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Topic: Espionage

Was on ‘maun vrat’ in Qatar jail, learnt of death penalty from TV, says Navy veteran after release

Cdr. Sanjeev Gupta (retd.) & 6 others returned home in February second week. ThePrint spoke to him about his ordeal after he & fellow Navy veterans were held on charges of spying.

Qatar releases 8 former Indian Navy officers held for suspected espionage

The Court of Appeal in the Gulf nation on 28 December commuted the capital punishment and sentenced the eight Indian nationals to jail terms for varying durations.

Navy chief says govt making efforts to bring back ex-Navy personnel on death row in Qatar

8 Indian nationals were on 26 October given death sentence by Qatar in an alleged case of espionage. An appeal has been filed in the case.

5 years after Canada-China row over their arrests for espionage, one Michael turns on the other

New Delhi: Five years after a diplomatic row between Ottawa and Beijing over the arrest of two Canadians in China on charges of espionage, the...

Espionage, IP theft, hacking— Five Eyes chiefs sound alarm about China ‘threat’

Chiefs of Five Eyes intelligence network held their first joint public meeting to warn about the threat posed by China’s ‘national strategy’ of economic espionage and intellectual theft.

As India’s external intelligence operations expand globally, a growing army of spies left out in the cold

Row over killing of a Sikh secessionist makes it clear global spy services are keeping a close watch on Indian ops. But experts say recent detection of networks reflect poor spycraft. 

CBI arrests Canada-based consultant in defence espionage case — ‘sent journalist classified documents’

Rahul Gangal held for allegedly transferring sensitive and classified documents related to India’s security to journalist Vivek Raghuvanshi, arrested in connection with case in May.

Russia charges jailed US citizen with espionage

Russia's news agencies said that Moscow's court had remanded Gene Spector in pre-trial custody on suspicion of espionage, which is punishable with a jail term of 10 to 20 years.

DRDO scientist was attracted to Pak agent & discussed classified defence projects, charge sheet reveals

The Pak Intelligence Operative who used the alias 'Zara Dasgupta,' claimed to be a software engineer based in the UK & befriended Pradeep Kurulkar by sending obscene messages & videos.

What’s the classified documents case & what are the charges against Donald Trump

The former US president is facing 7 criminal counts, the most serious among them being charges under the Espionage Act, which carries a 10-year sentence

On Camera

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.