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Topic: VP Singh

The politicians who built Delhi’s Wazirpur slum. Its jhuggi to JCB story

Delhi’s jhuggis came up with political support, from power connections to special IDs. Hundreds of these dwellings have now been razed.

India’s beef with tallow is older than Tirupati scandal. Jain Shudh Vanaspati shocked Hindus

Beef panic reached Hindu kitchens in 1983. The upholders of purity, Jains, were accused of selling animal fat in 'shudh' ghee. Lok Sabha rocked. VP Singh was on the defensive.

Indian economy would’ve liberalised long before 1991. But Bofors scandal stalled it

The whole truth regarding the 1991 reforms is that India was in the process of revamping its industrial and trade policies from the last years of Rajiv Gandhi’s tenure.

‘Guardian of social justice’ — life-size statue of ex-PM VP Singh to come up in Chennai, says Stalin

Tamil Nadu CM says statue an expression of 'the respect, love, and gratitude' Tamil society has for Singh, who was instrumental in implementation of the Mandal Commission report.

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.

30 years since Mandal Commission recommendations  — how it began and its impact today

Recommendation for OBC quota in central govt institutions was implemented in 1992 while education quota came into force in 2006.

BJP needs to drop its hate agenda to become a normal party — what VP Singh said in 2005

Former PM V.P. Singh, who led India from December 1989 to November 1990, died on 27 November 2008 after a battle with multiple myeloma.

It’s a puzzle why VP Singh was never accepted by OBCs even after Mandal Commission

V.P. Singh lost his core constituency of the upper caste and failed to muster any support among the constituency for which he rook his biggest political risk

VP Singh — the poet-PM who took BJP support but later called the party a disease

Vishwanath Pratap Singh was among the first politicians to create alliance with ideological enemies. He headed a govt supported by both BJP and Left.

On PM Modi’s reading list – book on BJP’s rise as a major political force

Gopa Sabharwal’s 2007 book 'India Since 1947: The Independent Years' traces the movement from single party politics to coalition centric governance in India.

On Camera

What is the cost of this ‘Nobody’s War’ in Iran? Morality

In the Mahabharata, Vidur says sacrifice is needed for the greater good. This begs the question: What is the 'greater good' in the Iran War?

Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

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.