This special briefing comes in the wake of the recent cross-border precision strikes carried out by Indian forces as part of Operation Sindoor, launched in retaliation to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack which claimed lives of 26 innocent civilians.

The name for the military attack on Pakistan brings to mind a woman who became shorthand for the grief wrought by a terrorist attack.

Prime Minister Modi in his first address to the nation after Operation Sindoor said while Pakistan pleaded with India to stop the military offensive, New Delhi considered it only after they promised to stop their misadventure.