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Chinese spy balloon has been used to snoop on India as well, say US officials

The US has linked the spy balloon episode to a more extensive Chinese surveillance programme, saying it has been used for spying in India, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, and Vietnam.

Pay cheque is not enough. Employees want to belong, feel secure at their workplace

Every company should have the ultimate ambition of creating a happy and inspiring workplace where people feel they belong.

The iPhone with eSIM-only option is even more secure. Find out how

With the combination of Apple’s security protocol Secure Enclave on the A series processor, Face ID and Find My iPhone system, it is a much secure device to break in.

Surveillance state isn’t a secure one. Indian govts need to get this

For all practical purposes, India’s intelligence services acted as instruments of the prime minister—with no legal framework for their operations, nor accountability.

Z-Plus security to convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim brings Khattar-Vij rift in Haryana to fore, again

CM Khattar & Haryana minister Vij have made contradictory statements to media on the grant of security to Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is currently out on furlough.

Don’t just look at defence budget. India’s intelligence services, police desperately need funds

India’s only security challenge isn’t on the LAC. There’s chronic anaemia in India’s police and intelligence services.

If Afghanistan descends into chaos, Pakistan will feel the security heat: Maleeha Lodhi

Pakistani officials worry that fighting will force more Afghans to flee with estimates of new refugees ranging from 500,000 to 700,000.

India needs an honest national security document for the next decade, just like Britain made

In 1946, a telegram from Moscow gave the US a strategy that lasted four decades. India too needs an honest security doctrine that keeps it match-fit in a changing world.

In Kashmir DDC polls, Modi govt, security forces fuelling insecurity, doing great disservice

The militants and separatists have not issued any threats or calls for poll boycott, indicating an easing of threat perception.

India keeps focussing on a future China threat. But just looking east is bad security policy

In ‘Powershift’, Zorawar Daulet Singh writes that the threat of China shouldn’t compel India to abandon its multi-vector world and security view.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.