakras in 2001 Parliament and 26/11 Mumbai attacks raise disturbing questions about India’s gallantry award system.

Modi’s nuclear threat is not the end of No First Use, it’s from Obama & Theresa May playbook

PM Narendra Modi’s nuclear mentions are part of a deterrence strategy that Pakistan has used to stop India from retaliating to terror attacks.

US needs India as an ally against China and can’t afford to bully it over Iran oil, trade

Washington cannot penalise India on the economic front and expect New Delhi to collaborate with the United States on the Indo-Pacific front. 

India’s secret stimulus should be a warning sign

If the economy was doing as well as the government would like voters to think, this kind of simultaneous fiscal and monetary easing would hardly be necessary.

A shorter Belt & Road by China will be even more dangerous

A leaner Belt & Road will allow China to better deploy its infrastructure firms, subsidies, technology & finance non-bankable strategic projects.

BJP is denying ticket to vocal Dalit MPs like Udit Raj because they just won’t fall in line

Most sitting MPs whom BJP denied ticket to contest the 2019 elections were vocal about issues of caste and social justice in India.

On Camera

Iran war has given India a blueprint for the next conflict

Pakistan would be itching to do an Iran on us and China would be planning to execute an air campaign without allowing us asymmetrical escalation. India has no choice but to transform.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.