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The AAIB's report on Air India crash didn't provide full information, like the entire cockpit voice recordings, giving the impression that something is being hidden.

Gurugram contributes close to 60% to Haryana’s GDP but facilities are nowhere close to its status. A look at what went wrong for city's infra after promising start in 1970s.

External affairs minister is on 2-day visit to China, his first since 2020 Galwan clashes. He’s set to meet Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi before going to Tianjin for SCO meet.----more---- https://theprint.in/diplomacy/continued-normalisation-of-ties-can-lead-to-mutually-beneficial-outcomes-jaishankar-in-beijing/2689215/

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After years of debate, the Dalai Lama has decided he will reincarnate. China, however, is determined that it, not Tibet’s government-in-exile, will decide who his successor should be. Time is on Beijing’s side. The country’s rapid economic development, as well as its severe suppression of dissent, have won over significant numbers of Tibetans to its side. The Tibetan diaspora in India, meanwhile, is in decline, with numbers of young people chosing to make their future in the West.   https://theprint.in/opinion/security-code/dalai-lama-succession-china-tibet-control-future/2680567/

On the sidelines of the otherwise contentious Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Qingdao, a quiet yet significant development unfolded. India was once again assured by Russia of the timely delivery of the remaining two S-400 Triumf air defence systems. Russian defence minister Andrei Belousov himself communicated this to his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh, offering some comfort to New Delhi’s strategic planners. Indian media outlets covered the commitment with cautious relief.   https://theprint.in/opinion/india-russia-s-400-deal-delivery-delay/2687025/

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief (Sarsanghachalak) Mohan Bhagwat said that once they attain the age of 75, leaders should think of retiring and yield to younger colleagues. But, in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and particularly the BJP-RSS relations, there will always be the Modi exception. To think that this is a nudge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to step down as he turns 75 on 17 September this year, six days after Bhagwat, will be reading too much into it. Watch this week’s National Interest with ThePrint Editor & Founder Shekhar Gupta: ----more----Read this week’s National Interest here: https://theprint.in/national-interest/bjp-rss-narendra-modi-mohan-bhagwat-75-rule/2687684/----more----Watch Mohan Bhagwat’s remark here: https://youtu.be/W36aLrC8OdA----more----Read 'Abki baar 75 paar' National Interest here: https://theprint.in/national-interest/abki-baar-75-paar-modi-isnt-going-anywhere-the-opposition-is-all-out-of-ideas/2594910/

Twenty years ago, a week from now, India signed a nuclear deal with the US that redefined its foreign policy, and caused a split in the Indian political sphere. The deal was a landmark moment in terms of access to technology, but also raised uncomfortable questions about liability, transparency, and the cost of aligning with the West. In Episode 1695 of #CutTheClutter ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains why the Indo-US nuclear deal mattered then, and why it still matters now. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Interest Article: https://theprint.in/national-interest/how-one-big-india-us-deal-gave-us-six-big-gains-to-cheer-including-decimation-of-left/369263/ Statement by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in Parliament on his Visit to the United States: https://www.mea.gov.in/Speeches-Statements.htm?dtl/2601/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Argentina President Javier Milei has often been hailed by US President Donald Trump as a “great new hope” in Latin America. The country under Milei has taken a sharply pro-Western stance. His outspoken criticism of China has been welcomed by many in the West, particularly in Washington and London, who view his leadership as a strategic reset in the region. Whether Milei’s gamble will pay off—politically or diplomatically—remains to be seen. But for now, Milei is playing a bold hand in a game long defined by bluffs. Watch Consulting Editor, Dr. Swasti Rao @swasrao explain

Two years ago, Afghanistan’s Taliban regime banned farmers from growing the poppy—the plant whose resin yields opium, then heroin. The severity of the ban saw poppy fields wither away. But promised alternative crops haven’t materialised, and hundreds of thousands of poor peasant families are literally risking their lives to grow poppies again.