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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
TopicIndependance Day speech

Topic: Independance Day speech

Modi announces demography mission to weed out ‘infiltrators’. BJP’s ‘ghuspaithiya’ politics over the yrs

‘These infiltrators are snatching away rozi-roti of the youth, and targeting the sisters and daughters of my country. This will not be tolerated,’ the prime minister said in I-Day speech.

Modi’s lehariya turban, politicians in raincoats, Olympians in attendance — glimpses from Red Fort

In the speech, his 11th so far, Prime Minister Narendra Modi touched upon Aatmanirbhar Bharat, youth skill development, natural disaster incidents and issue of women's safety.

In I-Day speech, PM Modi promises to double ‘Jan Aushadhi Kendras’ from 10,000 to 25,000

In his speech on the 77th Independence Day, Modi says Jan Aushadhi Kendras — the government’s stores for affordable generic medicines — have given ‘a new power’ to people.

Independence day celebrations must not make us forget what India is currently going through

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Modi’s enthusiasm for dates misses the real memorialising of Partition violence

The memory of Partition violence, or Civil War of 1947, has remained operable in two ways – first, in evacuating responsibility, and second, as a form of trauma that has been repeated subsequently.

Modi announces NCC expansion in border areas and training of one lakh cadets

Border area cadets will be trained by Army, those in coastal areas will be trained by Navy and where there are air bases, cadets will be trained by Air Force. A third of the 1 lakh cadets will be women.

‘Need to Make in India to make for the world’ — Modi’s I-Day call for Atmanirbhar Bharat

In his Independence Day speech, PM Modi urges Indians to work towards reducing India's import bill and consume more local products.

These are the 3 vaccines Modi says India is ready to produce after go-ahead from scientists

In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Modi lauded the efforts of 'Corona' warriors and said India was ready to ramp up production of 3 vaccines once they were ready.

Is Modi govt being practical by deciding to curb single-use plastic instead of complete ban?

After his Swachh Bharat initiative, Prime Minister Narendra Modi now wants to curb single-use plastic in a phased manner and eventually eliminate it by 2022.

Modi needs crash course in Entire Economic History to learn about India’s growth since 1947

Earlier India used to worry about jobless growth. But Modi government’s track record has now turned it into job loss growth.

On Camera

Arijit Singh is the bridge between 3 generations—Rafi to Ritviz

Arijit Singh has the emotional depth and melody the older generation wants. But he also carries the vulnerability that young people can connect with.

Most EU firms eye India expansion post-trade deal, 90% say profitability to go up—FEBI survey

FEBI survey reveals Europe’s big bet on manufacturing, innovation hub amid ‘mother of all trade deals’, but flags regulatory concerns.

India, EU sign security & defence pact. How it links Indian firms to ‘ReArm Europe’ network 

The agreement comes despite differences between India and the EU on issues such as Russia-Ukraine war, showcasing the intent to deepen strategic ties. 

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.