While both PM Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh extolled Atmanirbharta and defence exports, defence budget remains 2 per cent of the GDP since 2014.

Maj Gen Ashok K Mehta (retd)

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Poll blues: The politicisation of Op Sindoor has already started. The Uri surgical strikes and Balakot air strikes were game-changers in the UP Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. PTI

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

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