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TopicUnited Front

Topic: United Front

‘Come over for coffee’ — how PM Gowda’s call to law minister led to 1996 women’s reservation bill

Law minister in Gowda cabinet, Ramakant Khalap says Modi govt should enact 33% quota for women in Lok Sabha & state assemblies 'immediately', adds 'delimitation can be done later'.

This is how Deve Gowda went about appointing IAS officers in his PMO

In ‘Furrows In A Field’, Sugata Srinivasaraju writes that Deve Gowda preferred credible and competent officers with diverse caste, religious and linguistic backgrounds.

Before Deve Gowda, VP Singh was asked to be PM of United Front. He hid in his flat, car

In ‘Disruptor’, Debashish Mukerji writes that in 1996, United Front leaders chased VP Singh to be the PM for a second time. But he went into hiding.

Modi’s BJP has learnt the hard lessons & 2019 is not going to be like 1996

It was advantage BJP in 1996 and yet the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government lasted just 13 days.

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This is how Strait of Hormuz shock is forcing a global trade reset

The current Iran war has laid bare a fundamental reality: 20 per cent of global energy trade cannot afford to rely on a single artery, no matter how resilient and cost-effective.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.