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TopicManmohan Singh

Topic: Manmohan Singh

Political leaders pay tribute to Manmohan Singh. ‘Wisdom and humility were always visible,’ says Modi

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge says history shall judge Singh kindly. India has lost a visionary statesman, a leader of unimpeachable integrity & an economist of unparalleled stature, he asserts.

When Indian economy was liberalised—Manmohan Singh’s 1991 Budget speech

On 24 July 1991, finance minister Manmohan Singh presented the Union Budget for 1991-92 that changed the course of Indian economy. In his Lok Sabha speech, he quoted Victor Hugo to say, 'no power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.'

Why Manmohan Singh’s India was similar to the failing Weimar Republic

In 'The Republic Relearnt', Radha Kumar looks back at Indian democracy. She writes that it has been repeatedly punctured prior to the Emergency and many times since.

Manmohan Singh on Modi — ‘1st PM to lower dignity of PMO, made vicious hate speeches’

In letter addressed to Punjab's voters, former PM Manmohan Singh says Modi-led BJP left no stone unturned in 'castigating Punjab, Punjabis and Punjabiyat' in the last 10 years.

Modi first PM to ‘lower dignity’ of public discourse, says Manmohan Singh

Days before the seventh phase of polling, Singh told voters in Punjab that only Congress can ensure a growth-oriented progressive future while safeguarding democracy and the Constitution.

DD News anchor calls Congress wealth survey ‘communist ideology’. It’s following BJP’s lead

Clips from BJP members' speeches fill each bulletin on DD News. Before, during, and after the shows, there are ads for ‘Modi ki Guarantee’.

PM Modi isn’t trying to divide India on religion. Guilty are those demanding caste census

Though the word redistribution has not been used, the implication is clear: 'greater the population, more the rights'.

Pakistan finance minister should learn from Manmohan Singh and engineer an economic revival

Muhammad Aurangzeb has been clamped with more manacles than he has wrists. His immediate task is to negotiate a new loan programme with the IMF.

Brajesh Mishra was the most powerful principal secretary in any PMO

From overseeing planning of Pokhran tests to mending ties with the US, Pakistan and China, Brajesh Mishra implemented the foreign policy sketched out by the Vajpayee government.

Indian economy would’ve liberalised long before 1991. But Bofors scandal stalled it

The whole truth regarding the 1991 reforms is that India was in the process of revamping its industrial and trade policies from the last years of Rajiv Gandhi’s tenure.

On Camera

Pakistan can’t bend Taliban with bombs. It must stop the Yemen-isation of Durand Line

This confrontation looks subcontracted—escalation to re-establish Pakistan's indispensability to outside capitals while squeezing Afghanistan back under an old paradigm.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.