1998
1998 News

India
Pharma Education & Research (Amendment) Bill, 2021 to be tabled in LS: What it does, why it is important
The bill, which provides for granting the status of national importance to the six institutes in Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Hajipur, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Raebareli, will be moved by health minister Mansukh Mandaviya

India
Pokhran-II: Govt's motive still questionable as nuclear tests did India no good, only fuelled Pakistan's hunger for nukes
The losses that the 1998 Pokhran-II nuclear tests caused to India and its economy have never been discussed. And as the lack of celebrations on the 20th-anniversary of the nuclear tests show, India has moved on as if nothing happened.

Sports
World Cup History: Zidane helps France rise above racism in 1998
No one thought France would swat aside the supremely confident favourites for the title — and that is what they exactly did.