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Friday, November 7, 2025
TopicIndian Army

Topic: Indian Army

56 years later, China can still choke Indian troops the way it did in 1962 

Ex-Army chief Gen. Deepak Kapoor raises concerns of “single-access” roads near the border, which if blocked could end up isolating Indian troops.

Indian soldiers without quality combat boots: Misplaced defence spending priorities or procurement red tape?

Indian Army is still waiting on the delivery of its last order for old-style combat boots, which will arrive by 2019. Ironically, Indian manufacturers...

Indians supply modern combat boots to US army, but our soldiers use ‘130-year-old’ designs

The wait will go on as the decision to open up sector to private players won’t kick in before 2019. After that, there's the long procurement process.

The BJP remains a Brahmin-Baniya club, and ‘kung fu’ nuns save the day in Ladakh

Front page Despite its outreach to the lower castes, BJP remains a Brahmin-Baniya club: A detailed analysis of the ruling party’s hierarchy by ThePrint reveals...

Army fears US could leak data to Pakistan if India-US sign military secrecy pact

The Pentagon’s position is that the agreement is required by law if the US is to export sensitive military equipment to a country.

In a first, India & Pakistan will be in wargames in China and Russia, troops leave next week

New Delhi will send multiple contingents of its army for the wargames that will be held between 28 July and 11 August.

Why Rajasthan collector wrote to 5-month-old child of paratrooper killed in J&K

Jhalawar collector Jitendra Kumar Soni was so shaken at the sight of the child at the funeral that he had to write to her immediately.

Modi’s new push for integrating commands exposes one-upmanship in the Indian military

A Navy officer has accused the IAF of stalling the formation of integrated commands – which is how most modern militaries function.

Modi will win 2019 thanks to Rahul Gandhi, and rifle-hunting for the Indian Army

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Mountain Strike Corps shelved, and Arun Jaitley makes Modi soften stand on Section 377

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint in the last 24 hours.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

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

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.