India should reassess resilience of its air defence systems purchased from Russia: U.K. weapons and military expert

RUSI has published a paper (on December 12, 2025) saying, “Russia’s international customers for air defences should reassess the resilience of these systems to attacks, including cyberattacks, technical compromise and disruption of resupply in supply chains”. What specifically does this mean for the S-400 which India has acquired?  If we focus on S-400, the first…

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Stock market holidays 2026: NSE releases holiday calendar; check key dates, weekend closures, Muhurat session & outlook

Leading bourse NSE has published its official trading holiday calendar for 2026, offering traders and investors an early roadmap for days when equity and derivatives markets will remain shut. The circular, as reported ET, issued under exchange bye-laws and F&O regulations, lists 15 full trading holidays—one more than in 2025—and also details festivals falling on…

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Powerful men in politics and media shown in new Epstein estate images

WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Friday released 19 photographs from Jeffrey Epstein’s private email server showing a collection of powerful men in politics, media and Hollywood in the convicted sex offender’s orbit. The photographs do not reveal any wrongdoing, but offer more detail about who Epstein associated with. The images show Steve Bannon, a former Trump adviser,…

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