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Balakot, Kashmir clashes behind US advisory for its airlines to avoid Pakistan airspace

Possibility of terrorists getting access to man-portable air defence systems or MANPADS could also have prompted the US advisory to avoid Pakistani airspace.

Russia getting close to China one joint military exercise at a time. India must worry

The militaries of China and Russia are not only exercising bilaterally but also multilaterally, and importantly for India, in the Indian Ocean.

Trump blames Iran after Iraqi militia storms US embassy in Baghdad over airstrikes

US airstrikes on an Iranian proxy Sunday claimed the lives of 25 fighters. The assault came at a tense time and held the potential for escalation between US and Iran.

India’s Huawei bet to ‘pacify China’ is set to be next thorn in India-US ties

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Monday announced the decision to allow Huawei to participate in India’s upcoming 5G trials.

For a place in new world order, India must reverse over-securitisation of its foreign policy

The choice before India is not dissimilar to the one made by Chinese leaders on the eve of their reform and opening up four decades ago.

Modi govt thinks CAA protests won’t hurt India’s global image. It needs this reality check

India has grown stronger globally, but unlike China, it is not a major trading power that has the capacity to punish its trading partners for political reasons.

Boeing to stop making 737 Max next month as safety crisis gets critical

Boeing’s decision to halt production of 737 Max will deepen crisis at plane maker, complicate its eventual recovery & ripple through US economy.

The major miscalculation by US in its Afghan war — Pakistan

Former US envoy and defence officials point out the flaws in policymaking, say successive administrations failed to see the ‘Pakistan danger’.

‘Dark money sloshed all around’ — how US helped fuel corruption in Afghanistan

CIA gave cash to Afghan warlords, politicians, religious leaders, says The Washington Post report. Situation was such that Afghans started seeing Taliban as “brutal but efficient”.

Treating Pakistan as a friend was a critical error: US officials in Afghanistan Papers

In the US government documents on the Afghanistan war published by The Washington Post, officials say Pakistan played a ‘double game’.

On Camera

The missing piece in India’s reform story—a strong tribunal system

The Supreme Court’s judgment pushes the conversation in the right direction, but it does not resolve the full range of structural issues that determine how tribunals work on the ground.

India’s Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code is struggling to deliver. It’ll take a decade to clear backlog

The Centre is considering an increase in the National Company Law Tribunal's bench capacity, while the Standing Committee of Finance suggests fast-track courts. 

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.