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Monday, September 30, 2024
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Haqeeqat’s grand battle sequences on 1962 India-China war are unmatched in cinema history

Ahead of Vijay Diwas, ThePrint looks back at Chetan Anand’s classic 'Haqeeqat', which remains India’s best war film.

How China broke into the world’s top 20 most-innovative economies within a few years

Experts call it a breakthrough for Beijing’s economy and a shift in China’s reputation as a manufacturing economy to a research-driven one.

China only makes $8.46 from an iPhone – and that’s why Trump’s trade war is futile

The use of China as a giant assembly floor has been good for the US economy, if not for US factory workers. 

Is it time to listen to Trump and reform WTO?

The WTO has limitations but it cannot act on its own; it has to wait for member-nations to take the initiative.

He had everything, but Modi missed a brilliant chance to fix the messy Indian military

Modi government had a rare chance to reform and modernise India’s military. But it blew the chance and settled instead for tinkering.

India, China discuss maritime security, cooperation

Presence of Chinese navy in the Indian Ocean has aroused concerns in India, especially after China's acquisition of the Hambantota port. 

Pivot of China’s new silk road, Gwadar port has hit a bump in slow internet

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has recognised and given sanction to passive euthanasia and "living will"

Indian Army puts Mountain Strike Corps aimed at China in cold storage

The instant order to stop ‘new raisings’ – create battalions with fresh recruits – has been prompted by financial constraints.

India-China military hotline talks run into protocol congestion within a week

China wants military hotline talks between its Western Theatre Command and India's Army HQ in Delhi, not with regional commands in Kolkata or Udhampur.

Chinese govt doesn’t want its media to criticise Trump & NATO summit gets off to a rocky start

The US has failed to meet its deadline to reunite separated families and its a tussle of political ideologies in India The media has finally been...

On Camera

Tirupati controversy shows temples can’t run as public sector units. They must be privatised

A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Air Marshal A.P. Singh takes over as IAF chief, task cut out

Air Chief Marshal Singh took over from incumbent V.R. Chaudhari Monday afternoon. His top priority will be strengthening the fighting capability of the IAF, it is learnt.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?