A short documentary was screened at the inauguration on the life of the Buddha, which also highlighted the government’s efforts in bringing back the Piprahwa relics.
The discussion on Patricia Mukhim’s book, From Isolation to Integration, brought together authors, journalists, and public intellectuals, including ThePrint Editor-in Chief Shekhar Gupta and former Union Home Secretary GK Pillai.
PM Modi’s silence on Punjab floods while he tweets about earthquakes in Afghanistan and floods in Pakistan was deafening. A phone call to CM Mann was a small consolation, but people wanted public empathy.
For Chinese commentators, India’s careful steps reveal a country navigating the rise of China cautiously and pragmatically, with its own interests firmly in mind.
Party reiterates demand for special Parliament session & all-party meet to discuss the situation. Kharge decides to not attend any all-party meet from which PM Modi abstains.
The leaders met on sidelines of BIMSTEC summit. Yunus last week provoked New Delhi with statement that Bangladesh ‘only guardian’ of ocean in region as India’s Northeast ‘landlocked’.
The two countries agreed to discuss establishing a ‘strategic dialogue’ between their security agencies. This comes a day before a meeting of BIMSTEC leaders.
One indicator of how India sees progress on the military standoff will be whether PM Narendra Modi visits China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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