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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicI&B

Topic: I&B

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

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

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

PIL filed in Supreme Court seeking quashing of govt’s surveillance order

The public interest litigation calls for the home affairs ministry's blanket surveillance order be tested against the fundamental right to privacy.

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

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

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

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

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.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

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.