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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicGandhi Jayanti

Topic: Gandhi Jayanti

Modi tells BJP MPs to embark on 150km-long ‘padayatra’ to mark Gandhi’s birth anniversary

PM Narendra Modi suggested that the padayatras be carried out between October 2 and January 30 to reach out to the public & get their feedback on the BJP govt.

Gandhi’s vision becoming a ‘spectacle’, and the unsafe streets of Lucknow

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

Dissent if it offends your conscience. Gandhi said so

Gandhi believed disobedience is duty when something is repugnant to our conscience. No matter the law.

Mahatma Gandhi in ‘New India’, and Sushma Swaraj’s war on Pakistan

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

Health experts want to cast Mahatma Gandhi as India’s new fitness icon

A special edition of the Indian Journal of Medical Research seeks to project Mahatma Gandhi as India's new health icon.

Being Gandhian: How Narendra Modi’s career has been a series of odes to the Mahatma

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has borrowed excessively from Mahatma Gandhi's legacy, if just to corner the Congress.

This leader forced Mahatma Gandhi to change his views on caste

Mahatma Gandhi’s inconsistent stand on caste has been criticised by some leaders.

Mahatma Gandhi hated movies, but watched 2 in his lifetime

Mahatma Gandhi, however, wasn’t opposed to performing arts. He was a lover of good music.

The two family members of Mahatma Gandhi who dared to disagree with him

Maganlal Gandhi’s role is documented in ashram’s history, but Mathuradas’s contribution is locked in out-of-print books in Gujarati.

Dalit outreach for Ambedkar was a success, says Modi govt, wants to do it again for Gandhi

The campaign will be launched to mark Gandhi’s 150 birth anniversary, a politically significant move given key assembly polls later this year and 2019 LS elections.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.