Topic: Gandhi Jayanti
Mahatma Gandhi’s reaction to current news, and what it means to be a ‘true’ Gandhian
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.
#NathuramGodseZindabad trends on Gandhi Jayanti. Here’s how Twitter hashtags go viral
The hashtag ‘NathuramGodseZindabad (Long Live Nathuram Godse)’ was trending in Hindi, with nearly 1 lakh tweets employing it by Friday evening.
President Kovind, PM Modi pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat
Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri, Gajendra Singh Shekahawt and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad also paid homage to him at his memorial.
Two occasions when Gandhi identified himself as a farmer
Born in a family of princely states’ high officials, Gandhi had no knowledge about farmers. His first brush with farming was in South Africa.
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.
611 prisoners released on Gandhi Jayanti under special remission plan
The Centre had in 2018 decided to release more than 2,000 prisoners of a special category in phases under the remission plan. So far, 2,035 have been released.
Indian cricket ‘worse than 5 years ago’ — Boria Majumdar & Gandhi the ‘tolerant Hindu’
The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.
Gandhi surrendered to extremist and jihadi elements among Muslims: RSS leader Vaidya
In an article in Organiser, Manmohan Vaidya writes RSS always admired Gandhi but 'disagreed' with his 'surrender' to the 'extremist and Jihadi elements'.
The Nobel omission, and TV news’ ‘spinning tribute’ for Gandhi
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.
Is Modi govt being practical by deciding to curb single-use plastic instead of complete ban?
After his Swachh Bharat initiative, Prime Minister Narendra Modi now wants to curb single-use plastic in a phased manner and eventually eliminate it by 2022.
How France-Turkey’s probable but unlikely conflict has been shaped by Erdogan’s politics
In episode 604 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains the recent France-Turkey conflict and the deeper implications of this row.
Tax revenues decline 22% in April-September, at one-fourth of full year target
Tax revenues declined 22 per cent from the year-ago period to Rs 4.58 lakh crore and were at 28 per cent of the full year target of Rs 16.36 lakh crore in the April-September period.
Defence
Army develops WhatsApp-like app for personnel to dodge risk of communication leaks
The Secure Application for Internet supports secure voice, text and video-calling services for Android platforms over the internet. It is end-to-end encrypted.
Trump or Biden? Doesn’t matter to India-US ties as they’re in a full, strategic embrace
Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.