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Sunday, August 17, 2025
TopicWorld War-I

Topic: World War-I

China can exploit the US fear of nuclear escalation & create trouble at borders

Is the world drifting toward another world war? China’s rise, hyper-nationalism, and border conflicts highlight similarities with the conditions that led to the previous world wars.

How Bhavnagar’s Maharani Nandkuvarba started a Gujarati war weekly, won awards & accolades

The weekly ‘British Ane Hindi Vikram’ was the only Gujarati, if not Indian, publication dedicated solely to the World War I effort and ran regularly for more than four years.

Putin sees himself as a tsar. He’s even repeating their deadly mistakes

Putin’s failures in Ukraine — material shortage, incompetent leadership, deserting soldiers — are the same as the tsar during World War I. The latter led to the Russian revolution.

‘Plane broke into three pieces’: Hardit Singh’s first flight over German lines in Droglandt

In 'Lion of the Skies', Stephen Barker writes about Hardit Singh Malik. The first-ever Indian to brave the skies and fly as a pilot for the RAF.

How Indian Army’s secrecy & unorthodox deployment fooled the Chinese in eastern Ladakh

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

New book uncovers forgotten tales of Indian Army ‘coolies’ in World War I

‘The Coolie’s Great War’ by Radhika Singha, published by HarperCollins India, will be released on 12 December on ThePrint's SoftCover.

Kissinger warns Biden of US-China catastrophe on scale of World War I

The former US Secretary of State hoped that the shared threat of Covid pandemic would provide an opening for political discussions between the two countries when Biden takes office.

This forgotten pilot from India was just 19 when he shot down 9 German planes during WWI

Indra Lal Roy, 'the boy who came back from the dead' once, was posthumously awarded Britain's third-highest gallantry award — the Flying Cross.

France unveils new statue commemorating role of Indian soldiers in World War I

This marks the commencement of a project to establish 57 sculptures near all cemeteries where Indian soldiers are buried in France.

India’s unsung heroes up for recognition as world marks 100 years since end of World War 1

By the end of World War I, an estimated 11 lakh Indians had served overseas while around 60,000 were killed.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

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?