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Topic: INS Viraat

INS Viraat dismantling has begun, but a final effort is still on to convert it into museum

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Envitech Marine Consultants is hopeful of getting NOC from the government. But shipbreaker has already begun the dismantling process.

Selling INS Viraat as scrap is unfortunate but a financially-burdened Navy has no option

ThePrint Team -
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Modi govt to sell INS Viraat as scrap, naval fraternity questions sense of heritage

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Aircraft carrier INS Viraat was decommissioned in 2017, and there were many proposals for her utilisation, but the govt found none to be good enough.

12 highlights from Rahul Gandhi interview: On Hindu terror, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, others

Neelam Pandey -
In an interview with ThePrint, Congress Rahul president speaks about issues surrounding the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

As Modi attacks Rajiv Gandhi, spotlight is on INS Viraat’s glorious history as naval warship

Snehesh Alex Philip -
INS Viraat, in her earlier avatar, won the Falklands War against Argentina in 1982 for the Royal Navy. She was decommissioned in 2017.

When Rajiv Gandhi had a whale of a time in Lakshadweep… and performed a ‘heroic’ act

Samyak Pandey -
During his alleged lavish holiday in December 1987, former PM Rajiv Gandhi is also said to have jumped into a lagoon and saved an injured beached whale.

TIME magazine calls Modi ‘divider in chief’, Express splashes Rajiv’s Lakshadweep holiday

Simrin Sirur -
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Modi’s claims on Rajiv’s INS Viraat holiday completely wrong, says ex-commanding officer

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Vice Admiral Vinod Pasricha (retd) says the Gandhi family was on board for an official visit. Former Navy chiefs L. Ramdas & Arun Prakash agree with him.

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Opinion

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

AI is officially ruining social media. It made brainrot boring

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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