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Thursday, October 30, 2025
TopicUS Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin

Topic: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to visit US from 23-26 August, to hold talks on strategic partnership

Singh will meet the US Defence Secretary and National Security Advisor amongst others. He will also chair a high-level roundtable meeting with the US defence industry.

US not seeking permanent base in Papua New Guinea, says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin

A defence agreement signed in May will allow US forces to refurbish and develop infrastructure for military and civilian use at Papua New Guinea seaports and airports.

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin to pay 2-day visit to India from Sunday, ahead of PM Modi’s trip to Washington

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Austin will hold talks on Monday on a host of issues relating to bilateral defence cooperation, the defence ministry said on Saturday.

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Starbucks was once progressive. It’s now approaching a dangerous spot in culture wars

Former CEO Howard Schultz once told shareholders those who opposed his support of same-sex marriage were free to invest elsewhere. But now, CEO Brian Niccol seems to be selling Starbucks as a place that just, well, sells coffee.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.