Used by Nazi Germany, Enigma code was considered secure to send top-secret messages. But code-breakers, mathematicians deciphered it & turned the tide in World War II.
The long shadow of the 1930s blinds us to the fact that the US and NATO have been behaving like Nazi Germany, while Putin was the appeaser until 2014, and then again until 2022.
Speaker of Canadian House of Commons has apologised for honouring 98-yr-old Yaroslav Hunka, who served in voluntary unit under command of Nazis during WWII.
Once overlooked by the secular establishment, Subhas Chandra Bose was eventually sought to be appropriated by communists, embraced by socialists, reclaimed by Congress, and adopted as a hero by Hindu supremacists.
Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory develop forensic tracking techniques to locate parts of atom bomb & nuclear reactor Nazi scientists worked on during WW2.
Hegde had his account suspended over the photo of German August Landmesser refusing to enact the Nazi salute before Hitler. The account was later re-instated.
On 29 May 1951, Jawaharlal Nehru defended adding 'reasonable restrictions' to Article 19, arguing that free speech must be balanced with national security and unity.
On bilateral ties, Admiral Paparo said India-US ties have an exponential effect on deterrence, because it demonstrates a unity of purpose among us to maintain the peace.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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