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Pilot killed as IAF Jaguar crashes in Gujarat

ThePrint Team -
A court of inquiry has been ordered into the accident, one of several over the past few years to hit the Indian armed forces.

Modi tells Putin won’t go back on $4.5 billion defence deal, gets reassurance on Pakistan

Jyoti Malhotra -
Russian President Vladimir Putin assured PM Modi that Moscow’s relationship with Delhi is far, far better than anything with Pakistan can ever be

India among world’s top five defence spenders, thanks to tensions with China

Iain Marlow -
New Delhi saw an increase of 5.5 per cent in defence spending in 2017. However, this doesn't mean the armed forces are deploying state-of-the-art equipment.

Article on tech transfer is flawed says DRDO, ThePrint responds

ThePrint Team -
DRDO says ThePrint article on DRDO claiming to transfer eight new technologies at DefExpo-2018 is factually incorrect. ThePrint responds.

China replaces the US as the big brother for Pakistan’s defence needs

Priyamvada Grover -
After 2008, American exports fell sharply, while China’s picked up so much that it became the largest arms supplier to Pakistan, SIPRI data shows.

China media reports a new missile brigade that can hit Mumbai. What’s really new about it?

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) -
Contrary to recent reports in Chinese media, the existence of an operational brigade of DF-26 IRBM was first reported at least four years ago.

How India realised it was at risk of losing the Siachen glacier to Pakistan

AVM Arjun Subramaniam (retd) -
April 1984 saw the Indian Army, supported by the IAF, launch an audacious and preemptive operation to occupy the Saltoro Ridge and dominate the Siachen Glacier. These vignettes are a tribute to that operation.

An IIT grad’s little-known firm will now make bulletproof jackets for the Indian Army

Priyamvada Grover -
SMPP Pvt. Ltd to supply 1.86 lakh special bulletproof jackets to Army, a move that is in sync with the Modi govt's 'Make in India’ policy.

India cannot continue to take Nepal for granted anymore

Maj Gen. Ashok K. Mehta (Retd) -
India has learnt lessons from the 2015 India-inspired, Madhesi-executed blockade, which backfired.

12 militants, including killers of Army Lt Ummer Fayaz, shot dead in J&K encounters

Rahiba R. Parveen -
The officer was killed in Shopian last year while visiting family; GOC commander A.K. Bhatt says Army has ‘avenged’ his death by slaying two of his murderers.
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Economy

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

Gargi BA -
WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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