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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicChinese balloons

Topic: Chinese balloons

Taiwan reports Chinese balloon 1st time since April, calls it part of ongoing pressure campaign

Ben Blanchard -
The potential for China to use balloons for spying became a global issue last year when the United States shot down what it said was a Chinese surveillance balloon.

Taiwan spots 3 Chinese balloons over major air base

Ben Blanchard -
Taiwan is on high alert for Chinese activities, both military and political, ahead of 13 January presidential and parliamentary elections.

Chinese balloon over US a reminder time has come to regulate, facilitate espionage from space

+TFP Praveen Swami -
Eyeball-to-eyeball in outer space, China, Russia and the United States are engaged in a high-stakes, no-rules struggle for supremacy.

US tracked Chinese balloon for a week before it entered country, Washington Post reports

Suchet Vir Singh -
US military & intelligence agencies suggest ‘it could have been accidental.’ Since then, three more ‘flying objects’ have been shot down.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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