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Pakistan’s ISI is using pics of pretty women & social media to get India’s defence secrets

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Investigators say ISI scouring Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn to trap young Indians in defence sector, suspect 1,100 Indian IP addresses for ISI link.

BSF jawan arrested for sharing secret information with a Pakistani agent

PTI -
The accused was under the scanner of the Border Security Force intelligence wing for his suspicious activities for the last few months.

Militant snipers add grisly new chapter to Kashmir insurgency with three kills

Sujan Dutta -
Three security personnel have been killed by snipers in Kashmir since 18 October – one likely sighted with the help of the light of his phone screen.  

Home ministry data shows paramilitary forces are short of over 61,000 personnel

PTI -
A home ministry official said the vacancies had arisen due to retirement, resignation, death, creation of new posts or raising of new battalions.

Busy with book launch on soldiers’ well-being, BSF DG won’t comment on jawan’s mutilation

Fatima Khan -
Head constable Narender Kumar was fired at and his throat slit by Pakistani troops Tuesday.

High alert on border after BSF jawan brutally killed by Pakistani troops

PTI -
Following the incident, the Border Security Force has lodged a strong complaint with thier counterpart the Pakistan Rangers.

It took a death to open up an Indo-Pak border gate after 12 years

Prateek Gupta -
A train is the sole link people in Rajasthan have with family members across the border. Their predicament came to light when one of them died in Pakistan.

BSF officers raise funds for the family of colleague killed in Pakistan firing

Manisha Mondal -
Assistant commandant Jitendra Singh was killed in cross-border firing by Pakistan in J&K on 12 June.

Aurangzeb interrogation video shows 44 Rashtriya Rifles must check inside chatter & leaks

Manvendra Singh -
The interrogation video of late Aurangzeb does nothing to help the image of 44 RR, and, in fact, exposes serious lapses that have occurred. The...

Border Security Force troops witnessed maximum deaths along border in 2018

PTI -
There have been over 320 firing incidents where 11 BSF troops have been killed in cross border firing.
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Opinion

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

+TFP Ashutosh Varshney -
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

Radhika Yadav’s murder proves the khap panchayat never left—it just moved back into the family

Bihar ADG linking farmers to rising crime uncalled for. Data just doesn’t support such claims

Economy

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Defence

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

National Interest

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Shekhar Gupta -
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

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