This is the front page of The Indian Express published on May 15, 1986.

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The Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, and the Zambian President, Kenneth Kaunda, held discussions in Lusaka on the situations in their neighbourhoods.It was decided that Zambian PM Musokotwane would lead a delegation of economic experts to India shortly to explore possibilities of expanding economic co-operation.The meeting took place shortly after the PM and Sonia Gandhi returned from a visit to the Victoria Falls.

USSR’s n-test moratorium

The Soviet Union has extended its unilateral moratorium on nuclear tests till August 6, CPSU general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev announced. Gorbachev said he was prepared to meet US President Ronald Reagan in any capital of Europe to reach an agreement on banning nuclear testing.…