Hadi Matar, the American of Lebanese Shia descent who attacked and stabbed novelist Salman Rushdie reportedly 15 times, has pleaded not guilty. He is only 24 years old, meaning he was born many years after the 1989 fatwa issued by Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini against Rushdie for his book the Satanic Verses. At this point it’s […]Read More
Three days of bombing by Israel of the Gaza Strip ended late on Sunday when a ceasefire mediated by Egypt, took effect. The sudden and steep escalation of hostilities triggered by Israeli air strikes, was apparently to ward off rocket attacks by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The group founded by Palestinian activists more than 40 years ago, […]Read More
The Quad refrain over the last few years on resilient supply chains is driven by the singular realisation that China is the biggest producer of 12 of the world’s 18 critical minerals (there are a total of 35 critical minerals including lithium, cobalt and uranium). What’s more, as the UK government has noted, “The world […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Apart from the missile strike itself, there’s nothing straight forward in the killing of Al Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul over the weekend. Here are some of the questions that come up. Like Osama bin Laden who the Americans claimed was “found” hiding in Abbotabad, Pakistan, and killed in a US special forces […]Read More
NEW DELHI: More than a decade after its construction began, INS Vikrant, the first Made in India aircraft carrier, has been handed over to the Navy. It places India in a select club of countries that have the expertise to design and build such ships. Here’s a primer on the multi-thousand-crore asset.Read More
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