In a post on WeChat, Chinese Ministry of State Security claimed that it has cracked down on multiple espionage attempts in cases including inducement & coercion of 'core secrets'.
Published by HarperCollins, ‘Covert’ by A.S. Dulat, Asad Durrani and Neil K. Aggarwal will be released on 16 May on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.
Last May, CISF first spotted a suspicious black-grey pigeon, with rings on its feet and markings on its wings, idling at Pir Pao pier. Last week, the bird was finally set free.
Evan Gershkovich, 31, may be first US journalist to be picked up by Russia for espionage since Cold War, but there have been other similar accusations between both countries in past.
Symptoms first appeared to affect US officials in Havana in 2016, then in India, China, Europe & Washington. There was even speculation about use of microwaves & soundwaves.
The 61-year-old, once served as Iran's deputy defence minister, was arrested in 2019. UK PM Rishi Sunak called the execution "a callous and cowardly act carried out by a barbaric regime".
Titled ‘America’s Throwaway Spies’, the report probes the US intelligence agency's approach towards civilians it hires as spies, and how 'flawed' systems often lead to their capture.
Since the 1990s, America has charged almost 700 people with links to China for economic espionage. But Xu Yanjun’s story is the first one that has made this link explicit.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.
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