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The surreal case of a C.I.A. hacker’s revenge
A hot-headed coder is accused of exposing the agency’s hacking arsenal. Did he betray his country because he was pissed off at his colleagues?
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India’s fringe problem: Four propositions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Only India can shape, re-shape and protect its neighborhood by truly deepening its democracy, thereby, embedding it in its civilizational and cultural zone of influence.
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Why is India’s successful 1971 Sri Lanka intervention a forgotten story?
In April 1971, known only to a small group, an Indian Frigate sailed to guard the Sri Lankan coastline against “foreign” reinforcements to help the JVP or Sri Lankan National Liberation Front…
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Sri Lanka outcome: America returns to South Asia
The Americans are making a comeback in South Asia, first Pakistan, now Sri Lanka, next….. The people in these countries can stand in long queues till eternity because there is neither food…
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Sanctions hitting Europe more because US wants it weakened: Putin’s Adviser
The Ukraine story will certainly take a turn once the identity of senior Western officials, generals and mercenary groups at Azovstal steel plant are revealed over next few days. What plots are…
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Karachi suicide attack: Decisive shift in Baloch armed struggle for liberation
VK Shashikumar spoke with Bahot Baloch (assumed name), an activist journalist advocating and promoting the Baloch resistance across social media channels, to document his perspectives on the ground situation in Balochistan.
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What is at the heart of Ukraine story?
There could be no clearer admission of the fact that this war is not about Ukraine. Indeed, Ukraine is being plied with billions of dollars plus the most sophisticated weapons in the…
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How democracies spy on their citizens
The inside story of the world’s most notorious commercial spyware and the big tech companies waging war against it.
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Ukraine: Examples of media disinformation from previous wars
It quite beats me how the Pundits have divined the progress of the war in Ukraine when the sources of information are so brazenly one sided. To establish my case, I have…
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After Pak Supreme Court ruling: He who wins shall lose
Does the predicament in which Imran finds himself have something to do with his official two-day visit to Moscow on February 24, just when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was starting? The high…