New DelhiJul 15, 2025 07:45 IST
First published on: Jul 15, 2025 at 07:45 IST
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Justice D N Kripal, who is heading the court of inquiry into the Kanishka crash, is expected to arrive in Bombay to decide the place and date for the much-awaited analyses of the black boxes. In all probability, the read-out of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) will take place at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), where similar analyses of the two air crashes in 1976 and 1978 were carried out.
Pak For N-treaty
Pakistan is willing to sign a bilateral agreement with India renouncing nuclear weapons, according to a senior Pakistani official. Zain Noorani, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, told the upper house of Parliament that Islamabad is ready “to join with India bilaterally, or with other non-nuclear states on a regional or a global basis, in a solemn treaty to renounce nuclear weapons”.
Tweaks To Schemes
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi said the 20-point programme, put in place by Indira Gandhi during the Emergency, would be suitably modified to meet the developmental needs of the poorer sections of people in the villages. He singled out the implementation of the integrated Rural Development Programme in this context and said changes had to be made in the schemes under this programme to help weaker sections. Gandhi said much had been done for the tribals in Madhya Pradesh “but a lot remained to be done”.
Assam talks
The fate of the Saikia ministry could become the deciding factor for the solution of the foreigners problem in Assam. One minor hurdle was crossed in the present round when Union Home Secretary R D Pradhan cleared the element of uncertainty over the resumption of talks. They will begin within 10 days.
