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    [🇮🇳] K-6 Hypersonic Missile: A Faster, Deadlier, Stealthier Superweapon For The Indian NavyStory by Satyaki Baidya

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    K-6 Hypersonic Missile: A Faster, Deadlier, Stealthier Superweapon For The Indian Navy​

    Story by Satyaki Baidya
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    The K-6 will place India alongside major global powers like the US, Russia, China, France, and the UK. (Representative/AP)

    The K-6 will place India alongside major global powers like the US, Russia, China, France, and the UK. (Representative/AP)© Copyright (C) new18.com. All Rights Reserved.
    As regional tensions rise, India is strengthening its naval power to counter China’s growing influence in the Indian Ocean. Major investments are underway in aircraft carriers, stealth frigates, and submarines. DRDO is developing the K-6 hypersonic missile for submarine launch, with trials expected soon.


    The K-6 hypersonic ballistic missile, a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), is poised to enhance India’s naval arsenal. With capabilities surpassing the BrahMos cruise missile, the K-6 will place India alongside major global powers like the United States, Russia, China, France, and the UK. The hypersonic missile, which can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads, will be a formidable asset for the Indian Navy.

    Speed Of K-6 Hypersonic Missile A Major Strength​

    Indian Defense Research Wing, citing a former BrahMos project scientist, has revealed key details about the K-6 hypersonic ballistic missile. He shared that the K-6 SLBM can be launched from submarines and can target enemies at a speed of 7.5 Mach (approximately 9,261 kilometres per hour). This speed ensures that adversaries have minimal time to react. Given its proximity to India’s maritime border, Pakistan’s economic hub, Karachi, could be a strategic target, potentially crippling Pakistan’s economy in a single strike.



    K-6 To Extend Strike Range To 8,000 Kilometres​

    According to a former scientist associated with the BrahMos project, the K-6 missile boasts an impressive range of 8,000 kilometres, covering the entirety of Pakistan. India has previously tested the K-3 (1,000 to 2,000 km range), K-4 (3,500 km range), and K-5 (5,000 to 6,000 km range) SLBMs, with the K-4 and K-5 already inducted into the Navy. Once operational, the K-6, combined with the Agni-5 ICBM, will form a formidable ballistic missile arsenal for India.

    Specially Designed For S-5 SSBN Submarines​

    The K-6 SLBM is being developed at DRDO’s Advanced Naval Systems Laboratory in Hyderabad, specifically for deployment on the more advanced S-5 class SSBN submarines. Larger than the Arihant, the S-5 will be 12 metres long, 2 metres wide, and capable of carrying two to three tonnes of warheads. The K-6 missile’s Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle (MIRV) capability further enhances its lethality.
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    [🇧🇩] Bangladesh is the victim of drug trafficking by India and Myanmar

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    Three yaba factories found along Indian border
    Ahmadul Hassan Dhaka
    Published: 13 Nov 2021, 13: 51

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    Bangladesh's Department of Narcotics Control has come to know about three yaba factories in India, along its border with Bangladesh. According to the department, the yaba tablets manufactured in these factories have been coming into Bangladesh over the past two years. These factories have been set up along the borders specifically to smuggle the drug into Bangladesh.

    The narcotics control department has officially informed India's Narcotics Control Bureau about the matter and requested them to take action accordingly. This request was made during the seventh bilateral conference held virtually at a director general level between Bangladesh's Department of Narcotics Control and India's Narcotics Control Bureau.

    The narcotics control department, at the meeting said that other than these three factories, yaba was also coming from Myanmar via various states in India, into Bangladesh. The drug traffickers were also using India's sea routes for the purpose. Bangladesh also informed the meeting that under various different names, phensidyl, heroin, cannabis, buprenorphine and other drugs were coming into Bangladesh from India.

    At the meeting, according to sources, the Indian narcotics control bureau placed stress on capacity building, working together to stop the trafficking of drugs, exchange of intelligence and sharing information on inter-country drug traffickers.

    Speaking to Prothom Alo, director general of the narcotics control department Abdus Sabur said that yaba is smuggled into Bangladesh from certain areas in India. India has been informed about the matter. The new routes for drug trafficking were also discussed with India.

    Three factories

    Of the three yaba factories in India identified by the narcotics control department, two are in Cooch Behar and one in 24 Parganas, of West Bengal. The raw material amphetamine is brought from Myanmar for yaba to be manufactured in these factories.

    According to information presented at the meeting, one of the factories in Cooch Behar is just 50 metres away from zero point at the Kurigram border. The owner of the factory is Md Al Amin Islam (35), the son of a local Abdul Samad. Another factory is just 400 metres within the border. That factory is owned by Nazrul Islam (35), son of local Hazrat Ali. The third factory is on the other side of the border from Satkhira, in 24 Parganas, 5km from the zero point. This factory is owned by a certain Dimple.

    According to Bangladesh's officials, though three factories were specified in the meeting, there are many more. Outside of West Bengal, there are also factories in Assam and Meghalaya, according to intelligence reports. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) officers said that they have intelligence information about 11 yaba factories along the border in India. The information is being verified.

    BGB's director (operations) Lt. Col. Faizur Rahman told Prothom Alo, there is intelligence information about yaba factories being set up at various places along the Indian border. BGB is stepping up its efforts to prevent drug trafficking.

    Myanmar is the source, India is the 'route'

    Two officials of the narcotics control department, on condition of anonymity, told this correspondent that drug traders use India as a route to smuggle in yaba from Myanmar into Bangladesh. Yaba is first taken from Myanmar into India across the Mizoram border. Then it comes via Tripura, Meghalaya and Assam into Bangladesh. This has been going on for three years.

    Researcher on narcotics and professor at North South University, M Emdadul Huq, told Prothom Alo that from the beginning of the eighties, drug traders had been manufacturing phensidyl in factories along the Indian border and sending these into Bangladesh. The country had been flooded with phensidyl at the time. This continues. He said, now if even yaba is made in India, that will be alarming for Bangladesh.​
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    MiddleEast/Africa Modi in phone call with Iran Prez Pezeshkian calls for de-escalation, dialogue

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    "Expressed deep concern": PM Modi in phone call with Iran Prez Pezeshkian calls for de-escalation, dialogue.

    Modi’s statement, confined to expressing “deep concern at the recent escalations,” made clear that India was steering clear of any condemnation of the US strikes. There was no reference to the attacks themselves, nor any attempt to assign responsibility, with only broad terms used such as the “current situation” and “latest escalations.”

    Also read: World Capitals React to US Bombing of Iranian Nuclear Facilities

    India’s call for talks comes even as Iran has insisted it was engaged in negotiations with European countries over its nuclear programme before Israel began targeting Iranian sites, triggering the current spiral. Just days before the US airstrikes, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi had held meetings with European counterparts.

    At a press conference in Tehran on Sunday afternoon, Araghchi declined to specify how Iran would respond, stating that the country “reserves all options.” He added, “Of course, in general, the door to dialogue and negotiation should always remain open, but the current situation is not normal. My country has been under attack, under aggression, and we have to respond based on our legitimate right of self-defence.”
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    World B2 Bomber and the Parsi Genius and Spy

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    Who is Noshir Gowadia, the engineer jailed for over 30 years for leaking secrets of the world's most dangerous B-2 stealth bomber?

    Noshir Gowadia, a Mumbai-born engineer and one of the architects of Americas B-2 stealth bomber, was sentenced to 32 years in prison for passing classified information to China. Once celebrated for revolutionising stealth propulsion, Gowadia helped Beijing develop radar-evading missiles in...
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    [🇮🇳-Space] India initiates development of conventional agni v variant with 7.5 tonne bunker buster and air buster warhead.

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    India Initiates Development of Conventional Agni-V Variant with 7.5-Tonne Warhead: Report - Indian Defence Research Wing

    SOURCE: AFI India has embarked on the preliminary development of a conventional variant of its Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), featuring a massive 7.5-tonne warhead, according to recent reports. This ambitious project marks a significant step in expanding the strategic and...
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    India starts developing Agni V with bunker buster 7500 k.g. warhead
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    South Asia 54 institutions from India make it to QS World University rankings, IIT Delhi highest at 123rd spot

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    54 institutions from India make it to QS World University rankings, IIT Delhi highest at 123rd spot​

    PM Modi lauded the Indian education sector’s performance in the rankings, saying the "government is committed to furthering research and innovation ecosystems for the benefit of India’s youth".
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    NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded the performance of Indian educational institutions in the World University 2026 Rankings, which were made public on Thursday.

    In a post on X, the PM said, “The QS World University Rankings bring great news for our education sector. Our government is committed to furthering research and innovation ecosystems for the benefit of India’s youth.”

    India is the fourth most represented in the list with only the United States, United Kingdom and China surpassing it, said an official release from the PIB. A total of 54 Higher Educational Institutes (HEIs) from India featured in the rankings with IIT Delhi emerging as the country’s top-ranked institute by securing the 123rd position. Twelve IITs have made it to the ranking list.

    Compiled by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the internationally recognised ranking system compares HEIs worldwide on an annual basis.

    Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in a statement said, “From just 11 universities in 2014 to 54 in the latest rankings, this five-fold jump is a testament to the transformative educational reforms ushered by PM Narendra Modiji’s government in the last decade. National Education Policy 2020 is not just changing our educational landscape, it is revolutionising it.
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    QS World University Rankings '26: IIT-M in top 200, Anna University falls to 465


    IIT Delhi, which stands at the 123rd position now, was ranked 150th in 2025. The rankings of other IITs which made it to the list in sequential order are IIT Bombay (129), IIT Madras (180) IIT Kharagpur (215), IIT Kanpur (222), IIT Guwahati (334), IIT Roorkee (339), IIT Indore (556), IIT Varanasi (566), IIT Hyderabad (664), IIT Gandhinagar (801-850) and IIT Bhubaneswar (951-1000).

    Other top Indian institutions on the list include Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (219), University of Delhi (328), Anna University (465), Jawaharlal Nehru University (558), Savitribai Phule Pune University (556), University of Mumbai (664), Vellore Institute of Technology (691) and Symbiosis International University (696).

    An official release from the PIB said eight universities are making their debut in the rankings from India – IIT Gandhinagar, Lovely Professional University, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Ashoka University, Galgotias University, Shiv Nadar University, Christ (Deemed to be University) Bengaluru and Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies.

    48 percent of India’s ranked universities have improved their positions compared to the previous year, the release said.

    QS 2026 is based on data from over 16 million academic papers and insights from 1,51,000 academics and one lakh employers. A broad mix of factors like faculty qualifications, research strength, partnerships and student outcomes are considered for the rankings. A new indicator called International Student Diversity has been introduced in this year’s assessment.
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    South Asia Either India shares water fairly or we will secure it from ‘all 6 rivers’: Bilawal Bhutto

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    Former foreign minister and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday said India has the option to either share water fairly or “we will deliver water to us from all six (Indus river system) rivers”.

    Delhi unilaterally suspended its participation in the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), which governs the usage of the Indus river system, on April 23, shortly after 26 civilians were killed in India-held Kashmir. Delhi, without evidence, blamed Islamabad for the attack. The latter has denied the allegations and called for a neutral probe. The accord remains dormant despite a ceasefire agreed upon by the two nuclear-armed neighbours last month following their worst fighting in decades.

    The Foreign Office (FO) on Saturday had slammed Indian Home Minister Amit Shah’s “brazen disregard” for international agreements after the latter said New Delhi would never restore the IWT with Pakistan.

    Speaking in the National Assembly during a session on the federal budget, Bilawal said, “India has two options: share water fairly, or we will deliver water to us from all six rivers.”

    “The attack on Sindhu [Indus River] and India’s claim that the IWT has ended and it’s in abeyance, firstly, this is illegal, as the IWT is not in abeyance, it is binding on Pakistan and India, but the threat itself of stopping water is illegal according to the UN charter,” the former foreign minister said.

    He continued that if India decides to follow through on the threat, we will have to wage war again.

    He added that hopefully Pakistan won’t have to, but if it does have to, it is in the position to defeat India the same way it just did.

    Bilawal further told lawa
    mkers that peace between the two nuclear neighbours is impossible without cooperation, especially in counterterrorism efforts. “If India and Pakistan refuse to talk, and if there is no coordination on terrorism, then violence will only intensify in both countries,” he warned.

    He said India was weaponising terrorism for political purposes. “India seeks to exploit terrorism as a political tool to harm Pakistan’s international standing,” he said, adding that during his diplomatic visits to the United Kingdom and European Union as foreign minister, it became evident that India had lobbied hard to reverse Pakistan’s progress on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) front.

    “At a time when Pakistan had successfully moved from the FATF grey list to the white list, India made every effort to drag us back to the grey list using false narratives and diplomatic pressure,” he said. “But thanks to our Foreign Office, the prime minister, and his team, those efforts failed. Once again, Pakistan won — and India lost.”

    Bilawal also urged renewed dialogue between Pakistan and India to curb regional instability. He added, “We are fighting not only for the public of Pakistan but also of India as well.”

    He strongly criticised what he called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dangerous doctrine of escalation. “Under Modi’s new ‘abnormal’, any terrorist incident in India becomes an automatic pretext for launching hostilities against Pakistan,” Bilawal warned.

    He questioned what would happen if Pakistan were to adopt the same policy. “We suffer from terrorist attacks ten times more than India, many of which are traced back to Indian funding or involvement. Should we then adopt a policy of automatic retaliation, too? That would mean surrendering our future to the will of terrorists.

    “That might be Modi’s vision, but it is not ours. We will not let terrorists dictate regional peace,” he declared.

    Last week, addressing a crowd of supporters, Bilawal had said that New Delhi must accept the IWT. Pakistan’s narrative had prevailed, not only in diplomatic circles, but also across international media, he claimed.

    Earlier in the month, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also condemned India’s unilateral suspension of the IWT, describing it as a “blatant violation and act of water aggression”, and warned that Pakistan would give a befitting response in line with decisions made at the National Security Committee (NSC) meeting held on April 24.
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    [🇧🇩] How Is Restricting Trade and Visas to Bangladeshis Affecting India?

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    If trade between Bangladesh and India hampers, it will have deleterious effect on Indian economy because India exports to Bangladesh is over $13 billion whereas imports only $1.8 billion. I hope the Indian media realizes that India depends on Bangladesh to boost its trade in South Asia and stops propaganda against Bangladesh.

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    World Pakistan: The Last Bastion Keeping A Lid On A Can Of Worms

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    By Munir Khan

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    Pakistan is, at the present, the last bastion preventing a catastrophic unravelling of regional and international stability in an age of perpetual instability to global security. Having stood at the crossroads of South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia, the country has played a pivotal role in being the final line of defence against the increasing menace of extremism and terrorism.


    In order to prevent a world that is far more volatile and dangerous, where terrorist networks loose free reign of growth and the threat of regional and global peace fall, Pakistan continues its relentless efforts to combat terrorism. There was also the colossal price the nation has paid in this never-ending battle, the loss of more than 90,000 civilian and military lives since 2001. Yet, Pakistan’s indispensability in the war on terrorism has remained generally unappreciated and frequently targeted by geopolitical misperceptions, and unjust accusations.

    The country has a shared border with Iran, Afghanistan, India, and China, and sits on the front lines of intricate geopolitical rivalries, and therefore is a key player in keeping regional balances. Following US-led invasion in 2001, the spillover of militancy from Afghanistan made Pakistan a frontline state in the battle against terrorism. Yet, instead of being lauded for its ability to endure, Pakistan has been scapegoated for the missteps of international interventions in Afghanistan. The reality, however, is starkly different: Although they have fought with pride, the primary force in preventing terrorist factions from becoming too powerful and spreading chaos beyond the borders has been Pakistan.

    Zarb-e-Azb and Radd-ul-Fasaad are major successes in dismantling terrorist networks by the country’s armed forces. More than 150,000 troops were engaged alone in Zarb-e-Azb, during which over 3,500 militants were killed and hundreds of terror hideouts destroyed. Radd-ul-Fasaad also targeted sleeper cells in urban and rural areas, leading to a sharp fall in the terrorist incidents in Pakistan.

    In addition to its human toll, the counterterrorism efforts have exacted an equally immense toll on Pakistan’s economy. The country has spent billions of dollars since 9/11 on military operations, intelligence operations, and rehabilitation programs for conflict affected regions. In addition, decades of hosting over 3 million Afghan refugees, who left their country to Pakistan to shoulder the responsibilities of a humanitarian fallout caused by war instigated by global powers, has increased the financial burden. This responsibility has been shouldered by Pakistan, with minimal international help, by hosting the refugees, caring for their healthcare and education needs, and at the same time, battling extremism inside its own borders.

    The impacts of direct expenditures are also felt economically. Foreign investment, trade, and infrastructure development have been hampered by persistent security threats. Terrorism decimated industries such as tourism that once thrived in Pakistan’s northern regions, although these are just now beginning to recover as security improves.


    Perhaps one of the greatest injustices in the counterterrorism discourse is not acknowledging Pakistan’s contributions. Amid Western powers having left Afghanistan in its state of disarray and with the Taliban gaining strength and control, Pakistan is trapped in the wake of it all. And it is always accused of double dealing, but few realise that Pakistan was the victim of terrorism orchestrated by groups fostered on the other side of the divide. Pakistan has endured the barbarity of the 132 children the TTP slaughtered in the 2014 Peshawar school massacre.

    In addition, Pakistan’s ties with world powers in establishing intelligence and military cooperation have been vital in eliminating prominent terrorists. Pakistani intelligence work helped to eliminate key Al-Qaeda operatives. However, in lieu of receiving credit for helping deconstruct transnational terror networks, Pakistan is stripped of sanctions, financial aid and diplomacy. This hypocrisy reveals the vast imbalance with which the world sees Pakistan’s sacrifices in comparison to its failings. Instead of being sidelined, Pakistan ought to be brought into the ambit of global counterterrorism frameworks as an equal partner. Others nations trying to cope with threats similar to the country’s insurgencies, deradicalization programs, and intelligence operations could benefit from the country experience.

    Conclusively, the international community should graduate from taking reductive narratives and recognizing Pakistan’s sacrifices. The US among other countries should help Pakistan to rebuild its conflict affected region, improve border security and sustain the counter terrorism operation. The failure of the international community to do so means it risks reversing those gains against extremism, opening the very ‘can of worms’ that Pakistan has so far kept shut.
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