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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicLA wildfire

Topic: LA wildfire

New wildfire breaks out in Los Angeles, forces evacuation of over 31,000

Fuelled by strong winds & dry brush, the Hughes fire, the third this season, grew to two-thirds the size of the Eaton Fire, one of the two monster conflagrations to ravage the LA area.

Fact check: Indian-origin man didn’t start fire in LA. Fake videos are viral on social media

An official statement by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) corroborated news reports that identified the apprehended individual as a Mexican citizen, Juan Manuel Sierra.

‘West does have a plan for climate change. Catastrophe,’ says Amitav Ghosh

Amitav Ghosh gave a talk at the 41st CD Deshmukh Memorial Lecture at IIC, titled ‘Time of Monsters, Time of Possibilities: Reflections on an Interstitial Era’.

On Camera

Counter-insurgency is Indian military’s reality. Op Sindoor was brief flash in combat spectrum

The Chief of Defence Staff was spot on when he declared war fighting as ‘military’s bread and butter.’

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Choppy ride for India’s submarine ambition: Project P-751 chugs forward, Scorpenes a stinging tale

With P75I still years away & the follow-on Scorpenes stuck, India’s long-promised 30-yr submarine plan remains behind schedule

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.