Topic: C. Rajagopalachari
When Maharajas, business tycoons and peasant leaders joined the mundu-clad Rajaji to form the Swatantra Party
The Swatantra Party wandered in the wilderness for a few years and then disappeared but it succeeded even as it failed.
On Camera
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Family man, confident investor & eternal India optimist — farewell, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, who made more money on the stock market than almost anyone else, was sure 2 decades ago that India & its stock market were going to boom.
Good news from the farm as India’s FY22 foodgrain production estimated at record 316 mn tonnes
Wheat production estimate sees marginal upward revision to 106.8 million tons, though current rate lowest in 3 years.
Defence
IAF operation underway to rescue Italian mountaineer stranded on Mount Nun in Ladakh
The IAF deployed its ‘Cheetah’ helicopter to rescue mountaineer Federico Nicoli. Mount Nun is the second highest peak in the Zanskar Valley of Ladakh.
Remember a convicted ‘non-guilty’ IAS officer, HC Gupta, when fretting over stalled economic reforms
The 2010-13 season of scandal-mongering still casts a shadow on Indian politics, and the victims are those at the lowest end of the decision-making chain.