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TopicJairam Ramesh

Topic: Jairam Ramesh

How IIT Bombay’s Jairam Ramesh, Nandan Nilekani swept DU’s fest season in 1974

A photograph shared on the IIT Bombay Alumni Association’s Facebook page also offers a glimpse into another reality of 1970s India.

100 Ways to See India: Stats, Stories, and Surprises captures the country’s diversity

Rohit Saran has spent over three decades shaping data-driven storytelling across newsrooms, and since the 1990s, he has worked with statistics as well as visuals.

‘So much hate for Nehru that you’d embrace Jinnah?’—Jairam attacks BJP amid Vande Mataram debate in RS

Speaking in Rajya Sabha, the Congress leader calls the Vande Mataram debate part of a project to defame Nehru. Vande Mataram is sung at every Congress session, he says.

Modi’s ‘cold’ farewell message for ex-V-P Dhankhar suggests ‘deeper reasons’ behind sudden exit

PM Modi, in an X post, said that Dhankhar has had opportunities to serve the country in various roles and wished him good health, nearly 13 hrs after V-P's resignation.

Congress accuses Israel of attacking Iran’s ‘sovereignty’, says it ‘only deepens instability’

The party expressed its stance a day after the BJP-led Union govt distanced itself from an SCO statement that sharply criticised Israeli actions against Iran.

Damage control after deliberately targeting SC—Congress rips into BJP over Nishikant tirade against CJI

Party also asked why Nadda is silent on 'equally unacceptable remarks on judiciary made by one of its appointees to high constitutional position', in apparent reference to V-P Dhankhar.

National Herald case: Congress’s ‘selective justice’ rebuttal to ED charge sheet against Sonia, Rahul

We'd be foolish to establish Young India if we wanted to commit money laundering, says Abhishek Manu Singhvi, adds that 'there was no transfer of ownership of properties to Young India'.

Nehru saw scientific temper as inextricably linked to freedom

Jawaharlal Nehru attended the Indian Science Congress each year, set up the IITs alongside the cultural academies, and managed to locate scientific temper in Indian culture.

Oppn sees ‘conspiracy’ in Modi govt’s move to restrict public access to CCTV poll footage

After Punjab & Haryana HC directed ECI to provide CCTV footage & documents related to Haryana polls, law ministry amended rule to limit public inspection of electronic information.

Shocked Congress cries ‘targeted manipulation’ after Maharashtra debacle, says BJP ‘misused machinery’

While alleging subversion of 'level playing field', Jairam Ramesh avoids pointed attack on EVMs, in contrast with approach after Congress's defeat in Haryana assembly elections.

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China is worried about US–Philippines military exercises. It’s too close for comfort

Official Chinese statements have described the drills as destabilising, warning that they risk escalation and that the participating countries are 'playing with fire.'

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.