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The big questions about the Rafale deal you didn’t know whom to ask

Former French president Francois Hollande has given a new twist to the row surrounding the Rafale deal. Here's a primer.

What happened when Nehru and a former Nazi Germany engineer built first & only India-made operational combat fighter

The HF-24 Marut, which could carry 1,800 kg of bombs, 100 rockets (68 mm) and four 30 mm cannons, played a role in the famous Battle of Longewala.

It’s cowardly of BJP to hide behind IAF on Rafale

The 50-word Edit — ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Former Air Force chief S.P. Tyagi, others get bail in AgustaWestland case

Tyagi and his cousins are allegedly involved in a money laundering case related to the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam.

Kerala’s Kainakary village, from a postcard of beauty to seven feet under

A church submerged, a school that looks like a jetty and houses that may collapse — that’s what the residents of this village of 10,000 now call home.

Everything you wanted to know about Rafale and did not know who to ask

The Rs 59,000-crore Rafale deal is at the centre of a furious war of words between the govt and opposition. Here's an explainer on the jet and the controversy.

No unity on theatre commands, and a 100-year plan to save the Taj Mahal

Front Page IAF, defence minister at odds over theatre command. Days after defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government wanted the military to move towards...

IAF explains why theatre command is not workable and Congress lectures Tharoor on ‘Indian values’

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint in the last 24 hours.

Sukhoi aircraft crashes near Nashik, both pilots ejected safely

The Sukhoi Su-30MKI twinjet, awaiting induction in the Indian Air Force, crashes in a farm near Nashik.

One Army officer’s idea in the 1980s may have given India the edge in Kashmir

His deep understanding of the Kashmir Valley and its vulnerability to forces from across the LoC led him to widely propagate a strategy that...

On Camera

Shah Rukh Khan’s India is about love, not hate. Chak De! India to My Name Is Khan

This year, Jawan and The Kerala Story both won National Awards. The irony was impossible to miss. One critiqued the system, the other endorsed its narratives. The dichotomy says more about India’s cultural schizophrenia than any film review ever could.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.