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Topic: intelligence

Canada denies visa to former Pakistani intel officials, says ex-envoy. Usual tactic by western powers

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Husain Haqqani highlights the case of a retired senior Pakistani defence official, whose visa was rejected on grounds of ‘suspected terrorism or human rights violation’.

Surveillance state isn’t a secure one. Indian govts need to get this

+TFP Praveen Swami -
For all practical purposes, India’s intelligence services acted as instruments of the prime minister—with no legal framework for their operations, nor accountability.

China has an intelligence gathering architecture unlike any other

Harsh V. Pant -
The US agencies have caught and convicted several Chinese spies who had been mobilised through LinkedIn, the professional networking platform owned by Microsoft.

Calling LAC conflict ‘intelligence failure’ is lazy. It ignores India’s real problem

Tara Kartha -
Both India’s political and military intelligence would have picked up signals of the change in China’s stance. Only, if we prioritised China as much.

To check China’s hostility, India, Taiwan and Japan need an intelligence-sharing alliance

Samanvya Hooda -
By targeting the One China Policy with a Taiwan alliance, India will be proactively watching the Chinese and amping up the stakes.

Indian intelligence failure again? Heroism at Galwan must lead to reforms

AVM Manmohan Bahadur (retd) -
India was napping in the 1950s when a strategic highway was built in Aksai Chin. Then again in 1999 at Kargil, and now in Ladakh.

An ancient trick makes maths simpler & a wildlife friendship warms hearts

Sandhya Ramesh -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

RAW needs to become more like CIA, and move away from IAS & IPS

Shibani Mehta -
RAW should open its recruitment avenues and engage individuals from different backgrounds with diverse skills and education.

Home-grown terror is India’s bigger challenge, and no one’s talking about that

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
We are today more vulnerable to indirect attacks by indigenous terrorists than direct attacks by terrorists from Pakistan.

Intelligent people are also more helpful

Andis Sofianos -
Insightful self-interest guides us to become effectively good citizens.

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Opinion

I am a dog lover, but we don’t know how to win the war on strays

Gitanjali Das -
We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.

Population causes poverty is the devil’s philosophy. It causes prosperity: Sauvik Chakraverti

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Economy

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

Gargi BA -
WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

Defence

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

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

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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