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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicUS Defense Intelligence Agency

Topic: US Defense Intelligence Agency

LAC tensions, China aiding Pakistan’s WMD ambitions—what US flagged in annual worldwide threat report

Javaria Rana -
In an unclassified threat assessment paper, US' DIA says Islamabad sees New Delhi as an ‘existential threat’ & will push its development of nuclear weapons to offset India.

Pakistan could become fifth largest nuclear weapons state by 2025, says report

Lalit K Jha -
The country's current stockpile of 140-150 nuclear weapons far exceeds US's 1999 prediction of Pakistan having 60-80 warheads by 2020. 

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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