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TopicDeendayal Upadhyaya

Topic: Deendayal Upadhyaya

Modi govt’s selective embrace of RSS ideologue Deendayal Upadhyaya’s ideology in policymaking

With Modi govt set to present its 12th budget, a look at how closely it aligns with the philosophy of its ideologue, whether on privatisation, urbanisation, or small-scale industry.

UP adds Savarkar, Deendayal biographies to school syllabus. Opposition calls it ‘educational corruption’

Life histories of 50 personalities will be taught in classes 9-12. Opposition protests inclusion of Savarkar & Deendayal Upadhyaya, saying they didn't participate in freedom struggle.

Demystifying ‘Integral Humanism’, the key philosophy that guides BJP and its govts 

The philosophy was propounded by Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, an RSS pracharak who was also the secretary of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the forerunner of the BJP.

Who killed Deendayal Upadhyaya? It’s a 50-year-old question

Five decades since then Bharatiya Jana Sangh chief Deendayal Upadhyaya died under mysterious circumstances, there are no still no answers to who killed him and why.

Why RSS thinks it is the true heir of Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy

RSS believes Gandhi and one of its defining pracharaks, Deendayal Upadhyaya had much in common, from sharing philosophies, being charismatic to despising politics.

How Deendayal Upadhyaya’s birthday became a nationally significant date

The Jana Sangh ideologue's birth anniversary has been marked by the Modi government as part of its efforts to resurrect BJP heroes.

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US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.