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Monday, August 3, 2026
TopicIndia-Pakistan ties

Topic: India-Pakistan ties

PoK unrest is a 1971 moment for Pakistan. It’s a strategic opportunity for India

New Delhi should closely monitor the situation. Several actions can be initiated to reach out to the people of PoK, who are no less Indians than Indian citizens.

This Pakistani professor is reviving Sanskrit in a Lahore university. ‘This is shared heritage’

For the first time since Partition, a university in Pakistan is teaching Sanskrit. It started as sociology professor Shahid Rasheed’s passion project—‘languages build bridges’

Pakistan is getting new friends. Conflicts with India will only grow

Pakistan is likely to enjoy closeness with the US, China and Saudi Arabia. This is different from its relative isolation of recent years.

Jal Shakti Minister Paatil reaffirms position on IWT, revival of Tulbul project

Paatil says there is no change in India’s position of keeping Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance. 'Any decision will be in interest of everyone and for benefit of country'.

Modi in Netanyahu’s shoes. Military action risks spotlighting Kashmir dispute internationally

Modi government has sought to keep Kashmir off India’s global image. The terrorist attack in Pahalgam will change that.

Jaishankar-Dar dinner stirred ‘siyasi’ romance in Pakistan again. No love, just vibes so far

Leading the pack of political romantics is former Pakistan PM Sharif. Blaming Imran Khan for tanking relations with India, he has urged both sides to ‘sit and talk seriously’.

India-Pakistan armies have common professional DNA. It’s time to start talking

Indians have long taken to grandstanding democratic credentials and chafing at the thought of engaging coup planners like the Pakistan Army.

Jury still out on Jaishankar-Bilawal meet on SCO sidelines amid shadow of Poonch attack

The two ministers are unlikely to take part in a formal bilateral interaction but 'brief talks' on sidelines of 4-5 May SCO foreign ministers' meeting not ruled out, it is learnt.

41 Indians became Pakistanis last year. Why do they do it? What are the obstacles?

According to official data, the number of Indians who received Pakistani citizenship was up from zero in 2019, to 7 in 2020 and 41 in 2021. India does not allow for dual citizenship.

Indian Army has new strategies for Pakistan, China: Punitive deterrence, credible deterrence

With tensions continuing with China, India has deployed more troops along the Line of Actual Control this summer than before.

On Camera

Why Prashant Kishor’s Bankipur victory in Bihar should ring alarm bells for Modi-Shah’s BJP

With an estimated 1.6 lakh of its 3.79 lakh voters being upper-caste Hindus, Bankipur has been a BJP stronghold for three decades. Prashant Kishor has breached that fortress decisively.

RBI cracked whip on 87 urban co-op banks in 2021 for violations. Only 27 remain under regulatory curbs

Govt told Parliament that Maharashtra accounted for nearly half of the banks placed under RBI’s regulatory directions; DICGC settled Rs 18,931 crore in depositor claims.

Gorkha recruitment rests with Nepal, Agnipath only route to join Indian Army, says ex-CDS Chauhan

Recruitment of Nepali Gorkhas into Indian Army is on hold since 2022 with Nepal viewing four-yr tenure of Agnipath scheme, among others, as inconsistent with historical frameworks.

India’s Gen Z has opened a breach, for BJP to fill or Opposition to widen

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.