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DRDO ready with Agni-VI ICBM program: Read how India’s next-generation missile will redefine long-range deterrence

Divya Bharti - 11 June, 2026

DRDO Chairman Samir V Kamat confirmed that the organisation is fully prepared to develop the next-generation Agni-VI intercontinental ballistic missile once it receives government clearance.

Saudi Arabia: Two Indian brothers, Mohammad Zafar and Rahib, arrested over attempted funds transfer to Iran following Middle East escalation

OpIndia Staff - 9 June, 2026

"They have been detained in a security-related matter," read an email from an Indian official, Sumit Kumar, who is posted in Riyadh.

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Iran fires missiles, Israel retaliates with airstrikes: Here is what we know so far about the escalation of war in West Asia

OpIndia Staff - 8 June, 2026

According to Israeli authorities, at least 10 missiles were fired in four separate barrages. The missile launches came hours after a deadly Israeli airstrike in Beirut that targeted Hezbollah, the Iran-backed group based in Lebanon.

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Iranian aistrike on Kuwait’s international airport kills Indian national, several others injured

OpIndia Staff - 4 June, 2026

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) denied responsibility for the strike on the airport, claiming the damage was caused by an error from a US missile interceptor.

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Mahabharata as ‘Book of War’, Yama as a king: How Indo-Iranian exhibition ‘Shared Epic Worlds’ mistakes cultural parallels for philosophical equivalence

Anshika Agrawal - 2 June, 2026

Despite its visual grandeur, the exhibition often privileges Persian narratives and reductive parallels over a nuanced understanding of the Mahabharata's civilisational ethos.

‘You are f**king crazy’ – US Prez Donald Trump lashes out at Israel’s PM Netanyahu in heated phone call over worsening Lebanon conflict

OpIndia Staff - 2 June, 2026

US President Donald Trump blasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over ongoing military strikes in Lebanon.

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U.S. forces hit a Gambia-flagged cargo ship with Hellfire missile in Gulf of Oman to enforce blockade against Iran

OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2026

A U.S. aircraft disabled the Gambia-flagged cargo vessel M/V Lian Star in the Gulf of Oman using a Hellfire missile strike.

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Donald Trump says nuclear weapon, Strait of Hormuz and nuclear dust are non-negotiable in deal with Iran, final decision after a meeting on Friday

OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2026

President Donald Trump on Friday outlined several non-negotiable conditions for finalising a potential deal with Iran aimed at ending hostilities and restoring stability in...

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