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Topic: I&B

Why Pakistan lies at the heart of Intelligence Bureau’s lack of imagination in Kashmir

A S Dulat -
In 'A Life in the Shadows', former R&AW chief A.S. Dulat uncovers why Indian intelligence considers dialogue and engagement as 'soft' strategies.

RAW & IB chiefs, cabinet & defence secretaries — the key appointments awaiting new govt

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The new govt will also appoint the IAF chief after incumbent Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa retires in September. 

R&AW chief Anil Kumar Dhasmana, IB director Rajiv Jain get 6-month extensions

Jyoti Malhotra -
The extensions will tide over both men until the new government takes charge by the middle of next year.

Try, try and then put in cold storage: Fate of I&B ministry’s bills to shackle the media

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Move to regulate online media unlikely to make progress just like past attempts on print and broadcast, I&B officials say.

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Opinion

India’s tech ambitions need private sector investment in R&D. Budget 2026 holds the key

Kunal Tyagi -
India’s private sector remains hesitant to invest in R&D. This is understandable, as the domestic market often fails to reward differentiated technologies adequately.

India’s ‘mother of all deals’ with Europe comes with a troublesome cousin—Turkey

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Trump made it clear that US military isn’t global police with National Defence Strategy 2026

Economy

SEBI green-lights NSE IPO. What exchange’s CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan revealed about next steps

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Speaking at ThePrint OTC Thursday, NSE CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan said the exchange has been trying to list itself since 2016, but it couldn’t happen due to one reason or the other.

Defence

‘LCA man’ Ravi Kota, key in operationalisation of IAF’s Tejas fleet, picked as next HAL CMD

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.

National Interest

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

Shekhar Gupta -
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.

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