India, May 17 -- On the midnight of May 7, the Indian armed forces launched 'Operation Sindoor', targeting terrorist infrastructure at nine locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam attack on April 22, which killed 26 civilians.

Pakistan's targeting of military and civilian areas of India following these strikes led to a brief conflict between the two countries which resulted in drone and missile strikes in both the countries, closure of airspace and several airports, a fall in the equity markets of both the countries, and more.

While tensions keep simmering between the two nuclear-armed countries, which have fought four wars so far, from time to time, what stood out in the latest conflict...