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The Print
15-05-2025
- Politics
- The Print
After JNU, Jamia & Hyderabad's MANUU suspend ties with institutions in Turkey over support to Pakistan
Additionally, the use of Turkish-origin drones by Pakistan to breach Indian airspace has triggered widespread public and political backlash within the country. On Wednesday, the JNU announced that it had suspended its MoU with Inonu University in Turkey. This move comes amid an intensifying boycott of Turkish goods and services in India, spurred by Turkey's vocal support for Pakistan following India's military action under Operation Sindoor. New Delhi: After Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) and Hyderabad's Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) Thursday announced the suspension of their Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with educational institutions in Turkey, citing national security concerns. In a statement Thursday, Jamia affirmed its support for the nation. 'Due to national security considerations, any Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, and any institution affiliated with the Government of the Republic of Türkiye stands suspended with immediate effect, until further orders,' the university said. Similarly, the MANUU announced the immediate termination of its academic MoU with the Yunus Emre Institute. 'The decision has been taken in protest against Turkey's support for Pakistan's terrorist activities in the context of Indo-Pak tensions,' the university registrar said in an official communication. The university stated that the MoU had been signed on 2 January, 2024, for a period of five years, under which a diploma course in Turkish language was introduced at the School of Languages, Linguistics, and Indology. 'The services of a Visiting Professor were engaged for this program. It is also worth noting that the Visiting Professor from Turkey has already returned to his country,' the statement stated. There is also growing demand for a tourism boycott of both Turkey and Azerbaijan, following Ankara and Baku's support for Islamabad and their criticism of India's strikes on terror camps in Pakistan. MakeMyTrip, according to media reports, has seen a 60 percent decline in bookings to Turkey and Azerbaijan, accompanied by a sharp rise in cancellations. Similarly, the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) Wednesday issued a statement, urging the Indian film industry to avoid shooting films in Turkey in the future. (Edited by Tony Rai) Also Read: Amid rising India-Pakistan tensions, Dehradun's Doon & Welham schools allow students to return home
The Print
08-05-2025
- Politics
- The Print
India's S-400, Akash take down several Pakistan missiles, armed drones, loitering munitions
Pakistan had not sent in any aircraft for the attack but did send in a large number of drones and missiles, they said. Sources in the defence and security establishment told ThePrint that the S-400 and multiple units of Akash, besides other surface-to-air missile systems, several integrated counter-UAS systems including hand-held, spoofing and jamming, thwarted Pakistan's escalatory military action. New Delhi: India's integrated air defence and counter-unmanned aerial systems (UAS) grid came into action Wednesday night and took down several Pakistani armed drones, loitering munitions and missiles that were targeting 15 military installations, including IAF bases in Pathankot and Srinagar. An official statement by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said that Pakistan attempted to engage a number of military targets in Northern and Western India. The targets, it said, included Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj, using drones and missiles. The Integrated Air Command & Control System (IACCS) of the Indian Air Force (IAF), which functions through an integrated chain of radars, picked up movement in air from Pakistan and flying towards India, the sources. The information was relayed to various air defence units, which engaged the incoming projectiles based on the assigned targets, preventing any direct hit on any Indian military installations. 'The debris of these attacks is now being recovered from a number of locations that prove the Pakistani attacks,' the MoD statement said. The sources said that the primary targets of the Pakistan missiles and drones were the air force stations in some of these locations and radar stations in some. Ever since the launch of Operation Sindoor, the air defence systems were put on high alert along the western sector, they added. In retaliation to Pakistan, India launched kamikaze drones to target Pakistani military installations. The Indian defence ministry said that it 'has been reliably learnt that an Air Defence system at Lahore has been neutralised'. This meant that the Indian kamikaze drones managed to reach Lahore, beating Pakistani air defences. Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has claimed that locations where Indians carried out attacks, which they claim were neutralized except in Lahore, were Attock, Gujranwala, Chakwal, Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur, Miano, Chor and near Karachi. Pakistan has also announced that four Army personnel were injured in the attack in Lahore. All targets were air defence radars and air defence weapons systems, including the Chinese HQ-9B, the sources said. (Edited by Tony Rai) Also Read: Pakistan PM says 'blood spilt of civilians' will be avenged, India accused of harbouring terror proxies
