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Thursday, February 5, 2026
TopicRajeev Gowda

Topic: Rajeev Gowda

‘I am very much alive’, Mani Shankar Aiyar tells trolls claiming he ‘died in Balakot’

With trolls poking fun that he had been killed in the Balakot strikes, Aiyar says he has been campaigning in the south, but ‘BJP doesn’t understand Tamil’.

Meet the young women and men who drafted Congress manifesto for Lok Sabha elections

The 19-member Congress team that drafted the party manifesto, released earlier this week, was supported by a group of 25 people with different callings.

Jairam Ramesh, Rajeev Gowda and Pawan Khera to lead Congress panels formed for 2019 polls

The Congress has formed three committees exclusively for the 2019 polls. These panels will plan, strategise and prepare the manifesto.

CEA Subramanian says current discourse over immigration has left his children ‘scared’ in the US

Suggests that the country is no longer welcoming of migrants, calls for active policymaking on migration within India.

On Camera

India lived in ancient Europe as a positive ‘Other’. Ties are way older than colonialism

Stories of Indian spices, beasts, saints, and kings fired the European imagination for a thousand years. India anchored Europe’s sense of the world.

RBI policy rate decision Friday, US trade deal dashes hope of cut

Majority of 39 economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect the central bank to keep its benchmark repurchase rate unchanged at 5.25%.

Trade deal sorted, India & US move on to pending defence pacts—P-8I aircraft first, engines next

Defence Acquisition Council likely to take up P-8I procurement, cleared in 2019, in third week this month. Proposed joint production of GE F414-INS6 engine also on agenda.

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.