The weaponisation of electronics in modern warfare

On Tuesday, September 17th, an attack triggered pagers to explode across Lebanon and Syria, injuring thousands and killing at least 12 people, including a 9-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy. This week, Lebanon was shaken by coordinated attacks, marking the latest occurrence in a longstanding trend of using booby-trapped electronics in conflicts. Booby-trapped electronics are … Read more

Congress run by ‘tukde tukde’ gang and urban Naxals, it hates even Ganpati puja: PM Modi

Wardha: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the “ghost of hatred” has entered the Congress and dubbed it as the ‘most corrupt’ party which he alleged was being run by the “tukde tukde” gang or divisive elements and urban Naxals. Further targeting the main opposition party, Modi maintained the 138-year-old outfit has come to … Read more

Army upset over alleged police torture of Major and his fiancée by Odisha police

Bhubaneswar: The General Officer-Commanding in Chief of Madhya Bharat area, Lt Gen PS Shekhawat has written a letter to the Chief Justice of High Court of Orissa justice, Chakradhari Sharan Singh, requesting for suo motu intervention in the alleged police torture of Army Major Major Gurvansh Singh and “sexual harassment” of his fiancée at Bharatpur … Read more

LIVE: Forex reserves hit a fresh high of $ 689.46 billion; up by $ 223 million | India News

5:26 PM Hezbollah hits northern Israel with 140 rockets Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets Friday, a day after the militant group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed to retaliate against Israel for a mass bombing attack, the Israeli military and the militant group said. Israel’s military said the rockets came in three waves … Read more

Job Losses, Factory Closures, Defaults

India’s diamond sector is facing a severe crisis as both imports and exports have sharply declined in the past three years, which has triggered defaults, factory closures, and widespread job losses, think tank GTRI said on Wednesday. It said that while export returns have surged, a large inventory of unprocessed rough diamonds is piling up … Read more

Israel pounds Lebanon as Hezbollah vows revenge for device blasts

Beirut: Israel said it struck hundreds of targets in Lebanon, hours after Hezbollah’s leader vowed to retaliate for two “unprecedented” rounds of attacks targeting its operatives’ communication devices. Israel has not commented on the explosion of thousands of Hezbollah pagers and radios, which killed 37 people and wounded nearly 3,000 over two days this week, … Read more