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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Topic: Border

Thai F-16 jet bombs ‘military target’ in Cambodia as border dispute escalates

Weeks of tension over a border dispute escalated into clashes that have killed at least 12 people, including 11 civilians.

Afghan Taliban says its forces have targeted ‘several points’ in Pakistan in retaliatory strikes

This comes after Pakistan's bombardment 'targeting hideouts of Islamist militants' earlier this week, which Taliban claimed killed civilians.

At Shambhu border, tear gas, water cannons used against protesting farmers marching towards Delhi

The action came after a ‘jatha’ of 101 farmers, who resumed their foot march to Delhi from the Shambhu protest site, reached the barricades put up by Haryana security personnel.

Two killed in vehicle ‘explosion’ near US-Canada border, FBI investigating

Car was coming from the US side, and exploded near the Rainbow Bridge at the US-Canada crossing. Cause for explosion and the nationalities of the 2 people who died are still unknown.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.