In ‘The Jannayaka Karpoori Thakur’, Santosh Singh and Aditya Anmol looks at the contributions of the former Bihar CM, especially toward the upliftment of backward classes.
The Modi government's decision to award the Bharat Ratna to Karpoori Thakur and LK Advani just before the notification of the Lok Sabha elections is a strong political statement.
Karpoori Thakur was critical of India's diplomatic distance from Israel. He did not consider Zionism as a settler-colonial project but a legitimate Jewish national movement with unique socialist ethos.
By awarding the Bharat Ratna to Karpoori Thakur, Modi is acknowledging a fellow backward-class leader & also reinforcing his connection with marginalised sections of society.
Karpoori Thakur, often referred to as the 'Annadurai of North India', played a vital role in bringing socialist politics and consciousness to a semi-feudal and backward state like Bihar.
New Delhi: The posthumous awarding of the Bharat Ratna to two-time Bihar chief minister and Extremely Backward Castes (EBC) icon Karpoori Thakur is being...
As Rashtrapati Bhavan announces Bharat Ratna for Karpoori Thakur, Modi pays tribute to the ex-CM on his website www.narendramodi.in, says he 'took a distinctly anti-Congress line'.
Thakur announced quota for backward castes in 1978, a year before Mandal commission was set up. He was known to be a simple man with a legendary disdain for worldly pleasures.
Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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