27-05-2025
May 27, 1985, Forty Years Ago: No To Nuclear Arms
India and the Soviet Union have called for dismantling all foreign military bases in the Indian Ocean and opposed outside interference of any kind in the affairs of Southwest and Southeast Asian countries. In a joint statement released at the end of the six-day visit of PM Rajiv Gandhi to the Soviet Union, the two countries expressed concern over growing global tensions and called for the total destruction and prohibition of nuclear weapons. The Soviet side supported India's proposal for calling a convention with the participation of all nuclear-weapon states to discuss halting the arms race.
'Anti-goonda' Law
The Gujarat government has assumed powers for detaining antisocial elements for up to one year under the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Ordinance. It is popularly known as the 'anti-goonda' ordinance lists four categories of antisocial elements — bootleggers, drug peddlers, those indulging in immoral traffic and those guilty of confiscation of property.
Cyclone Hits Sandwip
The entire population of the Sandwip island, estimated to be around 10,000, was swept away, and 11,000 were reported to have been injured in the severe cyclonic storm which lashed the southern coastal districts of Bangladesh. Government officials said four to five metre-high tidal waves washed away the entire population of the tiny island.
Gorbachev In India
Soviet leader Mikhail S Gorbachev and Prime Minister Nikolai A Tikhonov have accepted invitations to pay official visits to India. The invitations, extended by PM Rajiv Gandhi, were 'accepted with gratitude' a joint statement issued at the end of Gandhi's visit to the Soviet Union said.
