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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
TopicBalakot

Topic: Balakot

India rubbishes claim by US magazine that no Pakistani F-16s are missing

Foreign Policy magazine reported that the US has counted Pakistan’s F-16s, and found that all of them are ‘present and accounted for’.

NaMo TV’s launch without licence shows clear collusion between party & govt

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An adversary India has paid little attention to: Pakistan army’s public relations wing

Facebook’s action against Pakistan-based pages spreading disinformation in India show its army’s PR wing headed by Asif Ghafoor is more lethal than ISI.

Rahul Gandhi, Congress defaming Hindus by giving them terror tag, says Amit Shah

BJP chief Amit Shah attacked the Congress for compromising with national security when it was in government, by allowing real culprits to go scot-free.

Jaish planning blasts in Srinagar & terror attack in Jammu, intel inputs suspect

Intel inputs on Jaish-e-Mohammed have seen a spike since the Balakot air strike, and J&K Police say their credibility is being established.

After Balakot, IAF plans to equip Mirage 2000 aircraft with long-range Meteor missiles

The 27 February dogfight showed Indian aircraft were outranged by Pakistan Air Force in aerial combat.

Sam Pitroda — the Gandhis’ close aide who has landed the Congress in a soup

The Congressman, at the centre of a political storm over his Balakot comments, has remained a part of the Gandhi inner circle over two generations.

IAF jets dropped bombs on JeM camps in Balakot on 26 February, show govt satellite images

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Fitch is right. Now govt needs to fix problems, not the data

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On Camera

Make Sanchar Saathi removable. Good intentions don’t excuse State overreach

Compulsion magnifies the risk of function creep. Future updates could quietly expand the app’s capabilities or enable background telemetry far beyond users’ expectations.

New cess on ‘pan masala’ to fund national security and healthcare programmes

The Health Security Se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, explained. Oppn has attacked the proposed cess as 'a new financial burden' on the citizens.

After Op Sindoor, India goes in for more Heron Mk IIs; Israel frontrunner for mega MALE drones deal

Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.