TRF ban a diplomatic win; BRICS, China supported Sindoor: Jaishankar in LS

IANS | July 28, 2025 7:42 PM

New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Monday credited Indian diplomacy for the US decision to designate The Resistance Front (TRF), a Pakistan-backed terror outfit, as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT).

Army veterans laud NCERT’s move to include Op Sindoor in school textbooks

IANS | July 27, 2025 2:05 PM

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The National Council of Educational Research and Training’s (NCERT) decision to include ‘Operation Sindoor’ in school textbooks has sparked widespread appreciation among retired military officers, who hailed the move as a milestone in instilling patriotism and awareness about national security in the younger generation.

Combat readiness of Chinese defence equipment remains highly doubtful

Baidya Bikash Basu | July 26, 2025 7:50 PM

The F-7BGI fighter jet of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) that crashed earlier this week into the Milestone School and College campus killing dozens, mostly children, is a single-engine, lightweight fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) of China. It is considered a modernized version of Chengdu F-7, also known as J-7 whose lineage can be traced back to the Soviet Mig-21. The People's Liberation Army Airforce (PLAAF) and other countries have continued to upgrade F-7 to F-7BGI for training and limited combat roles. China officially terminated production of the F-7 series in 2013 and Bangladesh bought the final match of these aircraft that same year. PLAAF decommissioned the entire J-7 fleet by the end of 2023.