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Not all is lost for India and Navy veterans on death row in Qatar. Remember Italian marines?

As India grapples with the lack of knowledge about the charges against the retired naval officers, it can leverage its strong ties with Qatar to reach a diplomatically favourable outcome.

Jaishankar meets families of ex-Navy men on death row in Qatar, says govt will work to free them

While charges against the 8 men have not been made public, sources have said allegations include charges of 'spying'.

For 8 ‘tortured’ Indian Navy veterans sentenced to death in Qatar, here is the road ahead 

Veterans, who were working for private firm that carried out projects with Qatar’s armed forces, were arrested last year over allegations that they passed on sensitive information. 

Our take on Qatar’s death row, NCERT’s recommendation, Modi selfie points— in 50 words

This week we saw defence ministry’s selfie points unveiled, NCERT’s recommendation to replace India with Bharat and Qatar’s death penalty to Indian navy veterans....

‘Defence services to simulator training’ — Dahra Global, firm that employed ex-Navy men now on death row

Oman-headquartered Dahra Global Technologies and Consultancy Services is a defence services provider whose CEO Khamis Al-Ajmi was also briefly detained by Qatar last year.

India must rescue navy veterans on Qatar’s death row. Don’t let it go Kulbhushan Jadhav way

The latest judgment can best be described as a resounding slap on the face of Indian diplomacy. This event has no precedence in modern India.

Solitary confinement, ‘painful wait’— ordeal of 8 ex-Indian Navy officers facing gallows in Qatar

Eight Indian Navy veterans were sentenced to death by a Qatar court Thursday. Charges have still not been made public officially, but reports claim they pertained to ‘spying for Israel’.

Qatar sentences 8 former Indian Navy officers to death, MEA says ‘exploring all legal options’

Officers were picked up by Qatari intelligence last yr & incarcerated in Doha. Charges against them yet to be made public. External affairs ministry says 'deeply shocked by verdict'.

Verdict on 8 Indian Navy veterans jailed in Qatar expected this month, says MEA

The ministry did not specify the charges. However, ThePrint reported in April that the men have allegedly been accused of spying.

8 former Navy officers imprisoned by Qatar accused of spying on emirate’s super-secret submarine programme

8 former Navy officers imprisoned by Qatar accused of spying on emirate’s super-secret submarine programme Qatar State Security claims to have intercepted electronic communications, but...

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MEA should stop living in dread of Trump. We’ve lived through Nixon before

Donald Trump seems to have rejected the old assumptions. He does not care that India is the world’s largest democracy. As for the Indian market, he wants access on his own terms.

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'.

India’s defence sky gets a solar boost: Army orders iDEX solar-electric drone 

Indian Army has inducted loitering munitions, kamikaze and surveillance drones for over Rs 5,000 crore post Operation Sindoor from various domestic firms.

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.