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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
TopicIndira Gandhi

Topic: Indira Gandhi

Celebration of Indira Gandhi’s killing shows old communal hatreds still hurt Indians abroad

The inability of Indians to have a conversation about the past—the bombing of Air India, 1984 riots, storming of the Golden Temple—has poisoned communal relationships.

Ambulance renamed ‘hearse’ & India to soon become ‘bigger scientific power’

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

‘Space given to separatists’: Jaishankar slams Canada event ‘celebrating’ Indira Gandhi’s assassination

High Commissioner for Canada in India, Cameron MacKay, also condemned the celebration of the assassination of former PM Indira Gandhi.

Who flew to US with the PM? Diplomats clash at launch of book on Indira and Rajiv Gandhi

Chinmaya Gharekhan's book Centres of Power: My Years in the Prime Minister’s Office and Security Council chronicles his time in the PMO in the 1980s & the UNSC in the 1990s.

A secret note — how Indira Gandhi won the battle with Morarji Desai on nationalisation of banks

In 'Untold Story of India's Finance Ministers’, AK Bhattacharya looks back at major economic policy shifts, a stock market scandal, devaluation of the rupee and more.

Why Sachin Pilot is fighting a losing battle against Ashok Gehlot

Congress high command doesn’t look inclined to go for a change of guard in Rajasthan barely eight months before elections. Sachin Pilot finds himself in a catch-22 situation.

What caused Giani Zail Singh’s frayed ties with Rajiv Gandhi? Fault lines developed over time

In 'The Indian President', K.C Singh gives a detailed insider account of the Zail Singh years.

Rahul not 1st neta whose remarks abroad sparked row back home. There’s Indira, Morarji & even Modi

While Rahul's UK statements are being debated in Parliament, Congress has put out list of Modi's speeches which it claims showed India in bad light.

Harvard paper on Congress decline, cited by PM Modi in Lok Sabha, has more lessons for BJP

The Harvard paper isn't about when the Congress lost its numero uno status. It’s about how it looked like when it was at the top, and that's why BJP must take note.

‘Indira Gandhi misused Article 356 fifty times to dismiss elected state govts,’ says PM Modi

Modi launched a caustic attack on the Gandhi family in Parliament Thursday, while Opposition members loudly demanded a joint parliamentary probe into the Adani crisis.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.