Opinion 40 years ago November 11, 1985: US clears tech for India
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on November 11, 1985.
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on November 11, 1985. 
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India’s request for high technology in certain fields, including an advanced air traffic control system and a naval shipboard communication system, has been cleared by the United States. Sixty-six advanced computer systems have been released and a licence for an advanced jet engine has been issued by the US government. Asked why the US was so concerned about leakage of technological material from the country, deputy assistant secretary of state for military and political affairs Robert Dean said there was no effort to single out India with respect to the re-export problem. In fact, he said, “India’s record is quite a shining one.”
New Sri Lanka plan
The Indian government will work out a new package of proposals to improve on the draft working paper in a bid to find a political solution to Sri Lanka’s ethnic problem, according to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). An LTTE spokesman said in Madras that India had decided to prepare the alternative proposals keeping in mind the views of the six Sri Lankan Tamil groups, and this had been indicated to them at the Delhi talks.
Canada wooing Sikhs
Canada is encouraging Sikhs to join its armed forces. A Canadian army recruiting officer, Captain Riley, regularly attends gatherings of Sikhs in Canada and gives them the army sales pitch, which is designed to motivate potential recruits. Captain Riley has become a regular fixture at meetings of various Sikh organisations, most of which are hardline.
Uganda hijack
A Uganda Airlines airplane was hijacked while on a domestic flight from Entebbe Airport to Arua in north-western Uganda. The plane was hijacked in flight by unidentified men, said a senior member of the Ugandan government who did not want to be identified.
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