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A MAKE IN INDIA SNUB • In a blow to indigenisation, HAL has opted for foreign technology, jettisoning DRDO’s radar and Electronic Warfare equipment for the LCA Mk1A jets

REDDY REBUFF

THE RIGHT ADDRESS • The Department of Posts, on May 27, launched its Digital Postal Index Number (DIGIPIN) platform, which aims to transform India’s addressing system

FDI SLIPPAGE WORRY • Net foreign direct investment has been on a slide as MNCs repatriate more earnings. Indian firms too increase their overseas investments, narrowing the gap between inflows and outflows

CHIRAG JUMPS INTO FRAY • LJP chief Chirag Paswan declares his intent to contest the Bihar polls, positions himself as possible heir to the NDA leadership in the state

A LANGUAGE WAR BREWS • A mandatory Urdu test for J&K revenue department jobs agitates the BJP, which cries language bias

DRAGNET IN THE EAST • The Odisha police and central paramilitary forces are bent on closing off a key flank that may offer tactical sanctuary to insurgents from neighbouring states

IN THE NAME OF MURUGAN • Behind the BJP-backed spiritual spectacle in Madurai was a clear political project: Hindutva, tailored for Tamil Nadu

ISRAEL-IRAN WAR UNEASY TRUCE • WHY DONALD TRUMP’S BUNKER-BUSTING STRATEGY WILL NOT DEFUSE NUCLEAR TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

DEATH FROM THE AIR • THE ISRAEL-IRAN CONFLICT PLOUGHED THE REGION WITH MISSILES, DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. A LOOK AT THE 12-DAY CLASH FROM JUNE 13 TO 24 THROUGH STARK NUMBERS AND THE INSTRUMENTS OF WAR

TOUGHEST OF TIGHTROPE WALKS • Netanyahu’s decades-long obsession and Trump’s eagerness to own a win led them to pulverise Iran. Due to strategic links with all three nations and substantial interests in West Asia, India has to back the path of dialogue and diplomacy

LIFE UNDER FIRE • IN THE DIN OF WAR, IRANIANS SHOWED A STUBBORN GRACE—AND EXTENDED UNEXPECTED WARMTH TO STRANGERS

THE DRAMA OF DEPORTATION • Ahead of the 2026 assembly election, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma invokes an old law and pushes an identity-driven narrative to eject illegal Bangladeshis

THE EV INFLUX • IT’S EARLY DAYS FOR FOREIGN CARMAKERS LOOKING AT THE GOVERNMENT SCHEME ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES

NEW LAUNCHES CARS/BIKES

VIETNAM’S INDIAN AMBITION • VINFAST’S VF7 SUV PAIRS BOLD DESIGN WITH TECH-LADEN INTERIORS AND EV MUSCLE AHEAD OF ITS INDIA LAUNCH

A REVOLUTIONARY E-SUV FOR THE FAMILY • MAHINDRA HAS CREATED RIPPLES IN THE INDIAN ELECTRIC CAR MARKET. WHILE ITS BE 6 IS A COMPACT SUV COUPE, THE XEV 9E IS THE LARGER MODEL. HERE’S HOW THE XEV 9E WEIGHS UP

ELECTRIC DREAMS • BYD HAS LAUNCHED AN EXCITING NEW PRODUCT, THE SEALION 7 SUV. BUT IS IT GOOD ENOUGH TO TAKE ON THE BIGWIGS OF THE AUTOMOTIVE WORLD?

EXTREME WAYS • THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE XTREME LINE-UP IS HERO’S MOST POWERFUL MOTORCYCLE IN INDIA

INDIA TODAY GROUP’S 29TH ANNUAL BEST COLLEGES SURVEY IS BACK!

NEWS WRAP

THE HOSPITAL COMES HOME • With home healthcare offering everything from dialysis and eICUs to palliative care for cancer patients and...