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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Topic: IAF

India used this battlefield hack to keep Soviet-era missile systems firing against Pakistan in Op Sindoor

With spares unavailable, India’s armed forces turned to battlefield improvisation of decades-old systems to keep air defences lethal & unbreached during Pakistan’s attacks.

IAF bypassed & jammed Pakistan’s China-supplied air defence systems on 7 May, says India

On Operation Sindoor, the statement that Indian forces struck terrorist infrastructure and eliminated multiple threats without crossing the Line of Control or international boundary.

CDS, service chiefs brief President Murmu about Operation Sindoor at Rashtrapati Bhavan

The Indian President Wednesday commended the valour and dedication of the Armed Forces.

Op Sindoor: Did we achieve our military objective? ‘A thumping yes,’ says IAF, killed over 100 terrorists

DGMO Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai says Op Sindoor was conceptualised with a clear military aim to punish the perpetrators and planners of terror and to destroy their terror infrastructure.

How fact-checker Mohammed Zubair turned India’s Chief of Information War during Op Sindoor night

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

2 women officers, 1 loud message: Col Qureshi, Wing Cdr Singh lead precision briefing on Op Sindoor

Both women officers are trailblazers in their own right. The Army colonel was a military observer in Congo. The IAF wing commander led an air relief mission in Arunachal Pradesh.

Why homegrown Astra, set to be integrated with Rafale Marine, is no ordinary missile

With the Rafale deal sealed, Astra integration is set to become a key component of India’s future air combat loadout. Missile likely to equip all IAF fighters, barring Mirage 2000.

Trump’s tariff pause shows however high you are, the market is above you

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Talks with France to begin for G2G deal for multirole fighter aircraft, Rafale M pact this month

MRFA deal will entail Rafale fighter & it will involve Dassault Aviation setting up a final assembly line in India in partnership with a defence industry player, ThePrint has learnt

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Caged parrot or fearless eagle? India should give the Shastri formula a try

While the CBI has built its reputation as a premier crime investigation agency by cracking high profile cases, many other cases have remained unresolved or resulted in acquittals.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.