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8 hours ago · However, the illegal Downing Street parties during COVID-19 lockdowns, former Prime Minister Liz Truss’s fiscal meltdowns, and the creeping costs of Brexit have demolished what had seemed an unassailable lead. Since he became prime minister in October 2022, Sunak’s Tories have trailed the Labour Party in opinion polls by an average of 20 ...
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8 hours ago · In addition, the violations of democratic rights by the Indira Gandhi government in the 1970s and, prior to that, restrictions on foreign scholars visiting and conducting research in India also generated much consternation in the West. India’s tilting toward the Soviet Union for balance of power considerations to challenge the U.S.-China ...
8 hours ago · They were subsequently arrested, court-martialed, dismissed from the military and sentenced to seven years in prison. Luckily for them, independence was just around the corner and they didn’t serve their full prison terms for they were among prisoners pardoned by the new Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta, who would later become the founding President.
8 hours ago · The scheme is similar to one that was in place for those old enough to remember the 1970s and 1980s, when there was a small deposit charged on bottles that could be recouped when you brought them ...
8 hours ago · Indira Gandhi, also the first and so far the only woman Prime Minister of India, served the second-longest term as a prime minister. Rajiv Gandhi served from 1984 to 1989. He took office on the day of the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984 after the Sikh riots and at age 40 was the youngest PM of India.
8 hours ago · 2018: Sajid Javid is named Home Secretary by Prime Minister Teresa May. 2019: Emperor Akihito of Japan declares his abdication at a ceremony in Tokyo. On the same day, former Level 42 guitarist Boon Gould dies age 64 and Star Wars actor Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) dies aged 74.
