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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicDandi March

Topic: Dandi March

Modi to launch ‘Azadi Ka Amrut’ event on Dandi anniversary in grand run-up to 75th I-Day

Govt’s planned 25-day celebrations will include exhibitions on freedom fighters including Gandhi, Patel and Netaji. First PM Nehru missing in list of names.

Shaheen Bagh couldn’t get CAA revoked. But Gandhi’s satyagraha didn’t meet its goal either

Neither the Salt March nor Bardoli satyagraha achieved their stated goals, but Gandhi found them to be successful. He might have approved of Shaheen Bagh too.

On 90th anniversary of Dandi March, Congress to take out ‘Gandhi Sandesh Yatra’

The 27-day yatra will begin at Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram on 12 March. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are set to be part of it.

A ‘fistful’ of salt from the Mahatma as a Surf Excel ad faces flak

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Biting terror, doggone dilemma, urban menace. Indian TV war over Delhi street dogs

News channels were also in two minds about removing stray dogs to the government dog pounds. NDTV took credit for it and CNN-News 18 called ‘controversial order’.

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.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

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.