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Thursday, January 8, 2026
TopicPatrol

Topic: Patrol

China deploys navy & air force to monitor US patrol over Taiwan Strait

China claims sovereignty over the Taiwan island and jurisdiction over the strait. But Taiwan and the US maintain the strait is an international waterway.

China carries out first patrol in Depsang after disengagement, goes up to ‘traditional points’

On 4 November, India carried out its first patrol in the Depsang plains, nearly two weeks after it signed a disengagement agreement with China on 22 October.

Indian troops start patrolling in Demchok after disengagement with China

Ladakh: Following disengagement between India and China, Indian troops started patrolling the Demchok sector in eastern Ladakh on Friday. This development comes after India and...

Ethanol blending for cars is ignoring food security in India. Go for green hydrogen instead

The current push for domestic production of ethanol is not considering the cost of diverting water to crops like sugarcane and rice.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.