Jawaharlal Nehru
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With Trump's 50% tariffs, are India-US ties at their lowest point?
Fp Explainers •The India-US relationship was off to a great start earlier this year with Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting America just weeks after Donald Trump took office yet again. However, things have changed drastically. Are ties between Washington and New Delhi at their nadir? What do experts think? Let’s take a closer look
India fast-tracks Sawalkote Hydro Project in J&K: Will it hurt Pakistan?
Fp Explainers •The Indian government has begun inviting tenders for the Sawalkote Hydro Project on the Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir. The 1,856 Megawatt project will come up near Ramban district’s Sidhu village, around 120 kilometres from Jammu and 130 kilometres from Srinagar. The development comes in the aftermath of India suspending the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan. Here's why this project matters
JD Vance called, Cong speaking same language as Pak: Takeaways from PM's Op Sindoor speech
Fp Explainers •Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed Parliament on Day 2 of the debate on Operation Sindoor. Speaking for more than 1 hour and 30 minutes, he clarified that no world leader told India to stop Operation Sindoor. He tore into the Congress and took a jibe at Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif. Here are the key takeaways from the prime minister’s speech in Parliament
China in UNSC and India out due to Nehru's stand on US proposal: Amit Shah in Parl
Fp Staff •Speaking in the Lok Sabha in the debate on Operation Sindoor, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has blamed Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, for India's absence in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
History Today: When Jawaharlal Nehru passed away after a heart attack
Fp Explainers •On May 27, 1964, Jawaharlal Nehru, the prime minister of India, passed away after suffering a heart attack at age 74. Nehru is widely known as the architect of modern India and one of the most important leaders of the Indian freedom movement. He had been at the helm for 17 years – guiding the country in the backdrop of monumental events including the US-Soviet Cold War and the 1962 War with China
Bharat’s post-Pahalgam plan should begin from Indus and end in POK
Utpal Kumar •Americans bullied Nehru into signing the Indus Waters Treaty in 1960; by suspending it, PM Modi has corrected a historic blunder. This should be followed by a detailed and decisive strategy to get Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir back
PL-480: When US choked food aid to shape India’s foreign policy
Prabhash Dutta •Today, India produces more food than the US. But there was a time when India requested food aid from the US and faced arm-twisting to temper down its criticism of the White House. A story of the US using food as bargaining chip
Why BJP is asking Gandhi family to return Nehru’s letters to Edwina Mountbatten
Fp Explainers •The BJP is trying to corner the Congress over Sonia Gandhi allegedly getting removed 'donated' papers belonging to Jawaharlal Nehru in 2008, which had letters to several personalities including Edwina Mountbatten and Albert Einstein. The saffron party has drawn the focus on the first Indian PM’s relationship with the country’s last vicereine
Did Jawaharlal Nehru ‘insult’ Shivaji? The controversy over Fadnavis’ remark, explained
Fp Explainers •A verbal spat has broken out between the Congress and the BJP ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections. Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis has asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to apologise for the ‘insult’ of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj by the country’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru. This is the second time the BJP leader has accused Nehru of insulting the warrior king
How India celebrated its first Independence Day 77 years ago
Fp Explainers •On the eve of independence, India’s top political leaders gathered in the Constituent Assembly Hall where Jawaharlal Nehru delivered his famous ‘Tryst with destiny’ speech. Thousands assembled in Delhi to mark the occasion, with the city celebrating with the orange, white and green – the colours of the national flag