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Topic: INS Viraat

INS Viraat dismantling has begun, but a final effort is still on to convert it into museum

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Envitech Marine Consultants is hopeful of getting NOC from the government. But shipbreaker has already begun the dismantling process.

Selling INS Viraat as scrap is unfortunate but a financially-burdened Navy has no option

ThePrint Team -
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Modi govt to sell INS Viraat as scrap, naval fraternity questions sense of heritage

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Aircraft carrier INS Viraat was decommissioned in 2017, and there were many proposals for her utilisation, but the govt found none to be good enough.

12 highlights from Rahul Gandhi interview: On Hindu terror, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, others

Neelam Pandey -
In an interview with ThePrint, Congress Rahul president speaks about issues surrounding the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

As Modi attacks Rajiv Gandhi, spotlight is on INS Viraat’s glorious history as naval warship

Snehesh Alex Philip -
INS Viraat, in her earlier avatar, won the Falklands War against Argentina in 1982 for the Royal Navy. She was decommissioned in 2017.

When Rajiv Gandhi had a whale of a time in Lakshadweep… and performed a ‘heroic’ act

Samyak Pandey -
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.

TIME magazine calls Modi ‘divider in chief’, Express splashes Rajiv’s Lakshadweep holiday

Simrin Sirur -
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Modi’s claims on Rajiv’s INS Viraat holiday completely wrong, says ex-commanding officer

Snehesh Alex Philip -
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.

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Opinion

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

Stela Dey -
The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

9.2% jump in arms transfer shows this is era of war—SIPRI reveals the temper we live in

Trump either ends Iran conflict quickly, or sky-high energy costs will force him to do so

Economy

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

Chitleen K Sethi -
At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Defence

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

Vaibhav Pant -
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.

National Interest

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Shekhar Gupta -
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.

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