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Nobel-winning physicist Max Born once lived in India, taught at IISc

ThePrint Team -
A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Colonial legacy divided Pashtunistan. Chaman protest shows Pashtun nationalism still alive

Praveen Swami -
For over 6 months, peaceful protests have been underway at crossing near Af-Pak border. The situation shows secular nationalism is still alive in region despite jihadist assault.

Pakistan looking for agriculture, IT breakthroughs in high-level US trade talks

Andrea Shalal -
Pakistan Commerce Minister told Reuters the meeting could help boost bilateral trade in goods and services, which the Pakistani embassy said now totalled about $12 billion.

Pakistan’s Peshawar mosque blast death toll rises to 87. TTP denies responsibility

Jibran Ahmad -
According to officials, 57 people were being treated, seven of whom were in critical condition.

This PM worries about ‘aloo, tamatar’ prices — Shehbaz Sharif’s ‘Purana Pakistan’ is promising

Naila Inayat -
When Shehbaz Sharif took office, Pakistanis couldn’t believe that a PM could give an entire speech without talking about himself. Pinch us, will you?

For some in Pakistan, Malala is actually Jane from Hungary. Just like Trump is a Pakistani

Naila Inayat -
From Malala Yousafzai to Abdus Salam, there is special hate in store for Nobel Prize winners in Pakistan.

Qureshi’s Saudi criticism on Kashmir hints shift in Pakistan’s strategy for the Islamic world

Sushant Sareen -
20 years ago, during a meeting at the PPP office in Islamabad, Qureshi had told this writer that he was from Multan where Kashmir had no resonance.

What Modi didn’t say but meant – govt’s take-over would end Islamisation of Kashmir

Makarand R. Paranjape -
Modi implied that his government was actually saving J&K and its people from Pakistani domination and control through its local political brokers.

Pakistan has been invaded by millions of locusts from Iran

Ismail Dilawar -
Millions of insects have recently invaded Sindh, Pakistan’s second-largest cotton producing province and threaten its prized cotton crop.

Will get Pakistan to end support to terror groups, Congress promises in poll manifesto

Neelam Pandey -
Congress manifesto focuses on national security as party promises counter-terror centre and statutory powers to NSA and NSC.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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