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Sunday, April 12, 2026
TopicSikh insurgency

Topic: sikh insurgency

Bad politics, low GDP, rise of religion—What would Supercop KPS Gill say about today’s Punjab

On KPS Gill's 90th birth anniversary, his former colleagues, top IAS officers and others spoke of Punjab’s past, present and its social and political fabric.

‘Throne of Indira will crumble. They will chew iron lentils’—Bhindranwale in 1984

In ‘Poles Apart’, Aditya Sondhi investigates the comparative roles of the military in the Indian subcontinent, to study their influences on the growth of democracy in the region.

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Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.