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October 21, 1985, Forty Years Ago: C’wealth sanctions
October 21, 2025 8:55 am
The Commonwealth countries from Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean appeared all set to issue their own declaration recommending economic sanctions against the racist South African regime
August 19, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Border Tension
August 19, 2025 7:01 am
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 19, 1985.
July 15, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Black box analyses
July 15, 2025 7:31 am
In all probability, the read-out of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) will take place at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), where similar analyses of the two air crashes in 1976 and 1978 were carried out
July 14, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Black boxes in India
July 14, 2025 7:24 am
The box is in the safe custody of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation
July 2, 1985, Forty Years Ago: India-Pakistan Talks
July 02, 2025 7:19 am
Talking to reporters, the foreign minister said Pakistan would take a constructive approach to the deliberations in order to consolidate the gains and further expand cooperation in agreed areas
June 4, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Assam talks
June 04, 2025 6:41 am
However, according to informed sources, there are still some differences on the cut-off year as well as the question of disenfranchisement
May 21, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Five-day Week
May 21, 2025 7:26 am
Government offices will have an extra hour every day to offset the loss in the number of working hours
April 16, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Tripura bandh
April 16, 2025 7:00 am
While the ruling Left Front had given a call for a 24-hour bandh, the Congress (I) had called for a bandh for only half the period, starting from 6 am in the morning
February 11, 1985, Forty Years Ago: State Polls
February 11, 2025 7:17 am
The Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, launched his party’s poll campaign with slogans of a cleaner public life and a fair deal for women and youth.
January 30, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Two Divisions in SC
January 30, 2025 7:04 am
The Supreme Court should have two separate divisions — a constitutional and a legal division — the Law Commission has recommended in its 95th report, which was tabled in Lok Sabha
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