'We don't want war', say some Indians amid public cheering over strikes

On Wednesday morning, several hours after India launched Operation Sindoor against targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, Mudra Singhe made her way through an unseasonal rain shower to a civil defence drill in South Mumbai. A volunteer with the National Cadet Corps, the 19-year-old said the session taught her "how to carry out a rescue from a building, either by rappelling or by lying flat and proceeding". Kavita Mulge, another member of the young wing of the Indian armed forces, said she found it difficult to "follow and understand everything under heavy rains". But she appreciated the lessons. "Such drills…