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BLA launches wave of ‘coordinated attacks’ across 12 sites in Balochistan, 10 Pakistani soldiers killed

In a statement, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) called the attacks launch of 2nd phase of ‘Operation Herof’ under which they had carried out coordinated strikes in 2024 too.

Photos of the Week: Uttarakhand’s man-animal conflict, Army chief’s annual briefing, Netflix India @ 10

In PhotosOfTheWeek, we bring you pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photojournalists, video journalists and reporters this past week.

Seven injured in ramming attack at bus stop in Israel

Israeli police said the suspected attacker had nationalistic motivations and was a Palestinian from Jenin in the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

52-year-old woman succumbs to injuries, German Christmas market attack toll rises to six

On 20 December, the 50-year-old suspect, a psychiatrist, drove his car into the Christmas market in Magdeburg hitting more than 200 people in just three minutes.

Man attacks tourists near Eiffel Tower, 1 dead, 2 injured

The 26-year-old, a French national, had been sentenced to 4 years in prison in 2016 for planning another attack and was on the French security services’ watch list.

Salman Rushdie to release memoir on 2022 attack, says ‘a necessary book for me to write’

The 256-page memoir titled ‘Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder’ is scheduled for release on 16 April and will be published in over 15 territories.

Punjabi actor Aman Dhaliwal, former Shiromani Akali Dal member’s son, attacked in US gym

Dhaliwal was left with numerous wounds and scars on his torso at California gym. The attacker has been sent to a correction center while the motive is unknown.

On Camera

Why investing in school readiness is critical to achieving the Viksit Bharat goal

The challenge is no longer one of policy intent — the blueprint for a world-class ECCE system exists within the NEP 2020. The task now is implementation fidelity.

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

India's military to get Vice Chief of Defence Staff along with one Theatre Commander from each of three services, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.