Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said on Monday, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. HT brings you a round-up of the most important and interesting stories, so you don’t miss your daily dose of news. |
THE BIG STORY Al Qaeda’s emir al-Zawahiri killed in Kabul by US drone A United States drone strike killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri at a Kabul hideout, officials in Washington said, in what is the biggest blow to the militants since former chief Osama bin Laden was shot dead in Pakistan over a decade ago. Read more. |
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The Big Question Will US Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit trigger a new geopolitical crisis? US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi became the highest-ranking American politician to visit Taiwan in 25 years, prompting China to announce missile tests and military drills encircling the island, triggering what may be a new geopolitical crisis that can further drag the global economy and harden international divides. Read more. |
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From the Edit Page America’s complex dance with China The United States (US) House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan trip, and the controversy around it, have illustrated the multiple and, at times, contradictory, impulses dictating America’s China policy. Read more. |
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Number Theory Factors that show RBI can do better than inflation targeting Most observers expect RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which will begin its bimonthly meeting on August 3, to hike interest rates once again. The justification for this comes from the inflation targeting (IT) framework which is the guiding principle of India’s monetary policy. Simply speaking, the IT framework, an idea which has worldwide acceptance, assumes that the central bank can maintain a fine balance between inflation and growth by using interest rates. Read more. |
From the Field The successes and failures that led to al-Zawahiri’s killing The US found and killed Ayman al-Zawahiri last weekend. It is a moment of vindication for President Joe Biden, who took the decision to withdraw American presence from Afghanistan but can claim he didn’t take his eyes off the terror threats emanating from Afghan soil. It is a moment of justice for victims of 9/11 as well as the innumerable terror attacks masterminded by Zawahiri, the ideological fountainhead of the Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden’s number 2, and the head of the terror group in the past decade. Read more. |
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HT This Day: August 3 1934 - Hindenburg Dead  (Click to expand) Von Hindenburg died at 9 a.m. without regaining consciousness from coma wherein he fell last night. He will be given State funeral. His death was announced to the waiting journalists by the lowering of the flag over the presidential residence at Neudeck. Read more. |
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