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India has only pressed the pause button on Pakistan. It needs serious behavioural change

Military force must and will be used, as often as required, but it will have to be part of a bigger overall plan.

A Poonch woman’s 13-yr-old twins died 5 mins apart. She hides their deaths to keep their father alive

Zoya & Ayan, 13 were killed when a Pakistani shell struck their home in Poonch. Their father, still being treated for his injuries, is unaware of their deaths.

To deal with a 2.5-front war, India must tackle the half-front inside

As Gen Bipin Rawat once pointed out, India has to be ready for a two-and-a-half front war, with the half referring to unnamed internal enemies.

India is not just reacting to terrorism. It is redefining the global response to it

India has sent an unequivocal message to Pakistan: those who fund, shelter, or sympathise with terrorism can no longer count on geography as a shield.

For Pakistan Army, war is the performance of its nationhood. Ceasefire violation warns of new conflicts ahead

The end India should seek is the construction of Pakistan other than the country its generals and clerics have imagined into being. Furious words and spasms of rage won't cut it.

How Hyderabad became a city of studios. Baahubali to Jawan & Fauji came calling

Hyderabad’s studios, from Ramoji Film City to Annapurna and Ramanaidu, are pulling big projects from Chennai to Mumbai. They want Hyderabad to be crowned as the country’s filmmaking capital.

Targeting military airbases of the Pakistan Air Force is now fair game

As the sanctity of the Radcliffe Line gets violated on a daily basis, the LoC has, for all practical purposes, returned to its pre-ceasefire status – violent and violable at will.

Orders for Pahalgam satellite images from US firm peaked two months before attack

Maxar Technologies began receiving orders for high-resolution satellite images of Pahalgam in June 2024, just months after a Pakistani geospatial firm indicted by the US became a partner.

Trump is wrong about Operation Sindoor. Not an ancient battle, it’s a war on terror

While Trump may not be aware of the region’s history, his remarks are no laughing matter. They summarise how the West views the recent tensions between India and Pakistan.

India’s Chief of Information War during Op Sindoor night was fact-checker Mohammed Zubair

Zubair’s heroic effort on the frontlines of Pakistan’s disinformation war is being showered with praise. This is new for a journalist who is perennially in the Right wing’s line of fire.

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Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.