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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Topic: Pokharan

Army, Navy & IAF to perform firepower demo at ‘Bharat Shakti’ in Pokhran, Modi to be in attendance

The exercise, where all 3 services will display indigenously-made weapon systems, aligns with Army observing 2024 as yr of ‘tech absorption’, as announced by Army Chief General Manoj Pande.

National Interest: Keeper of India’s family silver

Naresh Chandra (1934-2017) wasn’t an ordinary patriot. A big-hearted problem-solver, he had the trust of 9 prime ministers. SHEKHAR GUPTA

Walking to global high table, baby step by baby step

Explaining the last round of his half-yearly credit policies, RBI governor Y V Reddy had used an interesting expression, "baby steps", to explain his...

The bomb and the bombast

Our nuclear power plants are inefficient, super-expensive and are behind targets on most parameters. The excuse, always, is sanctions and denial of technology. That must end now.

Turning nukes on their head

India's diplomatic shift after Pokharan II has now acquired doctrinal maturity. The upshot is, Pakistani nuclear bluff has been well and truly called.

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.