Radhika Seshan's 'Empires of the Sea: A Human History of the Indian Ocean World' sets out to map our age-old connections with the seas, tracing maritime linkages from the Harappan period all the way to the long colonial era.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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