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Saturday, December 20, 2025
TopicDefense Secretary

Topic: Defense Secretary

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

Trump confronted defense secretary who opposed sending military to contain US protests

Defense Secretary Mark Esper had told reporters that active-duty military forces to perform law enforcement within the US is 'a matter of last resort'.

Donald Trump finally has a defense secretary — Mark Esper, army veteran and lobbyist

Mark Esper will replace Jim Mattis who resigned in December after Trump decided to pull US troops out of Syria.

US is not out to contain China, says defense secretary James Mattis

James Mattis also said that US seeks a relationship with China that’s grounded in fairness, reciprocity and respect for sovereignty.

On Camera

Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.