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BSF is not trigger-happy, strife at Bangladesh border due to aggressive cattle smugglers

Deaths of smugglers sour relations between India and Bangladesh, the solution is legalisation of cattle trade not avoiding confrontation.

China cracks down on fake news, foreign media as Wang Yi calls US balloon saga ‘hysterical’

Wang Yi, director of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, is visiting France, Italy, Hungary & Russia from 14-22 February to fix damaged bilateral ties.

The Apple TV-Homepod combination is the ultimate update for your screen

What are most smart TVs lacking these days? A good sound system. With the new HomePod, you can get a powerful stereo system that supports spatial audio.

That colour on your hair is dangerous. Read the label first

Are you also someone who likes experimenting with your hair colour every season? Here is a quick guide to buying the right colour.

Hyderabad’s Formula-E was not a pole finish—no UPI, no signal, no space

Mahindra Automotive were kind enough to host me, but if I had paid Rs 10,000 for the tickets, I would have been irritated as well.

The ‘unbreakable bonds’ of Pakistan-China friendship are under stress

Because in Pakistan, indoctrination was promoted over knowledge and skills, we are stuck with an ocean of unemployable youth.

What degree of dominance do India’s biggest businesses enjoy? Decoding the Billionaire Raj

The rise of multi-business conglomerates stands in contrast to the earlier rise of focussed, single-business enterprises in telecom, IT services, pharmaceuticals, and automobiles.

Air India making global waves with Airbus, Boeing deals, unleashes nation’s aviation promise

Air India's estimated $80 billion deal is more than a big bang statement. To know its significance, just see what Biden and Macron have been saying about it.

Finding the smoking gun that proved intel before Nellie massacre was ignored, covered up

Assam policeman's wireless message before Nellie massacre was ignored. How we came to know of its existence and then found it is the story we are telling now.

IAF doctrine leverages air power. It also has the first no-war-no-peace strategy

By articulating what the IAF can and cannot do, the doctrine seeks to overcome the past inadequacy in leveraging air power in India’s national security.

On Camera

Don’t let anti-vaxxers weaponise AstraZeneca furore. Vaccines are safe—and we are the proof

Vaccines have eliminated two diseases—smallpox in humans and rinderpest in cattle. If they were killing one in 50,000 people, we wouldn’t be rolling them out across the globe for decades.

Strong showing by north, improved compliance — how GST revenue rose to record Rs 2.1 lakh cr in April

While April typically sees highest collections in a financial year, analysts say a host of reasons came together this time to lift total figures.

India inches closer to SMART. Here are steps ahead for next-gen anti-submarine warfare

SMART carries an advanced light-weight torpedo as payload along with a parachute-based release system.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.