Opinion January 29, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Nehru Award given
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi received the award on behalf of his mother in the presence of the Presidents of Tanzania, Mexico and Argentina and Prime Ministers of Sweden and Greece who are in Delhi to attend a summit.
The award administered by the ICCR carries with it an amount of Rs 2.5 lakh in cash. The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for 1984 was posthumously conferred on Indira Gandhi by President Zail Singh. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi received the award on behalf of his mother in the presence of the Presidents of Tanzania, Mexico and Argentina and Prime Ministers of Sweden and Greece who are in Delhi to attend a summit. The award administered by the ICCR carries with it an amount of Rs 2.5 lakh in cash.
No nukes in space
The six-nation nuclear disarmament summit adopted a declaration calling for prevention of an arms race in outer space and a comprehensive test-ban treaty. The declaration — signed by India, Argentina, Greece, Mexico. Sweden and Tanzania — said that outer space must be used for the benefit of mankind as a whole and not a battleground of the future.
Gavaskar to captain
Sunil Gavaskar has been retained as the skipper and all-rounder Kapil Dev named the vice-captain of the Indian team for the Benson and Hedges World Cup one-day cricket championship to be held in Australia next month. The following are the other members of the team: K Srikanth, Ravi Shastri, Azharuddin, Dilip Vengsarkar, Mohinder Amarnath, Ashok Malhotra, Chetan Sharma, Manoj Prabhakar, Madan Lal, Roger Binny, Sadanand Vishwanath (wicketkeeper) and L Sivaramakrishnan.
Exchange halted
The anticipated release of the 17 Indian fishermen simultaneously with the release of the seven Sri Lankan naval crew did not mature. The boats of the fishermen could not be towed down from the Sri Lanka since they had become rusty. The Indian Coast Guard vessel which was on its way for the second time but did not proceed further and returned to its base.
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