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Sunday, May 5, 2024
TopicUS military

Topic: US military

After Tintin and Tom and Jerry, now it’s Indian Army’s turn to find a Yeti link

Srijan Shukla -
Indian Army tweets picture to claim ‘mysterious footprints’ of Yeti, invites social media mockery. But the legend has popular roots.

Sundar Pichai meets US General today amid military jitters over Google’s AI push in China

Mark Bergen -
Google invited General Joseph Dunford for talks after he said the firm's AI work in China 'indirectly benefits the Chinese military'.

Donald Trump calls back half of US military forces from Afghanistan

Manisha Mondal -
US defence secretary James Mattis resigns and Brazil’s museum, destroyed in a fire, is now digitised.

Shift in US policy as Donald Trump orders withdrawal of troops from Syria

Manisha Mondal -
German magazine says one of its top journalists fabricated stories, and Latin America is turning unsafe, dangerous for women.

Hurricane Michael devastates major US Air Force base in Florida

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) -
Multiple fighter jets of the US Air Force suffered damage as Hurricane Michael made landfall last week.

Afghanistan says no privatisation of war ‘at any cost’, finds support

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Rejecting Erik Prince's plan to privatise parts of US military operations in Afghanistan, the government says won't allow for-profit business.

Hamid Mir, who accused ISI of trying to kill him, quits Geo TV

ThePrint Team -
Pakistan’s budding ‘chaiwala’ turned politician, and Atif Aslam’s troubles over New York concert. 
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Opinion

Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

Shubhangi Misra -
It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.

Have Hindus passed the test by letting Droupadi Murmu enter Ram temple? Not yet

Manusmriti in a London church? 18th-century Britain’s Indomania loved everything Hindu

Economy

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Yuthika Bhargava -
Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

Defence

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

National Interest

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

Shekhar Gupta -
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.

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