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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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Pakistan helped Afghans defeat superpowers — only to lose them to their nationalism

Pakistan failed to understand the fiercely independent psyche of the Afghans and Pashtun nationalism, which has dominated politics in Afghanistan since its emergence in 1747.

Karnataka, Telangana, TN, Maharashtra power 40% of services output, pan-India growth uneven—NITI Aayog

Report on India's services sector examines state-level dynamics, maps disparities and suggests ways to tap into the sector’s potential.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.