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Today we remember the contributions of those extraordinary people who, through their special craft and resolve, engineered the foundation of the many technological marvels we now enjoy.
@vinoddham
#EngineersDay #ModernIndia #Technology #Brilliance #TheBetterIndia
Today we remember the contributions of those extraordinary people who, through their special craft and resolve, engineered the foundation of the many technological marvels we now enjoy.
@vinoddham
#EngineersDay #ModernIndia #Technology #Brilliance #TheBetterIndia
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(3/4) @anuacharya
Just after his victory in the 1984 elections, #RajivGandhi faced his first big challenge. On 23rd April 1985, the Supreme Court ordered the ex-husband of a Muslim woman from Indore, Shah Bano, to pay her maintenance under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). 1/13
Shah Bano's ex-husband Mohammed Ahmad Khan had argued in the Madhya Pradesh High Court, that under Islamic Law, he had paid his divorced wife three months' maintenance, and he wasn't obliged to pay any more. 2/13
#IndiaAt75
#IndiaAt75
But the apex court maintained that "there is no conflict between the provisions of Section 125 and those of the Muslim Personal Law on the question of a Muslim husband's obligation to provide maintenance for a divorced wife who is unable to maintain herself". 3/13
#ModernIndia
#ModernIndia
#RajivGandhi was barely 40 when he became Prime Minister of #India. #Politics was not his first choice as a career and yet Rajiv, an airline #pilot, found himself in the hot seat after his mother, Indira Gandhi, was assassinated in October 1984, when she was PM. 1/13
#IndiaAt75
#IndiaAt75
When Rajiv took over, he had a clean personal and political image. He was non-controversial. His initiation to #politics had taken place on the death of his brother Sanjay. In 1981, Rajiv stood for election from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh and won a seat in the Lok Sabha. 2/13
#Terrorism was already raging in Punjab, and in the midst of the 1984 election campaign, #India was hit by the world’s worst industrial disaster. On 3rd December, a poisonous gas leak from American multinational Union Carbide killed 2,000 people in Bhopal. 3/12
#ModernIndia
#ModernIndia
Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 01/03/2022 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2022/01/03/dai…
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#PartisanPolitics, #StockMarket, #RetailSales, #InventoryLevels, #TheNextShinyObject
#PartisanPolitics, #StockMarket, #RetailSales, #InventoryLevels, #TheNextShinyObject
Wake Up, Sailors, Scurvy Is a Hoax - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
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#history, #scurvy, #BritishSailors, #DiseasePrevention
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#history, #scurvy, #BritishSailors, #DiseasePrevention
0/n: #RamRajya has been an inspiration for millions of Indians since time immemorial. Essentially referring to the rule of Lord Rama, ~7000 years ago, it broadly refers to a utopian stage of society with perfect systems and people.
1/n: Despite being an ancient concept, it has been invoked umpteen times. From SantTukaram to Mahatma Gandhi, to most recently, @narendramodi, the imagery around #RamRajya has continued to inspire India's consciousness for millenniums. In this thread, we explore what is RamRajya?
2/n: To explore, I explored #ValmikiRamayana, #TulsidasRamcharitmanas, and various commentaries on Ramayana and as a student of Governance, was pleasantly surprised at the details that the texts offer on various elements of society. The next tweets cover the elements of #RamRajya
