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Topic: Army jawan

‘Fabricated claims’ — Kerala Police arrest Army jawan who claimed men attacked him, wrote PFI on back

Shine Kumar had claimed that he was gagged with tape Sunday & his hands tied before being thrashed by group of six men.

Army soldier on leave goes missing from J-K’s Kulgam, search operation launched

Javaid Ahmad Wani, a resident of Achathal area of Kulgam district, went missing on Saturday evening. His car was found at Paranhall, they said.

Sepoy honoured with Army Chief’s Commendation Card for heroic rescue

The incident happened last week when, on noticing a large crowd, the sepoy saw a drowning woman in the Bhakra Canal and jumped in to save her.

‘Exaggerated,’ say Tamil Nadu Police after soldier alleges mob stripped & assaulted his wife

Havildar Prabhakaran made these accusations in video Sunday. Cops say matter pertains to scuffle over shop where his wife was present but ‘none of the public outraged her modesty’.

Behind arrest of Galwan soldier’s father over memorial, a history of grudges & caste conflict

There was an uproar when late jawan Jai Kishore Singh’s father was allegedly ‘manhandled’ by Bihar cops for building a memorial on ‘encroached’ land. But there is more to the story.

Army jawan on leave shot dead by bike-borne men during robbery attempt in Patna

The soldier, Bablu Kumar, was shot in his head by two men who came on a bike around 3 a.m. Kumar was riding pillion on his way to boarding the Rajdhani Express to Guwahati.

Soldier shoots himself while on duty at LoC in Poonch

Havaldar Rajinder Kumar was rushed to hospital, where he succumbed to injuries. The trigger for the suicide was not immediately known.

Army jawan killed in shelling by Pakistan along LoC in Jammu & Kashmir’s Poonch

The jawan, who is the fourth Army personnel to be killed in Pakistani firing along the LoC this month, succumbed to injuries in Nowshera sector.

Army jawan, who tested positive for coronavirus, commits suicide

The 31-year-old jawan was already suffering from lung cancer and was being treated at the military-run Base Hospital in Delhi.

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Critical minerals are the new oil. India can’t afford to depend on China

Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.

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.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.