Topic: Operation Juniper
India-China border tensions flare up again as soldiers get into scuffles in Ladakh, Sikkim
Troops from both Indian and Chinese sides have been injured in the two incidents. Situation is ‘under control’ now.
On Camera
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India’s blasphemy beheadings have a new audience—and they’re sitting behind smartphones
Videos on social media have become a key feature of blasphemy killings. Each inspires communal competitors to stage a more macabre act of revenge.
RBI intervenes with multi-pronged strategy in battle against rupee fall
The Reserve Bank’s challenges include crashes in forward dollar premiums to rising open interest in futures that adds to pressure on the currency.
Defence
India and Egypt work towards building strategic relationship with focus on defence & security
From holding joint military exercises to exporting wheat as Russia and Ukraine stop supplies, New Delhi and Cairo are redrawing their relationship as geopolitical tensions rise.
Moral, political & ideological questions on Maharashtra: 1st is simplest to answer, 3rd trickiest
What is Shiv Sena’s ideology? We might say it’s been a convenient mix of extreme ethnic chauvinism & unforgiving Hindutva. Within the second, the party retained space to manoeuvre.