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Topic: migrant boats

4 August 2025: 65 migrants dead after boat sinks near Yemen & other news of the day

Saksham Thakur -
ThePrint’s round-up of the major global news events.

Over 60 feared dead after migrant boat capsizes off Cape Verde, says Senegal’s foreign ministry

Ngouda Dione -
The ministry said that the boat left Senegal on 10 July with 101 passengers on board, and 38 people were rescued on Tuesday.

26 yrs gone, most accused & witnesses dead — Malta boat tragedy case still languishes in CBI court

Ananya Bhardwaj -
On 26 December 1996, 170 Indian migrants drowned when their boat capsized near Malta. While CBI filed a chargesheet in 1997, only 11 of 206 prosecution witnesses examined so far.

Pakistanis are escaping on risky boats, through illegal routes—all for a better life

Rafia Zakaria -
Pakistan has joined the ranks of countries like Somalia and Afghanistan who are willing to take any risk at all to escape their country.

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Opinion

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

MA Venkata Rao -
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

NJ 9842 launched the Siachen conflict. Where is it actually located?

Gen Z and the art of the side quest—why purposelessness is the ultimate flex

Economy

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

Hallie Gu -
War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Defence

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

Adurthi Ashwin Swarup -
From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

National Interest

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

Shekhar Gupta -
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.

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