During his alleged lavish holiday in December 1987, former PM Rajiv Gandhi is also said to have jumped into a lagoon and saved an injured beached whale.
Vice Admiral Vinod Pasricha (retd) says the Gandhi family was on board for an official visit. Former Navy chiefs L. Ramdas & Arun Prakash agree with him.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
I’m a little tired of this endlessly repeated claim that this rust bucket was “the world’s longest serving warship”. The world’s longest serving warship is USS Constitution, launched around 1797, which still sometimes puts to sea.
I’m a little tired of this endlessly repeated claim that this rust bucket was “the world’s longest serving warship”. The world’s longest serving warship is USS Constitution, launched around 1797, which still sometimes puts to sea.