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Thursday, August 7, 2025
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Topic: British

The British were so impressed by Indian WWI aviators that they gave India its own Air Force  

K.S. Nair -
More than a million Indians served in WWI. Among them, dapper in RFC uniforms, was a tiny number of Indians who served in the flying corps.

East India Company sent a diplomat to Jahangir & all the Mughal Emperor cared about was beer

William Dalrymple -
Jahangir had four million armed men under him and a vast empire, talking about trade with an English diplomat bored him greatly.

Why Mandela failed & Gandhi-Nehru succeeded in bringing about revolutionary constitutionalism

Bruce Ackerman -
South Africa’s apartheid regime was brutal on liberation movement. But while the British in India used force, they also had to give Congress a role in government.

Did the British invent caste in India? Yes, at least how we see it now

Sanjoy Chakravorty -
British Indian government found multiple justifications for not intervening in the biased caste system.

Jyotirao Phule, the radical-reformist who fought caste & gender discrimination

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
On his 192nd birth anniversary, ThePrint remembers Jyotirao Phule and how he fought for the rights of Dalits and emancipation of women.

Jallianwala Bagh centenary — Britain won’t apologise but will ‘express regret’ for massacre

Nayanima Basu -
The UK was expected to apologise for the 13 April 1919 attack, but it seems there will just be another expression of regret for the actions of General Dyer.

British MPs reject two no-deal scenarios as Brexit date nears

Srijan Shukla -
Boeing grounds controversial Max 8 aircraft and trouble in African paradise.

A sinking Venezuela and Britain’s Brexit woes

Soham Sen -
The best cartoons of the day.

Read this before deciding whether Savarkar was a British stooge or strategic nationalist

Vikram Sampath -
Rahul Gandhi’s selective quoting of Savarkar’s prison petition is intellectually disingenuous.

Historian wants to change how school children are taught British empire

Deana Heath -
Black history is British history too, notes historian Jeremy Corbyn, and should be part of curriculum.
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Economy

Web of spoof sites, scam call centres. Crypto theft racket modus operandi in focus amid ED crackdown

Mayank Kumar -
As part of the crypto theft racket, businessman Chirag Tomar and his aides targeted 542 victims and managed to steal a total of Rs 19.9 million.

Defence

Wang Yi to visit India this month, Modi to travel to China, Putin comes in later this year

Snehesh Alex Philip -
PM could visit Japan on 30 August before heading to China. Sources say, bilaterals being planned with Xi and Putin on SCO sidelines in China.

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

Shekhar Gupta -
To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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