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TopicGwadar port

Topic: Gwadar port

Imran Khan is embarrassed. Gwadar protest isn’t just for Baloch rights, but politics too

Tara Kartha -
Protests by nationalist parties never received this kind of support. The Jamaat’s patronising of the Baloch is a game changer.

Imran Khan accepts one of 19 Baloch demands. But Gwadar has a history of false promises

Nidhima Taneja -
Gwadar residents thought the CPEC project would change their lives. Instead, 'not a single penny was spent on Balochistan.'

China condemns suicide bombing in Balochistan, calls security situation in Pakistan ‘severe’

Apoorva Mandhani -
A suicide bombing in Gwadar Port, Balochistan, Friday evening on a vehicle carrying Chinese nationals led to the deaths of two local children and four were injured.

India has a bigger worry than LAC. China now expanding military footprint in Indian Ocean

Abhijit Singh -
The Navy needs a strategy of distant power projection. By employing a plan for sustained presence in the Western Pacific, New Delhi can show its resolve to Beijing.

India needs Chabahar Port more than ever now, but Trump’s reckless behaviour could ruin it

Vinay Kaura -
China and Pakistan have been working overtime to woo Iran and integrate it into their strategic nexus against India.

As US releases tape of controversial call, Pakistan says time to move on

Alind Chauhan -
Here’s what’s happening across the border: Gwadar’s first woman vlogger is going viral, and Punjab minister has banned ‘vulgar’ film posters.

First day of Ramzan brings heat & darkness for Karachi

Priyamvada Grover -
A new 'women and children protection' desk opened by Sindh's police department, and a billion dollar crude oil pipeline between Pakistan and China is underway.

Images of Pakistan’s Gwadar port do not match all the hype around it

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) -
No signature of a Djibouti style base but signs of expansion plans; road, access still limited.

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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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