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Topic: minerals

Modi govt opposes plea to cap iron ore production in Odisha, cites ‘objective of Atmanirbhar Bharat’

Bhadra Sinha -
In SC affidavit, Ministry of Mines & Minerals rubbishes claims of scarcity of iron ore as 'unfounded', says robust indigenous steel industry important to realise ‘Developed India by 2047' vision.

Cobalt, copper, China: India should pay more attention to the savage violence in Congo

+TFP Praveen Swami -
Leaving security to mercenaries is a path to proxy wars, colonial-era savagery. Democracies like India with an economic stake can't remain sidelined.

The Chinese are digging, but it’s no Jurassic Park. The Pacific hides other treasures

Aadil Brar -
Failure to sign a deal with the Pacific is a setback for China’s deep-sea ambitions, but that won’t stop them from finding new opportunities.

New mineral from deep inside Earth found trapped in a diamond

Mohana Basu -
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Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

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The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

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Economy

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

+TFP Debdutta Chakraborty -
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

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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