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Friday, January 16, 2026
TopicIndia-Pakistan

Topic: India-Pakistan

Pakistan’s lobbying blitz in US amid Op Sindoor: 50+ emails, ‘worries’ about India’s ‘resuming’ strikes

New disclosures under US’s Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) also reveal that after Operation Sindoor, Pakistan’s lobbyists asserted it would 'welcome' America’s role as mediator.

India’s most consequential decade & chronicling it as part of the dream team of journalism

You’d think the decade of 1985-95 is long over. Not really. The issues that erupted in that decade are still shaping Indian conversations.

Pakistan now says China mediated end to conflict with India, months after thanking US & Trump for it

While New Delhi has long maintained that no third party brought about the ceasefire between India & Pakistan in May 2025, China for first time claimed credit earlier this week.

Indian student at Oxford debate is getting marriage proposals. Wants to do UPSC

‘When we debate, it’s not against Indian people but the actions of the state,’ Pakistani speaker Moosa Harraj told ThePrint.

Op Sindoor, Gen-Z stir & rise of a dictator. 2025 saw old fault lines & new anger collide in South Asia

South Asia had a tumultuous year as old fault-lines & new anger collided. Borders burned, governments fell and alliances shifted.

How an American woman mapped the world’s highest battleground—Siachen Glacier

In 1912, Fanny Workman decided to conduct a full reconnaissance of the Siachen Glacier, which she described as the 'Great Rose Glacier'.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.

Disclosures to US Senate claim lobbyists with links to Pakistan also hired for RSS; organisation denies

State Street Strategies hired Squire Patton Boggs, a Washington-based legal firm that also does work with Pakistan govt, to lobby on behalf of RSS in March, according to the documents.

Terror attack now focus of Delhi blast probe & Pakistan blames India for college attack, without proof

Global media reports witness accounts of blast near Red Fort that killed 12, PM Modi saying ‘conspirators will not be spared’ & Islamabad’s bombing accusation against India.

On Camera

India is derisking itself from US bullying. Here are eight signs

While the Narendra Modi government has attracted criticism for the way it is handling India-US relationship, it is now possible to discern the faint outlines of a new template for foreign and trade policy.

How India’s oil basket altered amid Trump’s pressure—imports from US up 40-50% this fiscal, Russia dips

India’s merchandise exports to US remain positive, despite 50% tariffs, while imports from US grew by 12.85% in the first three quarters of the financial year.

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.