Opinion October 17, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Against Apartheid
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on October 17, 1985.
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on October 17, 1985. 
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Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi led a majority of Commonwealth nations at their summit in Nassau in demanding “comprehensive and mandatory sanctions” against the racist South African regime, thus isolating Britain on the opening day. Gandhi, in an emotion-layered speech, said, “Let not the Commonwealth be charged with cowardice… The time has come when the Commonwealth in one voice should demand the application of these sanctions.”
US Supercomputer
The US has decided not to sell an advanced computer to India for fear of its possible use in nuclear research, an American newspaper reported quoting a US defence official. India required the computer for weather research purposes, The New York Times said. Over the past few months, the US has approved sales of $80 million worth of sophisticated equipment with military applications to India, a Pentagon official was quoted as saying.
Cyclone in East
A severe cyclonic storm devastated coastal Orissa and West Bengal, leaving three dead, thousands homeless and a trawler missing. All the three deaths took place in Cuttack district in Orissa in house collapses. An estimated 50,000 persons have been rendered homeless in West Bengal, Chief Secretary S V Krishnan told newsmen in Calcutta. A trawler with 10 aboard, which went out fishing in Orissa’s coastal Balasore, is missing.
India-Canada Treaty
The Canadian government is framing an extradition treaty to be signed with India in order to contain local Sikh extremism. A spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs told UNI in an interview that the government was trying to overcome the problems due to the absence of such a treaty. The government is firm that Sikh troublemakers should not be allowed to misuse Canadian liberalism and decency, he said.
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