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Friday, August 29, 2025
TopicIntelligence failure

Topic: Intelligence failure

Modi’s Punjab security breach shows SPG lacks real-time situational awareness

After Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, there was a bizarre, conspiratorial tale involving DMK and Khalistan terrorists. India can’t afford to repeat that mistake again.

The lesson for RAW, IB from Kargil to Ladakh — fix responsibility

Our tactical-level ISR simply failed to assess or analyse any troop movement along the LAC. The PLA did not even try any deception.

Bring ‘Make in India’ for intelligence agencies. Stop overrelying on foreign vendors

India is facing massive challenges in filling the gaps in its intelligence systems; will the intrusions in Ladakh serve as India’s Sputnik?

Sri Lankan govt in disarray after reports it ignored intelligence warnings

Trump administration announces end to sanctions exemptions for countries still importing Iranian oil. China, India, among others, to be impacted.

On Camera

Why families keep killing wives, daughters—a silenced woman preserves honour

Nikki Bhati’s death in Greater Noida shows that law alone can’t protect women. The absence of autonomy is the real problem.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.