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Aren’t poverty and need the greatest polluters? Indira Gandhi

On 14 June 1972, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's speech at the UN conference on environment in Stockholm called out the hypocrisy of rich nations that advanced due to industrialisation by exploiting natural resources and labour of colonised countries but now expect developing nations to be mindful of not causing damage to the environment.

‘Peace-lovers to what extent?’ Syama Prasad Mookerjee on why India could lose Kashmir

In his speech on 7 August 1952 in Lok Sabha, Mookerjee spoke about the fear that the Kashmir policy with regard to UN and Article 370 'may lead to the 'Balkanisation' of India'.

It was to avoid war with Pakistan that we went to the Security Council—Nehru on Kashmir

On 31 January 1957, the Indian prime minister delivered a speech at Island Grounds in Madras where he spoke about the UN resolution and the conditions laid out for a plebiscite in J&K.

S Radhakrishnan’s appeal to ‘brave people of Nagaland’—forget past rancour, write new chapter

On 1 December 1963, President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan delivered a speech to the people on the inauguration of Nagaland, the 16th state of the Indian Union.

India lost independence once. Can Constitution prevent another loss, Ambedkar asked

On 25 November 1949, Dr BR Ambedkar delivered his last speech to the Constituent Assembly, which formally adopted India’s Constitution the following day. Ambedkar’s speech, outlining three warnings for an independent India, holds importance even today.

On Camera

Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

After Op Sindoor setback, Pakistan to form China-inspired military rocket force targeted at India

The ARFC is meant to be a dedicated force for conventional missile & rocket systems, & will include cruise missiles, rockets, ballistic missiles & Pakistan’s planned hypersonic missiles.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.