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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. 

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

PTI -
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

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.

On Camera

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Opinion

Game on in Gujarat — Ahmedabad is building India’s new sports economy

Johan Jose -
The massive success of the IPL is a watershed moment in Indian sports. It proved that sports could be an incredibly profitable commercial venture. The glamour, the glitz, and the spectacle of it didn’t go unnoticed.

Age-gap romances are tricky in India. Here’s how Bollywood navigates them

Rahul and Modi turn Bihar into a national showdown. Tejashwi keeps it local

Economy

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

Udit Bubna -
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.

Defence

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

Snehesh Alex Philip -
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.

National Interest

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

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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