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Forty Years Ago: February 24, 1980

February 24, 2020 2:15:19 am

The meeting called by Jagjivan Ram to consult his 200-odd supporters, mostly defeated Janata Party MPs, to review their association with the Janata Party will continue tomorrow.

Privacy breach

February 24, 2020 1:50:36 am

Justice Srikrishna sees the shadow of Big Brother in reworked data protection bill. His concern is not misplaced.

Bumper problem

February 24, 2020 1:45:47 am

Open-ended procurement of paddy and wheat at MSPs out of sync with market prices is unsustainable.

Scared of speech

February 22, 2020 10:46:19 am

Case against 19-year-old Amulya Leona Noronha by Karnataka police points to outrageous misuse of sedition law in the state.

Afghan challenge

February 22, 2020 10:56:16 am

Post-Taliban order is breaking down in Kabul. Sooner rather than later, Delhi will have to revise its Afghan policy

Forty Years Ago, February 23, 1980: Kabul martial law

February 22, 2020 2:50:54 am

The Soviet-backed government of Afghanistan proclaimed martial law and ordered a curfew in Kabul to curb a wave of “plundering and arson” by Muslim rebels, Tass reported.

Cut-copy-paste

February 22, 2020 2:45:47 am

Larry Tesler helped turn the computer from a tool for specialists to a species-wide prosthetic

Forty Years Ago: February 21, 1980

February 21, 2020 1:16:02 am

The US will not participate in the Moscow Olympics since there is no sign that the Soviets will meet its deadline to remove troops from Afghanistan, the US State department spokesman, Hodding Carter, said.

Non-veg joke

February 21, 2020 7:32:22 am

Time-travelling to a Harappan kitchen is politically fraught in a country at war over food habits.

Party’s blind spot

February 21, 2020 7:37:02 am

Conversation within Congress on its own decline is overdue, but those who are talking are part of the problem.

Public to private

February 21, 2020 7:27:45 am

Unless government steps up reforms, public sector banks will continue to see erosion in their value.

A fine line

February 20, 2020 11:28:54 am

Government-RBI relations are on a more even keel but central bank must tread carefully to safeguard the right balance.

Jabeda’s case

February 20, 2020 11:24:41 am

Functioning of Foreigners Tribunals in Assam reveals the error-prone nature of the exercise of establishing citizenship.

The greatness game

February 20, 2020 11:07:10 am

The definitive sporting moment of the last 20 years may lie outside India.

Forty Years Ago: February 20, 1980

February 20, 2020 12:11:22 am

Ayatollah Khomeini was reported to have transferred his post as commander-in-chief of Iran’s armed forces to President Bani-Sadr. The move stirred speculation that Bani-Sadr might move troops to the US embassy in Teheran to replace the militants who took some 50 Americans hostages 108 days ago.