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Saturday, September 13, 2025
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Topic: NSA

NSA needs to be much more than intelligence czar, says former head of defence intel agency

Lt Gen. Kamal Davar (retd) says NSA’s decision-making or advisory capacities are far larger and significant than merely being a coordinator of intelligence.

Manipur journalist arrested under NSA for posting video criticising BJP govt

Journalist slammed CM N. Biren Singh for linking ‘Manipuri nationalism’ with patriotism of Rani Lakshmibai. Wife says she is clueless of his whereabouts.

No Ajit Doval, from Indira to Modi, majority govts are overrated. Don’t fear coalitions

A secure, majority government like Modi’s, makes politicians complacent, arrogant and create unsustainable personality cults.

India cannot afford to be a soft power for next few years, says Ajit Doval

At the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval says India will be compelled to take hard decisions over the next 10 years.

The new Doval Durbar reduces India’s layered security system to a top-down Caliphate

Ajit Doval is now India’s all-powerful security boss. But this concentration of power disrupts our layered security system.

Ex-ISI chief on why terrorism is as hard to define as pornography

Asad Durrani served as a three-star general in the Pakistani army and headed the ISI between 1990 and 1992.

Include Armed forces in any dialogue with Pakistan Army

If General Bajwa must get an invite, it must be from either the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee or India’s army chief, and any meeting with the NSA or the PM must be a courtesy call.

The new Defence Planning Committee is India’s strongest ever, but is running against time

The DPC will drive key policy, procurement issues, and will formalise the National Security Advisor’s formidable influence on defence.

NSA Ajit Doval holds talks with top Chinese official ahead of key dialogues

The two countries are trying to iron out differences on the CPEC and designation of Masood Azhar as a terrorist by the UN. 

Indian and Pakistani diplomats meet, raise concerns on security and J&K

Both sides agreed to explore possibilities of cooperation and of improving bilateral relations.

On Camera

Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.