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[Reuters @Reuters]

US Vice President JD Vance lashed out at Israeli critics of the Iran deal, saying Trump is Israel's 'only powerful' ally, in a sharp rebuke that referenced the billions in US defense aid the country receives https://t.co/83ZRLgPIxG

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Breaking news: Israeli leaders need to “wake up and smell the reality” that they are isolated internationally, Vice President JD Vance said, responding to Israeli criticism of the deal the Trump administration struck with Iran. https://t.co/Go1n1tgMXE

[ANI @ANI]

President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian and his US counterpart Trump signed the MoU between Tehran and Washington digitally and remotely.

(Pics Source: Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in India/X)

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Iran has learned a valuable lesson as it returns to the negotiating table: It can survive the worst the U.S. can throw at it https://t.co/kPoM6TO40O

[Reuters @Reuters]

Trump: unfair for Iran to lack ballistic missiles if other countries have them https://t.co/fgjG616cpi https://t.co/fgjG616cpi

[Aunindyo Chakravarty @Aunindyo2023]

There's a secret history of India's software exports that has been quietly buried.

It wasn't the IT giants that we know today who pioneered software service exports — government-run organisations like ASCI and CMC did it much before that.

In the 1970s, ASCI in Hyderabad began exporting software to Soviet bloc countries to earn foreign exchange to buy computer hardware. It sold software packages for "financial accounting, vehicle scheduling, classroom scheduling" and even "went to work at customer sites in Russia—what came to be known as onsite work" (Sharma, Dinesh C. Beyond Biryani: The Making of Globalised Hyderabad, Westland, Chennai, 2024, p.170).

In the 1980s, CMC (Computer Maintenance Corporation) — also from Hyderabad — developed various software for the government, especially the railways. Its success helped it win the contract to "develop scheduling and signalling of London Underground"(Op.cit., p.174)

Government-funded programmes helped lay the foundation of the IT services industry in India. Many of the private companies that emerged in the 1980s came from this ecosystem and were started by people trained in these govt organisations.

Incidentally, the Tatas got full management control of CMC in 2001 and then merged it into TCS in 2004.

(I learnt most of this only in 2024 when I was asked to review @dineshcsharma's book Beyond Biryani. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the history of Indian tech)

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

CONFIRMED: Six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs have reportedly submitted letter to Lok Sabha speaker asking to merge in Shiv Sena (Shinde). NDA tally will now go upto 320 and counting. One rebel MP tells me: ‘we were told if you want funds for your constituency, switch!’ Operation Lotus 2.0 no longer needs flowers. Just a funding formula. Yeh hai aaj ki rajneeti! 🙏

[Shashank Mattoo @MattooShashank]

Breaking: U.S. Indo-Pacific Command uses an incorrect map of India without all of Jammu and Kashmir and showing PoK as Pakistani territory

[Pete Hegseth @PeteHegseth]

U.S. Pacific Command…is back.

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Chinese authors published as many papers as American, British, German and Japanese researchers combined in 2025. Yet a new study suggests American researchers cite Chinese works far less than expected https://t.co/34z4XN8LZ0

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Breaking: Iran can immediately resume selling oil under Trump's deal to end the war. https://t.co/QDBzNjFI77

[ANI @ANI]

The Department of War announced that the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) will officially restore its name to the U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM).

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

India: Why a country of 1.4 billion is not in the football World Cup https://t.co/gQ6uYJmF2V

[The DeshBhakt 🇮🇳 @TheDeshBhakt]

A tale of two foreign ministers.
One quietly faced the military might of an economy that was 100 times larger & prevailed against all 'common sense' advice.
The other who jabbers nonstop in conferences but surrendered without a fight when the time came. Now cannot even demand an apology when America kills our men.

[Press Trust of India @PTI_News]

Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issues notification which brings into effect that all 'Syrups', including cough syrups will no longer be available over the counter. A prescription by a doctor will be required for the purchase of 'Syrups'.

[Bloomberg @business]

"Without me there would be no Israel"

Donald Trump expressed frustration with Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the G7, criticizing Israel's strikes in Lebanon and suggesting Syria would do a better job fighting Hezbollah https://t.co/9tOynd8kTs

[Suhasini Haidar @suhasinih]

Bangladesh PM’s adviser, Zahed Ur Rahman, who was invited to participate in IORA conference in Delhi stopped by immigration, questioned about remarks criticising India, heads back to Dhaka. Indian DHC summoned by BD MFA @janusmyth reports
https://t.co/N7zZNom6Rj

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Eight crew members are believed dead after a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber crashed in California https://t.co/MVUliGu0au

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

B-52 bomber plane crashes after take off in California https://t.co/tnJlGuNADf

[Live Law @LiveLawIndia]

#Savarkar Filed 10 Mercy Petitions Before British, Revolutionaries Like Bhagat Singh Refused To Compromise : Grandnephew Tells Pune Court |
@NarsiBenwal

Satyaki Savarkar deposed in the defamation case filed against #RahulGandhi @RahulGandhi

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