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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicPete Hegseth

Topic: Pete Hegseth

White House defends US attacks on Venezuelan boat as lawful—’authorised by Hegseth’

Washington Post had reported a second strike was ordered to take out two survivors from the initial strike and to comply with an order by Hegseth that everyone be killed.

US Defense Secy Pete Hegseth to visit Vietnam amid arms supply talks

Hegseth is expected to arrive in Hanoi Sunday afternoon to meet Vietnam’s Communist Party chief To Lam, President Luong Cuong and Defence Minister Phan Van Giang.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s generals of lawlessness

Pete Hegseth seems to question the principle of legal or ethical restraints on warfare.

US Secy of Defence Pete Hegseth asks NATO allies to increase spending on US weapons for Kyiv

Hegseth urged allies to ramp up investment in the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) program, which replaced U.S. arms donations to Ukraine and now requires allies to pay for U.S. weapons deliveries.

Trump and Hegseth’s speeches at military gathering show America fighting a war within

Donald Trump set the ball rolling even before the meeting began by saying that he would fire any military leader on the spot if he didn’t like them.

Trump to sign executive order to rebrand Pentagon, reviving historic ‘Department of War’ name

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Friday renaming the Department of Defence the ‘Department of War’, in...

Trump to rename Dept of Defense the ‘Dept of War’, says White House official

New order would instruct Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to recommend legislative and executive actions required to make the renaming permanent.

Trump White House hopeful about signing defence pact with India, finalising pending arms deals

Upcoming defence framework, following similar agreements in 2005 & 2015, will also include co-production of key systems including Stryker & Javelin apart from arms sales.

‘Hope US can complete major pending defence sales to India,’ says US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Hegseth at the Pentagon, and said their discussion on deepening India-US defence ties was productive.

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Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

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India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

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.