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Chidambaram lashes out at Modi govt for changing GDP base year to show higher growth

Congress leader rebuts NITI Aayog vice chairman’s claim that Modi govt has surpassed UPA-era growth despite being handed over economy in bad shape.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee cremated at Smriti Sthal, daughter lights funeral pyre

Vajpayee's foster daughter Namita Kaul Bhattacharya lit the pyre as cries of 'Atal Bihari Amar Rahe' echoed.

Like Narendra Modi, Vajpayee’s personal popularity was bigger than BJP

Vajpayee must be credited for recognising the changes that were taking place in Indian politics and helping the BJP adapt to them.

Modi should have at least offered to resign — Vajpayee, after 2002 riots

In this excerpt from My Country My Life, L.K. Advani also espouses the mantra he learned in the company of Vajpayee — the sun will rise again.

How a Vajpayee-era scheme revolutionised school education in India

The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan turned out to be the Centre’s most successful school education scheme. It became the tool to implement the Right to Education Act.

The four occasions I was admonished by Vajpayee: Shekhar Gupta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp4Zk8JIzAM

The life and times of Atal Bihari Vajpayee

A look at the important milestones in his chequered political career.

Former Prime Minister and BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee dies at 93

Vajpayee’s reign was defined by Pokhran, Kargil and a peace process with Pakistan.

Vajpayee on Nehru’s death: Bharat Mata has lost her favourite prince

This is the tribute Atal Bihari Vajpayee paid Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, after he passed away on 27 May, 1964.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?