Without the funds to convert INS Viraat into a museum, the Indian Navy’s only option is to sell it as scrap. Preserving military history is important. But every year, ships are decommissioned. A Navy aiming to be a 200-ship force can’t be burdened with financial stress of maintaining old assets.
Modi pulling up BJP colleagues over Vijayvargiya episode is a much-needed makeover
It’s refreshing to hear PM Modi admonish BJP colleagues for celebrating Akash Vijayvargiya’s bail after he assaulted a civic officer. Modi’s silences were deafening when his minister garlanded a lynching accused earlier, and supporters defended hate crimes with whataboutery. But if this is Modi 2.0, it is a much-needed makeover.