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TopicJ&K

Topic: J&K

Palestinian flag on helmet lands Kashmiri cricketer in hot water

Furqan Bhatt, the cricketer, sported the helmet while playing a private tournament in Jammu. Reports suggest that tournament organiser also received police summons.

‘Incriminating’ material: NIA gets more time to file chargesheet against 2 Kashmiri men in Pahalgam case

Agency tells court 'incriminating' material against the 2 men, booked in June under UAPA, found on phones seized from Pahalgam terrorists killed in Dachigam forest in July.

‘Abrogation of trust’: 6 yrs since Article 370 repeal, civil society urges govt to restore J&K’s statehood

People from political, social & academic spectrum gathered at an event at Press Club in Delhi to mark the anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370.

Does Kashmir’s history begin and end with Islam? First excavation to explore the unknown

The dig in Zehampora, Baramulla is being led by a small army of archaeologists from the Department of Central Asian Studies at Kashmir University — where archaeology was introduced as a formal discipline only in 2017.

‘Pakistan doing mischief’—former J&K DGPs only give one reason to explain current unrest

There was a sense of pride with which all four former J&K DGPs spoke at Delhi's IIC. According to them, the worst, bloodiest parts of Kashmir’s history have come to an end.

Why Article 370 abrogation won’t remove ‘disputed territory’ tag from J&K

In 'Unravelling the Kashmir Knot, author and senior advocate Aman Hingorani uses a legal perspective to examine the ongoing debates around J&K.

Engineer Rashid’s election victory shows Kashmiri secessionism is far from spent

Efforts to draw secessionism back into electoral politics led New Delhi to support the rise of the People’s Democratic Party, and its alliance with the BJP. That, however, ended up empowering violent secessionists.

Kishanganga to Bursar, why J&K dams aren’t just for development

How does climate change intensify social cleavages in new configurations of knowledge and power? ‘Living with the Weather, edited by Piya Srinivasan, holds the answer.

SC verdict on Article 370 settles J&K question. But it dilutes powers of states

Supreme Court affirmed that federalism & democracy are part of the Constitution’s basic structure. But its verdict undermined these core constitutional values to some extent.

This Hizbul militant was seconds away from being shot — then, an Army major stepped in

In ‘Camouflaged’, Probal DasGupta excavates and presents hidden stories from India’s military past.

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

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

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

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

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

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

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