ThePrint Explorer looks at the lives of Ames & another double-agent, Major-General Dmitri Polyakov, which offer a peek into the shadow world of espionage.
In 1994, he pleaded guilty to espionage and tax evasion, admitting to being paid at least $2.5 million by Moscow in exchange for American secrets from 1985 onwards.
While the ‘spies’ initially seem to fit in, their ingrained ‘Indian’ habits like asking for a QR code or refusing non-vegetarian food on Tuesdays blows their cover.
‘The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century’ by Tim Weiner is a gripping history of the modern CIA, reaching from 9/11 through its covert operations in Afghanistan and Iraq to today’s secret battles with Russia and China.
Metreweli will assume office as the spy agency's 18th chief, taking over from Richard Moore, who held the job for five years. She has been an intelligence officer since 1999.
New Delhi/Gurugram: Punjab and Haryana are seeing an uptick in cases of the police uncovering espionage rings ever since the launch of Operation Sindoor...
UP ATS have said that the Rampur-based businessman passed on sensitive information, and helped strengthen ISI’s network in India by providing funds & SIM cards to operatives.
Dong, a Neiman Fellow & visiting professor at a Japanese University, edited the Guangming Daily when detained in 2022. His articles in state media called for 'moderate reforms.’
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'.
Deterrence cannot mean institutional licence for an endlessly extensible raid. A search that extends across days, followed by seals and freezes that linger for weeks, begins to resemble a siege.
76% of Centre’s deregulation reforms implemented across states under Phase-I of compliance reduction exercise. Several states & UTs adopted flexible land use, 3rd party inspections, labour reforms.
NSE CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan was speaking at Off The Cuff event hosted by ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta. He said that NSE, on average, sees 20 crore cyberattacks each day.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
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