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TopicYahya Sinwar

Topic: Yahya Sinwar

US secy of state Blinken to make another push to defuse conflicts in Middle East

Iran and its allies have said Hamas chief Sinwar's death in a gunbattle with Israeli soldiers in Gaza will not weaken their resolve.

A chance encounter: Here’s how Israel killed Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar

Israel Defense Forces announced that Sinwar was ‘one of three terrorists’ eliminated in Rafah in southern Gaza. His identity was confirmed through dental records and DNA test.

Hamas’s brutal enforcer, hardened by 2 decades in Israeli prisons. Who was Yahya Sinwar

Born in Gaza refugee camp, Sinwar rose through ranks of Palestinian movement starting in his student years. He became Hamas's leader in Gaza in 2017, and orchestrated 7 October attack.

Hamas leader Sinwar threw stick at drone as he lay dying, according to Israel video

The military footage from a mini drone showed Sinwar, badly wounded in the hand, his face covered in a scarf. He attempts to throw a stick at the drone, in a futile effort to knock it down.

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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

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

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

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

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

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