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Thursday, January 29, 2026
TopicNanda Devi

Topic: Nanda Devi

British Saudi Aramco official with banned satellite phone jailed in India, says was ‘denied’ rights

Fergus MacLeod spent week in Uttarakhand jail in July for having satellite phone near India-China border. Says was denied access to British High Commission. Police deny allegations.

Roopkund lake skeletons put a date to Nanda Devi Yatra origin — ‘before 7th Century’

DNA study of skeletons found in and around the Uttarakhand lake also suggests tourists from Greece, Crete visited Nanda Devi in 17th century.

Once upon a spooky time, when Indian and CIA spies were partners in spying

On this date, 40 years ago, India & US revealed that a nuclear device to track Chinese nuke tests was missing. Shekhar Gupta recounts the event

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Why sharp selloff in Japanese bonds has a message for India’s budget

Although its overall GDP will soon be bigger than Japan’s, on a per-capita basis India is still 12 times poorer.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.