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Saturday, August 9, 2025
TopicResearch and Analysis Wing

Topic: Research and Analysis Wing

R&AW’s secret war on LeT in Pakistan secures India some retribution, but Kashmir problem far from over

Earlier this week, a top Lashkar commander was shot dead in Pakistan. The killing is being seen as part of a long-running R&AW campaign to degrade the Lashkar’s leadership.

MEA slams WaPo reporting on ‘anti-Muizzu plot’, Pakistan killings. ‘Nurse compulsive hostility’

MEA spokesperson responds to Pakistan Deputy PM Ishaq Dar’s comments urging mutual willingness to normalise ties, saying that 'the relevant T-word is terrorism and not tango.'

Trapped in yrs-long probation battle, Vikash Yadav wrote to RAW chief about ‘humiliation, mental agony’

Cabinet Secretariat delayed Yadav's confirmation after he transferred from CRPF in 2013. In 2023, he was suspended in light of US's 'Pannun plot' allegations & later arrested in local case.

In Vikash Yadav’s village, code of silence shields Pranpura’s ‘role model’. Family ‘never knew’ of RAW link

Family of ex-spy Vikash Yadav, charged by US in Pannun case, is left bewildered. Mother says entire family has been in govt service, father was BSF officer, brother is with Haryana Police.

R&AW must answer why it tolerates poor tradecraft, recruitment standards, officer oversight

The alleged plot to kill Khalistan propagandist and lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun had all the comic elements of an old-fashioned Bollywood cop movie.

Businessman who accused Vikash Yadav of kidnapping, assault was once booked for abduction himself

Ex-spy Yadav, named in Pannun murder plot in US, was arrested by Delhi Police in December 2023. The complainant in this case, a cafe owner, was an accused in another case from 10 yrs ago.

Indian spy Vikash Yadav was fighting R&AW in CAT for his job while ‘targeting’ Pannun

Questions have arisen over how a junior officer, denied permanent appointment despite nearly 9 years in service and ongoing litigation, became involved in highly sensitive case.

Vikash Yadav, charged in Pannun case, was arrested by Delhi Police for ‘attempted murder, kidnapping’

The ex-RAW officer, Yadav was also arrested last year in December and granted bail in April this year. He is on FBI’s 'most wanted' list.

‘Ghar mein ghus ke maarengey’ — what India gained from covert war & what are the costs

While PM Modi has attacked previous govts for fighting terrorism with dossiers, its use was institutionalised by Vajpayee govt. Policy succeeded more than many can grasp.

World’s hottest election, ‘divisive rhetoric’ by Modi & India’s digital payments revolution

As voter enthusiasm wanes, BJP faces challenges in balancing Modi’s rhetoric with diverse concerns, while digital payments reshape India’s economic landscape, reports global media.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

With Cheetah & Chetak fleets ageing, Army, IAF move to fast-track purchase of 200 light helicopters

Request for Information issued by govt seeks transfer of technology. This comes as the planned acquisition of 200 Kamov light utility helicopters from Russia remains in limbo.

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.