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TopicUS blockade

Topic: US blockade

US blockade of Iran ports in Hormuz may hit China hardest, but India could feel price pain too

Disruptions to Iranian flows may trigger global supply reshuffle, intensify competition and raise India’s import bill.

On Camera

Role reversal? Congress is adopting BJP’s best practices as the latter learns the worst

The BJP’s drift contrasts sharply with Rahul Gandhi’s organisational push, street politics and growing appeal among young voters.

As US counts down Iran’s last oil barrels, Ghalibaf throws up new formula on debt stress

Ghalibaf’s latest maths taunt for US draws on engineering principles, where stress on any structure is the load it bears divided by the strength supporting it. It’s also a response.

Drones for IAF are not revolutionary but evolutionary, says IAF chief

IAF chief Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh has ruled out a separate drone force, saying that UAVs must operate with fighters and other existing technology.

India has always been a hard state under Gandhian cover. Nehru to Modi, leaders have reinforced it

Modern India might have been conjured up in the image of Gandhi. But India was never a Gandhian state. Founders of the Republic, be it Nehru or Patel, nursed zero such notions.