National Interest Pod: Gulf war exposed critical gaps for India. It’s time for navel-gazing, in national interest

Iran has launched more missiles & drones at GCC countries, than Israel. Since Israel-US attack on Iran, 83% of Iranian missiles & drones targeted the 6 GCC countries. And among GCC nations, UAE has been hit the hardest. Iran has launched 438 ballistic missiles, 2012 drone attacks and 19 cruise missiles at UAE so far, highest against any country. #CutTheClutter Episode 1818 details why Iran has made UAE the prime target in the war against US & Israel. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also explains how UAE has fought back, and why the tiny GCC country is ready to join the fight to open Strait of Hormuz.----more----Read Forbes article here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/pauliddon/2026/03/22/the-uae-spent-40-years-building-its-advanced-air-defense-for-iran-war/----more----Raed The Wall Street Journal article here: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-u-a-e-stands-up-to-iran-ec229761?st=wUkE1Q&reflink=article_copyURL_share ----more----https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/uae-iran-war-strait-of-hormuz-9836ecbb?st=iAXzRu&reflink=article_copyURL_share----more----Read The Institute for National Securitu Studies update here: https://www.inss.org.il/publication/lions-roar-data/

Speaking at panel discussion on ‘challenges to electoral integrity’ organised by Bharat Jodo Abhiyaan, he stressed on need for elections to also be seen as free and fair and credible.  

PM Modi blamed his predecessors for energy import dependence. Why he can’t do the same as Opposition turns on the heat in the wake of US-Israel-Iran conflict, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh explains in this episode of #PoliticallyCorrect----more----Read this week's Politically Correct here: https://theprint.in/opinion/politically-correct/west-asia-crisis-pm-modi-bjp-assembly-polls/2892219/

https://theprint.in/india/indigo-gets-new-ceo-4-months-after-major-operational-crisis-to-take-over-3-august/2893177/

For those unfamiliar with London, Trafalgar Square is one of the most iconic open spaces in the UK capital. It hosts London’s yearly Christmas tree and Easter Passion Play, a Menorah for Hanukkah, Chinese New Year celebrations, Vaisakhi, Diwali—and, most recently, an Open Iftar event. I was there myself that evening. The organisers were sharing a free dinner—with Muslims and others alike. There were speeches about coexistence, about belonging, about the values the country takes pride in. Even the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, was there, participating like anyone else. I was struck by how ordinary it all felt—people simply coming together to share a meal. It turned the idea of a city where all can feel at home into a lived reality—the same feeling I felt attending the many festivals of India growing up. But it turns out my impressions were wrong, and I had unknowingly been at ground zero of the most dangerous Islamic attack of late on the very culture and identity of Britain—or so you’d think based on the social media reactions.----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/i-was-there-at-trafalgar-square-iftar/2890021/

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Ongoing Gulf war has exposed five critical gaps for India. A nation has to raise itself and earn strategic autonomy as the Chinese have done. This failure cuts across the tenures of various parties. If India sees no choice other than to follow the big-power (not UN) sanctions on buying oil from Iran, Venezuela and Russia, and sometimes from all of them, it underlines the cruel fact of our fragilities. Watch this week’s #NationalInterest with ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read Here: https://theprint.in/national-interest/india-iran-us-pakistan-china/2890530/

ThePrintPod: 4,300 missiles & drones since day 1 of war: Gulf nations, not Israel faced brunt of Iran’s retaliation

A month since the Gulf war, US has lost at least 20 aircraft. US Radar systems, drones & aircraft worth billions have been either destroyed or damaged. #CutTheClutter Ep 1817 looks at US combat losses in Gulf war and draws lessons on aerial warfare. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also explains why combat losses aren’t directly linked to war objectives.----more----Read ABC News article here: https://abcnews.com/International/us-allied-radar-sites-middle-east-struck-10/story?id=131164670----more----Raed The Wall Street Journal's article here: https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/the-u-s-military-assets-damaged-or-lost-in-the-iran-war-b651127a

British Colonial censuses did not merely record caste, they froze it, standardised it, and permanently tied it to governance. Independent India inherited this mechanism.