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Forty Years Ago, August 21, 1979: Charan Govt Resigns
The Indian Express' front page on August 21, 1979
Uncertainty ahead
Despite an imminent US-Taliban ‘peace agreement’, no light is visible at the end of the long Afghan tunnel
Music of the soul
Composer Khayyam’s oeuvre is a rare combination of originality and versatility
Spending limits
Centre needs to re-evaluate its expenditure priorities. States should have the autonomy to decide on theirs
Forty Years Ago: August 20, 1979
The resignations of the Janata ministers were handed over to the chief minister, Parkash Singh Badal, by the state Janata president, Yagya Dutt Sharma this afternoon.
This isn’t cricket
The relentless jeering of Steve Smith showed a mirror to the dark underside of the game
A new playbook
Defence Minister’s remarks on no-first-use signal to Pak, China, that old rules constraining India in Kashmir don’t hold
Wrong calls
Phone tapping controversy in Karnataka reveals absence of checks and balances in state’s political and police systems
Forty Years Ago: August 19, 1979
The newspaper’s special correspondent in Islamabad has said that there is a growing view among diplomats in the Pakistan capital that the country’s nuclear capability is the direct result of close co-operation over many years with China.
A game of chance
Monsoon’s increasing unpredictability calls for greater efficiency in rainwater storage and use.
World and Valley
On J&K, it may be a long diplomatic haul ahead for India at the United Nations.
Forty Years Ago: August 17 1979
Janata leader Nanaji Deshmukh has told the prime minister that by raising certain questions and highlighting the inconsistencies in his (Charan Singh’s) views about Morarji Desai, H N Bahuguna, Indira Gandhi and on other matters, he was only doing “national duty”.
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