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Sunday, September 14, 2025
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The Indian drone that crashed in China could be a goldmine for Chinese weapons engineers

The news we are waiting for is whether the UAV crashed on its own or was brought down by the Chinese.

India loses its troop scanning Heron UAV, secretive sensors to China crash

Heron fleet seeing a crash a year but first 'capture’ across Sikkim border may reveal secrets.

China’s objective in the 1962 war was to teach India a lesson, says new book

A new book attempts to dispel the notion that India was the provocateur in the 1962 war with China. 'China's India War' by Bertil Lintner says that China had caught India by surprise and it had a simple objective.

India must learn how to abstain in Nepal, resist temptation to micromanage

Nepal’s chronic political instability has hurt Indian interests and now that China is also getting involved, there are even less benefits from playing the powerbroker game. 

Global Pulse: Donald Trump is merely a vehicle of universal anger

Nationalism, nativism and xenophobia are having a rerun across the world. Donald Trump is only the vehicle of that anger.

Xi Jinping’s Achilles heel: economy and control over the PLA

Insights of two professors at Harvard University offer a granular look at the recent rise of Xi and his methodical pursuit and consolidation of power. 

Chinese mining & power projects in Pakistan’s Rann of Kutch likely security threat for India

Tharparkar coal mining and power projects are barely 10 km from Indian border, have potential to cause environmental damage.

‘2020: World of War’ creates scenarios to depict a world on the edge

Seven scenarios, bookended by three analytical essays on the state of play of international security, are global in scope as well as meticulous in local details.

Swiss have succumbed to Pak lobbying, Chinese pressure on Balochistan: Brahumdagh Bugti

Switzerland rejecting my application for political asylum means we will have to work harder to convince the world about what's happening in Balochistan.

This day in 1962, at Rezangla, Ladakh

In the darkness of defeat in the east, just over a hundred soldiers of 13 Kumaon fought to the last man. Revisiting a poignant moment of courage on the western front.

On Camera

Manipur has seen too much pain to be seduced by promises

Nehru learned the truth the hard way when 3,000 Nagas walked out of his 1953 rally. The people of the Northeast aren’t easily seduced by baubles.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.