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Sunday, August 17, 2025
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Flying trains could be coming your way

Akka Technologies’s ‘Link & Fly’ will allow passengers to board a train-like tube which later transforms into an aircraft.

Jitters in corporate US as business icons Harley-Davidson & Jack Daniel’s feel tariff pain

EU duties alone are likely to hit companies dealing with a range of goods, from packaged food and soft drinks to jeans.

Trump not first arrogant US President. Richard Nixon talked nuclear strike on India in ’71

Ask historians of the 'third world' how the US instigated or supported illegal wars, death squads and legal blockades. President Donald Trump, it is clear,...

Trump administration wants Pakistan to make arrests or bring Taliban leadership to table

Principal deputy assistant secretary, Alice Wells, said Pakistan is essential for US to achieve its objectives in South Asia. Washington: The US has not seen...

Parrikar says the fight against colonial rule still not over

The Goa chief minister was referring to people living in evacuee properties of Mayem village in the state.

Stung by militant tag, VHP calls CIA Factbook a ‘fakebook’, wants Modi govt to intervene

VHP wants the Centre to speak to the US government, threatens to launch worldwide agitation.

Manohar Parrikar in US for treatment to return this week

The chief minister was in the US since March this year for the treatment of a pancreatic ailment

From beneficiary to challenger — changing face of Chinese military ties with the US

China has benefitted from the stability provided by US might. Now that it expands its military footprint, should the US be worried?

The folly of legalising marijuana: Why Shashi Tharoor is wrong

Pot as an industry is dead on arrival and Tharoor’s argument that legalised pot “reduces crime” is flimsy at best.

PM Modi meets Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of SCO summit

Modi and Xi are expected to explore ways to deepen ties in areas of trade and investment besides reviewing the overall bilateral cooperation.

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China wants to create new order in Myanmar. India must switch gears or be dealt out of the game

India’s policy on Myanmar has been to deal with its Generals and maintain a distance from the country’s insurgent groups and political struggles. This will have to change.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?