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Topic: Tawang

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

Smruti Deshpande -
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.

China increases military presence near Tawang, exercise started before December clash

Snehesh Alex Philip -
A large PLA deployment has been set up 74 km northeast of the region where India and China recently clashed.

Tawang was Sardar Patel’s last gift to the nation. India must strengthen border infra

Sanjeev Chopra -
When the Chinese Nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek lost out to the Communists under Mao Zedong, the latter asserted his control over Tibet.

China ready to work with India for steady & sound growth of ties, says Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Gaurvi Narang -
In his annual foreign policy address, Wang says China & India have maintained communication through diplomatic, military-to-military channels for upholding stability at borders.

‘Someone’s trying to hide something’: Urdu press slams govt’s ‘silence’ on India-China border row

Abantika Ghosh -
ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took

Chinese threat hurting South Asian power balance. But US support for India can change this

+TFP Vinay Kaura -
To tackle the challenges ahead, the US should devote more resources and attention to India than Pakistan, which is acting like a Chinese tributary.

‘Peddling China narrative’: RSS mouthpiece Organiser targets SRK, JNU students, Ashoka University

Unnati Sharma -
The editorial and cover story attack came in light of this month's skirmish between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the Tawang region of Arunachal Pradesh.

OneLove armband vs OneHate bikini & Nehru’s ghost wants a vacation beyond borders

Karthika Hariharan -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Charge of the ‘mouth’ brigade & football finally wins the Messi World Cup

Karthika Hariharan -
The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju tweets photo of Indian Army at Tawang. But the image is from 2019

Debdutta Chakraborty -
In a tweet Saturday, Rijiju says Tawang has been secured due to “adequate deployment” of the Indian Army. The catch, however, is that the photo dates back to October 2019.  
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Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

Phiroze J 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.

Dharali floods a wake-up call for IMD, NDMA to buck up—the Himalayan region is vulnerable

Buying Russian oil, misreading Trump—3 points will define India’s next energy strategy

Economy

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

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

Defence

We were given free hand, no restrictions placed on us: IAF chief on Op Sindoor

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi: Indian Air Force chief Air Marshal A.P. Singh Saturday made it clear that there were no restrictions imposed by the political class...

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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