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6 days ago
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Annapurna-I, in the footsteps of French mountaineer Maurice Herzog
Herzog has recorded his adventures in a very popular book titled "Annapurna: First Conquest of an 8,000-metre Peak" Shyam Saran Listen to This Article In the year 1950, the well-known French explorer and mountaineer Maurice Herzog came to Nepal with the aim of climbing Mount Everest. Instead, he ended up identifying a route to the 8,000-metre Annapurna-I, one of the northern spurs of the Annapurna massif. He scaled the peak but suffered severe frostbite in his hands and feet and remained severely handicapped for the rest of his life. Herzog has recorded his adventures in a very popular book titled 'Annapurna: First Conquest of an 8,000-metre Peak'. While the trail to the Annapurna North Base Camp was known, it was rarely used. It was
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Business Standard
20-05-2025
- Politics
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How a no-limits Russia-China pact is reshaping the post-war world order
The efficacy of India's military partnership with the US and the West, in general, may diminish as China emerges as a peer technological power with comparable military capabilities Shyam Saran Listen to This Article Chinese President Xi Jinping paid an important visit to Moscow from May 7 to 10, his 11th since taking office in 2012. He was the chief guest at the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan by the allied forces – including the then Soviet Union and Republic of China. Mr Xi had attended similar festivities in Moscow 10 years ago. This year was special because not only was he the chief guest, but a unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) took part in the victory parade at
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Business Standard
26-04-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Best of BS Opinion: Strategic conflicts, cricket, and genetic comeback
We've all been there. Two delivery guys, scooters head-on, in a narrow lane near the market. Nobody wants to reverse, both have mirrors folded in, and tempers folded out. You stop and watch the standoff. Will someone blink first? Or will this end in honks and verbal fireworks? Today's stories feel just like that alley. From nuclear neighbours with fingers hovering near red lines, to cricket authorities checking bat widths, nobody's backing down. The collisions are real, rhetorical, and sometimes, revelatory. Let's dive in. First, there's the dangerously narrow alley of India-Pakistan ties. After the Pahalgam terror attack, India's retaliatory chokehold on trade and travel is turning into a full-scale diplomatic freeze, as Shyam Saran writes. Pakistan, instead of introspection, is roaring back with denials, direct threats, and theatrical diplomacy. Defence Minister Asif's chilling warning about terror reprisals if civilians are hurt has set a new low. The alley just got narrower — and a whole lot darker. Aditi Phadnis explores another pressure point: water. By suspending the Indus Waters Treaty — a rare hydrological handshake that has survived six decades of conflict — India is now holding Pakistan's economic jugular in a tight grip. With 25 per cent of its GDP tied to this lifeline, Islamabad finds itself in a historic choke. But water wars are slower, more patient than gunfire. And in this alley, India's quiet grip could rewrite the rules of geopolitical pressure. Meanwhile, in the far more flamboyant alley of cricket, Sandeep Goyal watches IPL batsmen go ballistic. But now, umpires are measuring bats mid-match to ensure fairness. Think of it as traffic cops pulling over modified vehicles in the middle of a drag race. Cricket's alley, it turns out, has speed limits too — and someone's finally enforcing them. Back in the dark alleys of covert war, Shekhar Gupta offers a gut-punch history lesson. The ISI's 40-year-old playbook of targeting Hindus isn't just terrorism — it's a trap, baiting India into communal self-implosion. But India's collective restraint — across political lines — has thwarted that bait time and again. The message? You may enter the alley swinging, but sometimes, the biggest strength is holding the punch. Stay tuned!
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Business Standard
25-04-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
Pahalgam attack: The Pakistan playbook and messaging from Islamabad
There is a deliberate upping of the ante and a realisation that international support against Indian attack is no longer guaranteed Shyam Saran Listen to This Article In the aftermath of the barbaric terrorist incident in Pahalgam, India announced a series of measures, which in their totality would bring the already meagre relations between India and Pakistan to a virtual cipher. The stoppage of trade, transit, and cross-border travel were to be expected. A new element is putting into abeyance the operation of the Indus Water Treaty of 1960 on the division of the waters of the Indus river and its tributaries. The implications of this are unclear. Would this affect the volume of river flows downstream into Pakistan, or stop short of this threshold? Pakistan has
