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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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Topic: Red Fort

Guard of Honour squad quarantined, NCC cadets instead of school kids — I-Day in a pandemic

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
The 74th Independence Day celebrations to be held at the Red Fort Saturday will be the first national event during the Covid pandemic.

Why Delhi’s grand monuments will always remember young archaeologist Gordon Sanderson

Narayani Gupta -
In 1910, Gordon Sanderson decided to take charge of conserving and landscaping clusters of historic monuments in India.

Scheme for private players to ‘adopt’ monuments goes full steam, with critics & ASI in tow

Simrin Sirur -
'Adopt a Heritage' came under fire last year when Dalmia Group signed up for the Red Fort. Critics had said Modi govt was selling India's historical gems.

No, Nehru didn’t hoist India’s first tricolour at Red Fort. And British flag wasn’t lowered

Hilal Ahmed -
As part of celebrations on 15 August 1947, the Union Jack was to be lowered and Nehru to hoist the tricolour. But things changed at the last moment.

Why India’s prime ministers give their Independence day speech from Delhi’s Red Fort

Giles Tillotson -
Every year on 15 August, the serving prime minister mounts Aurangzeb’s barbican to address the cameras, and the nation.

Remembering the Red Fort trials that tipped India towards complete freedom 

Priyamvada Grover -
Despite warnings, the British government went ahead with the trials of INA soldiers, sparking demonstrations across the country.

Clean water to free WiFi: What Yatra.com will provide after adopting Qutub Minar

Sanya Dhingra -
MoU between Central govt and Yatra.com to be signed soon despite scheme being panned for ‘leasing out’ national heritage to private players.

Modi 2018 vs Modi 2014: What he said, what he didn’t say at Red Fort

D.K. Singh -
Through the final Independence Day speech of this term Modi makes a pitch for re-election, but the story lies in the contrasts and similarities with his first as PM.

We have transformed India in last 4 years, Modi claims in his final I-Day speech of term

Ruhi Tewari -
Announces 25 September, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya's birth anniversary, as the launch date for Ayushman Bharat.

ASI spent more on its swanky new office than it did on 3,686 monuments in 2017

Sanya Dhingra -
An ASI official, however, said the comparison was not fair, since the building's construction was a 'one-time affair'.
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Iran and Israel don’t have free will to start a war. It’s contingent on geopolitics

Lt General Prakash Menon -
The reasons for both sides preventing any escalation lie in the political and military context of the strategic situation in West Asia within the larger global geopolitical framework.

Rajeev Chandrashekhar is modern, moderate. But tragically loyal to bigoted BJP

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Indian civil services is short on women. It’s not the govt’s fault

Economy

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

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Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

Defence

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Sushil Manav -
Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

Shekhar Gupta -
While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.

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