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Army holds porter recruitment rally in Leh amid LAC stand-off with China, Covid crisis

Sajid Ali -
As many as 1,000 applicants showed up for the rally held on 20 June, which was held five days after the Galwan clash at the LAC.

Covid or China ⁠— which is the bigger threat? People in Leh struggle due to both

Sajid Ali -
Shops in Leh now operate in rotation due to rising Covid cases, but the mountain region is also tense due to the stand-off between India & China.

Ghulam Rassul Galwan — The man who named the Galwan river, the site of India-China stand-off

Sandeep Chaudhary -
It was unusual in the 19th century for rivers to be named after their regional discoverers. But Galwan, and his love for exploration, stood out.

Last batch of 310 pilgrims stranded in Iran during lockdown return to Ladakh

PTI -
The pilgrims were earlier flown to New Delhi from Tehran on a special flight and later taken to Leh onboard two special Air India aircraft.

Leh cab driver, who tested ‘negative’ for COVID-19 twice, tests positive after third test

Azaan Javaid -
Officials in Ladakh told ThePrint this happened because of a miscommunication between authorities in Leh and the testing facility in New Delhi.

Army reports first coronavirus case, cancels training and events to prevent outbreak

Snehesh Alex Philip -
A 34-year-old jawan in Leh, whose father had travelled to Iran and is a coronavirus patient, is the first confirmed COVID-19 case in the Army.

After 6 years & 5 failed bids, the Srinagar-Leh Zojila tunnel remains on drawing board

Moushumi Das Gupta -
The sixth and latest bidding process for the 14.3-km Zojila tunnel was annulled on 7 August by Modi govt over ‘administrative reasons’. 

Indian Army says no rigging in postal ballots system, Leh officer satisfied with probe

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Indian Army's preliminary probe said electoral malpractice allegations were baseless.

Leh and Kargil witness coldest night of season

PTI -
The temperature in Leh dropped down to minus 17.5 degrees Celsius whereas Kargil recorded a low of minus 16.7 degrees Celsius.

The rarely told story of vital Point 5353 India failed to retake from Pakistan in Kargil

Sujan Dutta -
Some 19 yrs after the war, ThePrint pieces together events that prevented the Indian Army from capturing a vital height.
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Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Anirudh Kanisetti -
Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Zohran Mamdani is an authentic representation of modern India

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Nehru is suddenly back in the news. This time, the BJP could not criticise him

Economy

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Banudas Athreya -
Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

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

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

Shekhar Gupta -
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.

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