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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicIran-US tensions

Topic: Iran-US tensions

Detained for more than a month, Iran oil tanker with Indian crew leaves Gibraltar

The vessel was released last week after Gibralter said it couldn't process US' request to further detain the tanker under a new legal procedure.

The US has lots of options with Iran besides war

The list of US options isn’t limited to traditional warfare. If Iran continues to escalate, the US could attack Iranian military computer networks.

Iran tensions prompt US lawmakers to revisit Trump’s powers to go to war

After Iran shot down US drone, 2 Democratic Senators sought vote blocking funds for military action without explicit authorisation from Congress.

Trump’s trade war strategy is easy to grasp – he doesn’t have one

Trump, bumbling haphazardly & randomly from one business venture to the next, was never much of a strategic thinker in his pre-politics career.

Trump wary of plunging US into Iran war ahead of 2020 re-election

Trump is aware that he was elected on the promise to withdraw the US from Middle East wars, yet some in his base want him to show that America won’t be pushed around.

On Camera

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.