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Volkswagen Celebrates 50 Years of GTI With Edition 50 Golf and Electric Polo GTI

India, Dec. 31 -- Volkswagen is set to celebrate 50 years of the Golf GTI in 2026, and for car enthusiasts, this milestone hits close to home. The GTI story began in 1976 in Germany as a limited run o... Read More


MG Motor Extends Assured Buy Back Programme for EVs to Boost Electric Adoption in India

India, Dec. 31 -- JSW MG Motor India has extended its Assured Buy Back programme for electric vehicles, pushing the coverage period from three years to five years. The updated scheme now applies to th... Read More


A new anti-India axis rising in the east

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Never before in recent history has the world witnessed so much churning as in the last four years. The scenario around India too is no exception with unexpected developments taki... Read More


West Coast levee failures show growing risks from America's aging flood defenses

India, Dec. 31 -- Atmospheric river storms in the US West have exposed the fragility of ageing levees Many levees were never designed to protect today's dense towns and cities Failures disproportion... Read More


Broader reflections

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- The seminar organised by Lt Gen (Dr) PJS Pannu, with intellectual input from Mr. Shishir Priyadarshi and Mr. Sanjeev Chopra, was more than just a celebration. It also served as a... Read More


Strategic and tactical lessons

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- The 1965 war, revisited through the voices of veterans like Lt Gen Kamal Davar and Maj Billie Bedi, offers enduring lessons: * Operational readiness over bureaucratic caution. ... Read More


India-Pakistan as nuclear rivals

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- The nuclearisation of South Asia further complicates the landscape. India and Pakistan are often called "nuclear flashpoints," yet the global discourse rarely applies similar ter... Read More


Field Marshals and the Pakistani Psyche

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Over the last six decades, Pakistan's military elite has consistently positioned itself as the saviour of the nation: Field Marshal Ayub Khan initiated the misadventure of 1965. ... Read More


The course of Battle: From Punjab to Hajipir

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- India responded decisively once provoked. On the night of 6/7 September 1965, formations crossed into Pakistani Punjab. 3 JAT, 15 Dogra and 13 Punjab, supported by the Scinde Hor... Read More


Political undercurrents in Pakistan

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- The war also coincided with political turmoil in Pakistan. Fatima Jinnah, sister of Pakistan's founder, contested the 1965 presidential elections against Ayub Khan. Although she ... Read More