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TopicBalakot airstrikes

Topic: Balakot airstrikes

‘WhatsApp chats’ show Arnab Goswami committed ‘treason’, claims Congress, seeks probe

Congress student body NSUI files complaint in Maharashtra, youth wing organises protest while senior leaders take to Twitter targeting Arnab Goswami’s purported WhatsApp chats.

Bhoomipujan 2020 is like Balakot 2019, the surgical strike that washes all sins

Covid, economic slowdown, increasing poverty, China — everything is forgotten.

IAF to focus on bombs & air-to-air missiles for edge over Pakistan

IAF chief says force had lost the edge to Pakistan Air Force over the past 15 years but adds that the Rafale fighters will tilt the scales in India’s favour. 

Pakistan global epicentre of terror, India tells UN Human Rights Council on Balakot anniversary

India targetted Pakistan on the first anniversary of the Balakot air strike, and said the govt's efforts in Jammu & Kashmir have begun to show positive results.

Two IAF squadrons awarded citations on Air Force Day for role in Balakot airstrike 

IAF chief RKS Bhadauria decorated the 51 Squadron and the 9 Squadron for their role in the air strike on terrorist camps in Pakistan's Balakot in February this year.

Narendra Modi’s use of ‘polarisation’ cloud, and Rahul Gandhi’s early start for 2024

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.